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as a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges.
we invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.job summary:the procurement specialist is responsible for providing technical expertise and support to ensure that procurement processes and activities meet standards.
this role involves conducting procurement analyses, performing data analysis, and developing and implementing procurement plans.
the procurement specialist works closely with cross-functional teams to address procurement issues, perform cost analysis, and implement cost-saving measures.
additionally, this role involves training and mentoring procurement staff and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.key responsibilities:develop and execute best-in-class sourcing strategies to meet/exceed both short and long term expectations.drive sustainable supplier performance vs key performance indicators (kpi's), including but not limited to; quality, delivery, consolidation, risk management, sustainability, diversity, and working capital.cultivate key partnerships with strategic suppliers, driving synergies via leveraging global spend and global suppliers to maximize performance while minimizing risk to the business.maintain an effective supply chain that consistently provides xylem's manufacturing facilities with conforming product when they need it and at the best cost.partner with regional procurement leaders, r&d and engineering (key stakeholders) when developing overall category strategies and have a clear understanding of the internal voice of the customer (voc).predict future global trends and disruptions within the industry and utilize de-risking methodologies to effectively increase supply chain resiliency.work horizontally to stay abreast with changing technology and demand and have clear understanding of product taxonomy to a sub-tier level.
drive opportunities to continually create productivity projects and lead the sourcing efforts needed to ensure project execution.identify & execute second sourcing and regional sourcing initiatives to meet company objectives.host regular cross functional category project meetings, closely monitoring progress to committed timeline.
establish and maintain a corporate category council to educate and collect voc from stakeholders.drive a continuous improvement mindset in an environment with a track record of achieving significant productivity improvement (quality, service levels, delivery and cost) year over year.analyze spend data and present insights and recommendations based on the needs of the audience