Business Contribution:

Under leadership of the Sr. Procurement Director, implement procurement strategies in close cooperation with Global Category Managers and the Sr. Procurement Manager. Manage the tactical procurement of local goods and services ensuring supply continuity. Contributes to the development of our advancing supply chain and purchasing functions under corporate transformation objectives and initiatives

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for tactical procurement activities needed to support Enerpac production
• Initiate procurement projects to reduce cost and ensure continuity of supply
• Develop, manage, and maintain supplier relationships to ensure goods and services are available at optimum pricing, quality, and delivery
• Develop a deep understanding of assigned commodities- suppliers, markets, products, and supply chains to partner with suppliers through strategic plan development
• Negotiate with suppliers in close coordination with Category Management for local volumes, processes, quality levels and prices
• Support implementation and operation of practices to track and manage suppler performance. Drive improvements with supplier base to meet supplier performance and KPI objectives
• Point of escalation of techno-commercial issues with supplier base. Collaborate closely with the buyers and planning team to identify efficiencies
• Manage supplier master data and procurement related item master date including new supplier setup, supplier consolidations, price lists & sourcing rules
• Drive implementation of recommendations to improve supply chain in consultation with category management team.
• Participate in and support Enerpac’s Sales & Operations Planning process.
• Recognize efficiency opportunities and report on key supplier KPI’s including savings, on-time delivery, sustainability initiatives, and quality

Key Interfaces Internal:

• Director Regional Procurement, Sr. Procurement Manager, Global Category Management team, Regional Procurement and Purchasing team
• Operational Management (e.g. plant managers)
• Enerpac Supply Chain team
• Regional functional organizations as stakeholders and cross-functional team members: Engineering, CoE teams, Legal, IT, Finance, Logistics, HR

Key Interfaces External:

• Supplier base (direct relationships with all suppliers in the region)
• Network of peers in own/other industries

Profile Required:

• Preferred candidate will be a change agent and promote continued development of the evolving supply chain function
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in a technical or business discipline from an accredited University program with 6+ years of progressive procurement experience in manufacturing
• Certification as a CPM, CPIM or CSCP a plus
• Knowledge/experience with low volume, high mix manufacturing processes: metal cutting, CNC, metal fabrication, castings, & forgings
• Demonstrated performance in working within cross-functional teams, with requisite drive and energy to ensure that a challenging benefits and capability building agenda is successfully delivered
• Demonstrated working knowledge of purchasing/production control/inventory management processes and relevant purchasing/planning work experience
• Good written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively/convincingly at all levels (including technical and operational) and with all functions at least in English and local language/s.
• Effective time management, planning and organization skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and drive tasks to completion in a fixed time-frame and in a pressured environment
• Ability to deal with ambiguities, conflicts, and adversarial relationships
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Proven ability in analysis and interpretation of data
• Proven ability to identify problems quickly, make sound judgments, establish and implement solutions
• Proficiency with MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to read technical drawings/blueprints, purchasing specifications, bill of materials is a plus
• Demonstrates ability to work against deadlines to support company goals
• Experience in Supply Chain and Business Application Systems (Oracle ERP systems is a plus)
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing and familiarity with Kanban, JIT, Pull systems
• Regional business travel is required with this role (up to 25% travel)