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Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Honeywell
Our Safety and productivity solutions helps create faster, more seamless, agile, and efficient supply chains, better protect human health, improve worker safety, and help meet sustainability goals by leveraging connectivity, advanced data analytics, software, robotics, sensors, advanced materials and integrated human and automated systems.
We have an opportunity for a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist to join us at Honeywell in Geismar, LA. This position is part of the Corporate Indirect Procurement Operating Supplies Category Strategy Team (CST). This is a key procurement role responsible for key Indirect Sourcing category strategies, execution and results to optimize total cost of ownership at the Honeywell ESS Gulf Coast Chemical plant campus. This is a hybrid role, 3 + 2 days model.
Helping organizations become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable.
Key requirements:
Develop robust commodity strategies for the Category Strategy Team and with consideration to quality, cost, speed and service requirements, market conditions, risks and exposures, competitive landscape, and projected changes over the strategic planning horizon, global industry trends, suppliers’ capabilities, and overall supply chain expertise.
Partner with the Buying Operations Team and ESS functional stakeholders to ensure alignment and support of category strategy creation and execution. Facilitate engagement across Campus sites to drive a singular approach to supplier management.
Consolidate fragmented Site spend, reduce the use of non-strategic suppliers, and move the procurement activities upstream in the lifecycle of a solution in order to bring greater value to Honeywell.
Reduce complexity and increase leverage with supply base to drive incremental value and cost reduction.
Execute the annual operating plan through year-over-year improvements in productivity, working capital, quality, delivery and supply continuity.
Negotiate and execute supply agreements with strategic suppliers capable of providing solutions that meet established business requirements and follow the global commodity strategies while maximizing benefit to Honeywell.
Act as Sourcing/procurement single point of contact for ISC/Site personnel for ESS Campus sites.
Improve internal customer satisfaction and overall, ESS Campus site performance.
Build strong technical solutions including new technology, VA/VE, CE product and cost improvements with supply base.
Participate and ensure success with Zero Based Budgeting at ESS Campus sites.
Engage with business and functional leadership to align on business needs/objectives and communicate performance/results.
Develop and lead site productivity reviews and kaizen strategy (BAE) events/initiatives focused on supplier productivity, working capital and value generation.
Build thorough understanding of Honeywell purchasing processes (Source-to- Contract, Procurement-to-Pay), policies and procedures to drive process and policy improvements to enable Indirect sourcing efficiencies and business results.
Invoice resolution, problem solving and continuous improvement focus.
Training experience with requestors to drive compliance and improve process.
Present campus results and develop action plans to mitigate any gaps to financial targets.
Must Have's:
7+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience, to include at minimum, 4 years in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation with global contracts.
In-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.);
We Value:
BS/BA Degree.
Strong negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations.
SAP Expert
iValua and/or Ariba experience
Our offer:
A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity, and innovation in an international work environment.
Market specific training and ongoing personal development.
Experienced leaders to support your professional development.
Equal opportunity statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Join us now and be part of a global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers, and doers who make the things that make the future!
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