Director of Strategic Sourcing, APAC

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The Director of Strategic Sourcing, APAC will be responsible for the strategic sourcing function for Pall’s APAC region. This role will manage Pall’s strategic sourcing team supporting the manufacturing facilities in Japan & Singapore, as well as the region's indirect spend strategy. The Director of Strategic Sourcing, APAC will map out the capability, performance, risk, and desired future state to improve Pall's financial & delivery performance through negotiations, cost savings projects, value engineering, indirect savings, and robust SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) programs. In addition, the Director will be responsible for rolling out and executing the commodity strategies for the various commodities while partnering with the global commodity leaders.

This position reports to the Sr. Director of Global Sourcing, and is an onsite role located in Pune and part of the Global Integrated Supply Chain team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Implement Pall’s strategic sourcing strategy, policies, tools, and procedures in APAC and ensuring objectives align with sales and shipment goals, for both short-term and long-term agreements with suppliers, to ensure capacity, manpower, and technology are in place to support all requirements.
• Ensure that Pall Corporation's Core Value Drivers (CVD’s) are achieved: OTD, Past Due Backlog, QIT, PPV/VAVE savings, Net Deflation, DPO/Supplier payment improvement, and supply risk management.
• Lead the team to proactively identify and manage various types of sourcing project execution, drive year-over-year spending cost productivity and ensuring supplier quality and on-time delivery. Focus on reducing supplier lead times or put in place stocking strategies to improve Pall products Market Requested Lead times.
• Direct the team to manage key supplier relationships (Grow, Maintain, Transition, Exit) in the region and negotiate critical supply contracts, including analyzing market data, evaluating supply alternatives (dual sourcing), creating negotiation strategies, and conducting key supplier business reviews.
• Develop and drive Best Cost Region/Low-Cost Region and China +1 Strategy within APAC for suitable commodities.
• Ensure the team participates in the NPI/NPD projects tollgate review and supplier on manufacturability, and raw material selection to achieve most optional cost, get appropriate supplier early involvement to accelerate new product development and launch. Accountable for promoting and deploying Danaher Business Systems (DBS) to achieve performance in Quality, Delivery, and Cost of products procured and produced using DMS, SBM, and CSFM.
• Drive an engaging team culture by leading the strategic sourcing teams to achieve delivery of high-quality products and services, including performance, reliability, cost, and on-time delivery by leading Performance and Development Processes for all direct reports, including providing coaching and development opportunities that will allow everyone’s potential to be maximized.
  
  

The essential requirements of the job include:

• BS Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, with a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry sourcing experience with MNC. Spend responsibilities over $50 Million USD, people management experience, and a thorough understanding and experience in sourcing processes and practices
• Proven track record in the recruitment, development and management of a sizeable strategic sourcing team.
• Hands-on experience and success in achieving net deflation and productivity, supplier performance, relationship and risk management.
• Proven Team player in a matrix environment with influencing and change management experience.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process, strong supplier development experience, and exposure in high-mix low-volume (HMLV) environment preferred.
• Global Sourcing experience for a global multinational manufacturing company with a matrix organizational structure with demonstrated expertise in implementing lean manufacturing principles and practices in an industrial operations environment, with a focus on sourcing and materials.
• Proven negotiation skills with demonstrated performance results. Strong knowledge of regulatory and quality requirements, and experience utilizing electronic sourcing tools (eRFQ, eBid, eAuction, etc.). SAP experience is preferred.
  
  

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Flexibility to travel internationally and domestically, up to 50% of the time, to support projects, business development efforts, and global staff.
  
  

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Global Marketplace and Commodity experience ideally in filtration and separation processes or related disciplines.
• Ability to interpret product Bill of Materials (BOM's) and Drawings. Commercial experience, including contractual documentation, within a dynamic environment.
• Experience developing business strategy and leading strategic initiatives with strong influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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