Strategic Sourcing Manager
Location: Lenexa, KS
The company maintains its headquarters in Lenexa, Kansas USA. Preferably the position will be located within the region of sales responsibility to allow for the best coverage of customers, prospects and key influencer accounts.
Scheuch Group is expanding and on a mission to find a Strategic Sourcing Manager. The role will be responsible for supporting the overall purchasing, sourcing, procurement, supply chain and negotiations for all materials and parts in support of the design, build, outsourcing and construction of projects for the Scheuch group of companies. But first, let us tell you a little about us and what we do.
Something About Us
This position is located in Lenexa, Kansas. The Scheuch Group and is a family-owned business with headquarters in Austria, and comprises both Camcorp and Schust. We’ve been engineering innovative air and environmental technology for industrial applications for more than 50 years across the globe. Whether the solutions involve the extraction, dedusting, conveying, flue gas purification or plant manufacturing. Scheuch USA is a leading expert in a variety of industries offering its customers application-specific, high-quality solutions to their air and environmental technology issues.
Job Description
Your role will be a key part of Scheuch USA Organization as we continue to move forward with our goals for growth. If you’re looking for a great next step in your career, this position truly is it. With roughly 200 employees across the US, this position offers you potential to grow with our organization while working with a highly collaborative team, especially for a candidate who steps into this role and owns it.
Responsibilities
We’re on the lookout for experienced talent for this position, and we’re offering the following:
- Developing and managing measurable performance metrics for procurement activities to include but not limited to supplier performance, supplier schedules and on-time delivery, and supplier quality.
- Developing and managing cost-effective outsourcing relationships and contract management.
- Reporting to management regarding overall supplier performance.
- Negotiate and execute purchase orders or vendor contracts as needed to support the critical business and specific project needs.
- Manage material flow to ensure on-site delivery is met to support specific on-site schedules.
- Strategic development and implementation of commodity and supply chain strategies covering all commodities and services.
- Managing all activities in support of effective relationships with supply partners.
- Maintaining an overall vendor base which sustains partnerships, competitive advantage, and leveraging technology.
- Organize supplier training events for the engineering and management staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
From a technical perspective, our ideal candidate will bring the following skills & experience with them:
- 10 or more years of progressively-growing, relevant experience. Ideally, candidates will have extensive experience in the air pollution control, pneumatic conveying, manufacturing, construction, or equipment industry.
- Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing, Production/Operations Management, or Engineering or equivalent business experience.
- Professional experience administering commodity purchasing functions, strong computer skills, ideally with experience using Business Central ERP.
- Ability to coordinate multiple group efforts within the company to achieve objectives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and exemplary organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, competing tasks.
- Ability to identify processes needing improvement, and to recommend/implement improvements.
- Available for travel each month to sister facilities.
About Our Team
We’re a collaborative group, getting things done together, enjoying our collegial environment and working with each other. Fit is really important to us. We’re a group of down to earth people who are willing to roll up our sleeves to get the job done; whoever comes to join us should have that same mindset, a sense of humor, a strong technical mind, accountability for deadlines and self-motivation and energy.
Your Care Package
We offer a really competitive compensation package, great benefits, casual work environment and the opportunity to progress with us.