Job Description Summary
The Services Sourcing Leader will strategically develop and manage an international supply chain of Onshore Wind Cranes and Labor services to geographically diverse locations, while driving commercial advantage through achievement of safety, quality, cost, usage and delivery goals. The Labor Leader will contract, plan and purchase labor volume across Onshore Wind Projects & Services, while reducing costs and meeting safety, delivery and quality requirements from the supply base.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Drive cost out projects and negotiations with suppliers and cross functional teams targeted at achieving Projects and services budgets.
- Manage supplier contracts, supply agreements and terms and conditions with preferred suppliers to ensure that market trends, supplier performance, and future business needs are aligned.
- Develop and execute long term commodity strategies for a diverse group of suppliers, with varying levels of complexity
- Collaborate with general supporting resources (projects, contracts, engineering, product line, quality, supply chain, and regional teams) to achieve schedule and maximize utilization of purchased services.
- Lead the evaluation and selection of new suppliers and technology, development of existing suppliers, and overall supplier management.
- Define and drive use of preferred suppliers plus develop alternate sources to reduce schedule constraints and cost.
- Interact with site teams to understand business needs and develop supply chain strategies that optimize total requirements.
- Develop technical and market expertise in Labor Management.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in sourcing.
Desired Characteristics
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, as required.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills, contracting expertise, and business law knowledge
- Ability to perform scenario analysis and strategy development
- High motivation, leadership, and influencing skills
- Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills
- Proactive self-starter and change agent
- Cross functional, matrixed, and international team experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Effectively communicate across all organizational levels, departments, and functions
- Have proven project management and process improvement skills
- Aptitude with analytical tools (ex. Excel, Access); specific skills should include: data-mining, pivot tables, data manipulation
- Demonstrated technical aptitude and business acumen
Important! We do not sponsor Visa / work permits. Successful applicant will be legally eligible to enter into an employment relationship under the laws of the country.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No