.regional category manager - castingsapply remote type remote locations guadalupe time type full time posted on posted 3 days ago job requisition id r40180join xylem in the global mission to #letssolvewater!
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.responsibilities:develop and execute best-in-class sourcing strategies to meet/exceed both short and long term expectationsdrive sustainable supplier performance vs key performance indicators (kpi's), including but not limited to; quality, delivery, consolidation, risk management, sustainability, diversity, and working capitalcultivate key partnerships with strategic suppliers, driving synergies via leveraging global spend and global suppliers to maximize performance while minimizing risk to the businessmaintain an effective supply chain that consistently provides xylem's manufacturing facilities with conforming product when they need it and at the best costpartner 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 resiliencywork 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 executionidentify & execute second sourcing and regional sourcing initiatives to meet company objectiveshost regular cross functional category project meetings, closely monitoring progress to committed timeline