Sourcing Manager - Newark, United States - Nefab Packaging

Description

_Nefab USA is part of the Nefab Group which was founded in 1949 and is a world leading global provider of sustainable packaging solutions and logistics optimization services.

Nefab saves environmental and financial resources by optimizing supply chains.

We do this by innovating together with our customers to create smarter packaging and logistics solutions while always respecting people and high ethical standards.

This contributes to a better tomorrow for our customers, for society, and for the environment._

• With more than 70 years of experience combined with competence and presence in more than 30 countries, we offer global solutions and local service worldwide to companies in industries such as Telecom, Datacom, Energy, Automotive, Healthcare, Aerospace, and Lithium Batteries. Nefab has about 4000 employees in Europe, North & South America and Asia. In 2022, the turnover was SEK 9.5 billion approximately. The owners of Nefab Group are the Nordgren/Pihl family and FAM AB (Wallenberg)._

Sourcing Manager, Nefab West

Nefab Group is on a growth journey, and we are dependent on high-performance people to succeed solutions to our customers.

We are now looking for a Sourcing Manager to join our team in Nefab West.

The Sourcing Manager is part of ensuring that Nefab delivers high-quality and cost-efficient packaging solutions to customers based on their needs.

The Sourcing Manager is responsible for handling the company's end to end sourcing operation, including all tasks from the research and qualification of suppliers to identifying cost savings, negotiating, and coming to a final agreement.

The position is also responsible for analyzing the company's spending, supplying partnerships and evaluate new possibilities, which leads to operations improvement, cost savings and total process efficiency.

Furthermore, the position generates and implement local sourcing strategies which are aligned with the Group strategy and long-term objectives.

This position is in Newark, CA, and you will report to Li Wan - Sourcing Manager.


Your profile

• Develop and execute on a local sourcing strategy, which is aligned with Nefab Group's strategy, and supports growth and profitability.
• Lead the endtoend procurement process, including market analysis, supplier evaluation and selection (RFXs), contract negotiation, and supplier performance management.
• Initiate projects aiming at total cost reductions and optimization programs.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure alignment with business objectives and budgets.
• Implement KPIs' at local level for the evaluation of the sourcing performance and efficiency.
• Evaluate and plan sourcing activities in the local market based on customers, segment and market's current and future needs and expectations. This includes forecast volumes, products, materials, and supplier's portfolio.
• Suggests / initiates partnership, including building relationships and negotiating, with key suppliers which can deliver added value to end customers. Assess risk and develop plans for class A & B suppliers.
• Perform cost, risk, and scenario analysis, including benchmarking and evaluating supplier's portfolio and possibilities to deliver according to the customers current and future needs.
• Ensure a good understanding of cost structures for different materials.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Procurement, Business Administration, Project Management, or other relevant area; master's or other advanced degrees are a plus, or equivalent experience.

Experience

• 2+ years working in a sourcing related role (mandatory)
• 2+ years working in a procurement related role (preferred)
• 2+ years working in a project manager role (preferred)
• Manufacturing / quality experience is considered a plus

LANGUAGES

• Fluent in English, both written and verbal
• Other language skills are considered a plus

Skills And Competences

• Strong negotiation skills can successfully persuade others, listen actively, and foster a collaborative atmosphere during the negotiation, which altogether leads to positive agreements for involved parties
• Takes a broad perspective, understand, and considers the wider and longterm consequences of plans and activities
• Targetoriented, focuses on reaching results and solves problems effectively
• Follows procedures, rules, and regulations, sees jobs through to the end and pays attention to quality.

Company values and Ways of Working
Our core values are Simplicity, Empowerment and Respect. Our ways of working are characterized by Customer First, Cooperation and Communication. This means that we are always putting customers first, through cooperation and communication. We respect each other and the environment. People are empowered to grow and innovate to simplify.


Application

Work Location:
In person