Postes à Apodaca, United States

The Project Category Leader supports Product Development projects within the Offer Lifecycle Management (OLM), ensuring an efficient supplier selection process.

He/she plays a key role in coordinating procurement activities between Procurement categories and the Line of Business (LoB).

He/she assists in implementing global/local procurement strategies that align with the LoB's growth and technical challenges.

He/she is a valued team member within Offer Lifecycle Management, GSC, and the Schneider Electric Procurement community, recognized as an expert in their category and a specialist in supplier management.

In collaboration with the Procurement Project Leader, he/she leads the supplier selection process:

• Lead negotiations from preparation to business award (including e-RFQ)
• Influence and deploy commodity strategy, SoC, and methods (Should cost, e-sourcing templates)
• Challenge & influence SOC/Recommended choices to ensure commodity choices meet industry needs
• Provide inputs for CSRM / SRIM analysis to the project team / PPL
• Manage procurement activities for his/her category within new product projects
• Contribute to procurement deliverables
• Guide component & sub-assembly selection with a procurement approach (challenging target costs, considering TCO, promoting standardization, supply chain flexibility, quality)
• Analyze and challenge needs
• Contribute to achieving project targets (cost, quality, time-to-market) while adhering to procurement strategies and processes
• Assist in make-or-buy decisions
• Bring supplier market knowledge and innovation to projects
• Participate in key supplier negotiations for major suppliers
• Challenge specifications, define PPEP, and review contracts

• Consolidate roadmap, project info, and needs from BU to Commodity Management; attend core team meetings
• Consolidate OCP information (supplier performance, etc.) for Business Reviews with key suppliers
• Organize interlock meetings with GCD/RCMs
• Collect and distribute targeted supplier OCP performance data before Business Reviews

Requirements:

• Education: Engineering or business bachelor degree; a master's or MBA is a plus.
• Experience: 5-10 years in Purchasing/Sourcing within a multinational; procurement & supplier management experience is mandatory; experience with outsourced products/assembly is a plus.
• Business Understanding: Supply chain experience in Mechanical (Plastic, Stamping, Printing), Electrical (Winding, PCBA), and Electronics (SW/HW) components, with industrial product application knowledge preferred. Business acumen is essential.
• Other Skills: English proficiency mandatory; multicultural experience; team-oriented; digital literacy.

Schedule: Full-time

Req: 009E42