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Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Littelfuse is looking for a Procurement Manager to join our Procurement team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing procurement activities related to direct materials. You will play a key part in ensuring the timely and cost-effective sourcing of materials and services, as well as supporting cross-functional teams in product development projects.

This is an on-site position based in our Dole office, reporting directly to the Senior Procurement Manager.

Handle procurement activities for direct materials:

• Manage day-to-day procurement for specific direct material groups to support manufacturing

• Source and introduce new suppliers, conduct analysis, and negotiate contracts to ensure cost-effective and timely purchasing

• Identify and initiate change management projects which proactively secures Littelfuse from market changes and enable to implement possible improvements

• Source materials following established purchasing policies and procedures to optimize price, delivery, and payment terms with minimum supervision.

• Provide Procurement support to achieve MCS (Material Cost Saving) target

• Responsible for payment term negotiation to achieve DPO (Days Payables Outstanding) target.

Collaborate with internal teams:

• Coach and manage the daily work activities of a team of procurement coordinators and/or assistants; have accountability for the performance of the team.

• Work to support on supply chain related topics to ensure stable supply

• Provide the Procurement function in the New Product Introduction (NPI) and Engineering Change (ECO) process in an exceptionally timely way to Prevent NPI/ECO delays that could have negative demand fulfillment support ramifications or loss of New Business.

• Work together with a global procurement team in order to meet common goals, including supplier consolidation, category management and etc.

• Bachelor’s degree in electronics or mechanical engineering, or equivalent technical background

• At least 5 years in procurement, purchasing or sourcing suppliers

• Strong technical and analytical skills with high attention to detail, and a knowledge in plastics processing and machining center would be a plus

• Understanding drawings and have strong knowledge of purchased products cost structure and production process, beable to negotiate on cost breakdown data and initiate cost optimization projects

• Experience working in global manufacturing companies would be beneficial

• Familiarity with SAP is a plus but not required

• High level of verbal and written communication skills in English

• Clear and effective communication skills

• Willingness to learn new procurement strategies and deepen the knowledge in technical products’ understanding

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values – Respect, Customer Focus, Agility, Collaboration – support us in our mission to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our customers’ products that use electrical energy.

We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

We offer a variety of benefits, including accident insurance, flexible working hours as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.

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