Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Relations Lead

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 103,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private medical care

Private group insurance

Employee assistance program

Attractive remuneration with bonuses

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC in Kraków, Poland, seeks an experienced procurement professional to lead category management for assigned commodities. You will drive total cost reductions, supplier relationships, and risk mitigation while coordinating across Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Procurement.

The role requires a BA/BS (MBA/MS preferred), 4+ years in procurement, and strong negotiation and data analysis skills. Excel, PowerBI, and ERP systems like SAP/Ariba are advantageous.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required (Preferably MBA or MS in any field of engineering)
• Minimum 4 years of procurement experience (preferably within industries with complex engineering, procurement, and construction projects)
• Minimum 2 years of experience in negotiations including RFI, RFP, RFQ and contract development
• Well developed Negotiating, Benchmarking, Market Analysis, Competitive Intelligence, and Procurement Projects Management skills
• Experience with vendor management including purchase order issuance, execution, and administration
• Previous experience analyzing and drawing conclusions from quantitative data
• Ability to engage at all organizational levels and cultivate and sustain high quality professional relationships
• Strong problem-solving skills along with time-management, prioritizing, planning
• Competence maintain long term productive relationship with suppliers (SRM)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, MS Access, Project, and Visio
• ERP system or similar system experience in a global environment is beneficial (SAP & Ariba)

Responsibilities

• Lead category and operational management for assigned commodities.
• Take direction from Senior Category Specialist to improve total cost, quality, delivery, and reliability.
• Manage internal and external suppliers to achieve role goals.
• Act as primary relationship owner for suppliers within assigned commodities.
• Segment spend into subcommodity groups to enable operational levers.
• Maintain a commodity strategy to meet organizational goals by improving Total Cost.
• Identify and mitigate risks and opportunities in the commodity strategy.
• Build commodity strategy through supply base right-sizing and awards with Long Term Agreements (LTA).
• Review business analysis from PowerBI and other tools to derive insights for spend projections.
• Support regular SRM reviews with strategic suppliers and senior leadership.
• Create presentations for supplier relationship management reviews and gap analyses.
• Support plans to deliver annual results against metrics such as payment terms and on-time delivery.

Skills

Negotiation

RFI/RFP/RFQ

Contract development

Vendor management

Quantitative data analysis

PowerBI

Excel

MS Access

Project

Visio

Education

BA/BS degree

MBA or MS in engineering

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC in Kraków, Poland, seeks an experienced procurement professional to lead category management for assigned commodities. You will drive total cost reductions, supplier relationships, and risk mitigation while coordinating across Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Procurement.

The role requires a BA/BS (MBA/MS preferred), 4+ years in procurement, and strong negotiation and data analysis skills. Excel, PowerBI, and ERP systems like SAP/Ariba are advantageous.