Full-Time Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

The Strategic Sourcing Leader will support Strategic Sourcing in development and execution of projects and strategies to meet or exceed category objectives (quality, delivery, savings, resiliency, working capital). Using the tools, teams, and processes in place, they will ensure that strategies deliver continuous value to MasterBrand and are communicated both internally and externally to support execution of the vision.

Responsibilities

• Leverage MasterBrand's Strategy Framework and co-lead and participate in cross-functional Category teams to deliver continuous value to the organization; meeting quality, on-time delivery and working capital targets.
• Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders (Operations, Materials, Logistics, Quality, commercial team), as well as suppliers, to design and develop best total cost sourcing strategies.
• Provide support or lead efforts to ensure strategies are consistently updated to reflect the latest internal / external environment.
• Anchor all efforts and initiatives with MasterBrand Way toolkit and Lean principles.
• Support the Strategic Sourcing team to ensure strategies, projects, quotes, etc. are delivered on time and prioritized to best meet needs of the company given supplier capabilities and market status.
• Identify and communicate best total cost improvement initiatives to meet company goals and growth needs.
• Develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand their requirements and capabilities to develop solutions that meet the consumers’ needs by leveraging cost, service, product development, quality and risk management. Ensure data is fact-based so that internal and external vendors can utilize high value analytics to drive their decisions for performance enhancements.
• Be a key contributor of change management process for product development costing process.
• Drive the use of new and existing supply market data sources in conjunction with best practices to improve current and long-term operational performance.
• Lead the development and execution of a long-term strategy to collect, store and utilize data related to our supply chains.
• Provide support to ensure that stakeholders, team members, and suppliers are in compliance with all policies and procedures.
• Work with Sourcing Supply / Supply Development leaders & team to ensure applicable detail on projects is supplied to enable effective execution of projects to meet commitments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in Supply Chain, Business, Chemical Engineering or related field required. MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in Sourcing, Operations, Supply Chain or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver continuous value in a global supply chain with high complexity and magnitude.
• Knowledge of coatings materials and systems is a plus!
• Experience with and commitment to Lean tools and concepts such as lean concepts such as 80/20, A3, VSM, and Action Plans to drive value delivery.
• Ability to travel globally up to 25% of time.
• Highly motivated and results-driven professional with expertise in managing categories, focusing on unlocking value through cost, quality, performance, and risk mitigation.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience working with internal stakeholders and suppliers across multiple regions and levels.
• Proven track record in category management, cross-training development, and building bench strength within Strategic Sourcing.

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