Strategic Sourcing

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies
Leadership - strong managerial and leadership skills to work across all functions and levels of an organization; ability to lead change; effectively establishes high performing teams and role models high performance standards.
Communication and Interpersonal - crisp verbal skills for velocity plus effective listening skills; effective facilitation skills; demonstrates high energy and models behaviors to motivate the team.
Execution - persistent drive for results utilizing sound project management, organizational and problem solving skills
Strategic Thinking - ability to make sound business judgments related to strategic supply philosophies and initiatives.
Technical - solid negotiation skills; excellent knowledge of operations management and supply chain processes in a large organization; and knowledge of effective technology driven sourcing processes.

Qualifications:
BS Supply Chain or Technology / Engineering / Science based Degree
More than 10 years experience in Operations and/or Supply Management, Sourcing, or Procurement.
Graduate degree preferred
CIPS and/or CPM certification desired
Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred
Leadership experience in Supply Management/Sourcing/Procurement
Previous experience in global high-volume manufacturing business preferred

Strategic sourcing is an institutional procurement process that continuously improves and re-evaluates the purchasing activities of a company. In a production environment, it is often considered one component of supply chain management. Strategic sourcing techniques are also applied to non traditional area such as services or capital. The steps in a strategic sourcing process are:
Assessment of a company's current spend (what is bought where?)
Assessment of the supply market (who offers what?)
Total cost analyses (how much does it cost to provide those goods or services?)
Identification of suitable suppliers
Development of a sourcing strategy (where to buy what considering demand and supply situation, while minimizing risk and costs)
Negotiation with suppliers (products, service levels, prices, geographical coverage, etc.)
Implementation of new supply structure
Track results and restart assessment (continuous cycle)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_sourcing

Principal Accountabilities
Through the analysis of current spend, processes and practices, develop an overall sourcing strategy for the HSM business unit that supports the goals of the business units including supplier consolidation, process standardization, base and variable cost reduction, New Product introduction and sourcing, transaction cost removal, and process digitization that meets the annual operating plan.
Design and deploy processes that are consistent with the identified strategy through teaming with the other Global Sourcing Leaders.
Team with Business Leaders, ensure appropriate sourcing measures and metrics are in place and deployed that measure progress against initiatives and develop necessary corrective action plans
Effectively consolidate direct and indirect suppliers with identified strategic partners.
Working with other strategic sourcing leaders, select and manage required suppliers who have the capacity and capability to meet the material and subcontract needs of the business.
Implement processes to enable technology driven processes including e-auctions of major spend opportunities.
Support ACS Global Commodity Teams
Lead direct reports to successful achievement of assigned goals.