Development Purchasing Part Leader

Samsung; Newberry (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. in Newberry, SC, seeks a senior procurement leader to develop annual business plans, implement local purchasing strategies and manage KPI to meet procurement goals.

You will drive cost analyses to increase local spend, coordinate supplier negotiations, and lead cross-functional teams across global operations to deliver value. Responsibilities include reviewing contracts, tooling and launch readiness, and reporting HQ with audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8–10 years of purchasing experience.
• Strong negotiation, supplier management, and cost analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement purchasing strategy for local parts.
• Increase local spend based on cost analysis; reduce import spend.
• Plan yearly negotiations with local suppliers.
• Develop and reach KPI goals and establish counter measures.
• Review team performance and provide regular feedback.
• Review new model development status & price contracts with team.
• Manage tooling, test samples, part approvals and launch readiness.
• Collect, validate and consolidate HQ/management and audit reports.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Purchasing

Negotiation

Supplier management

Strategy development

People management

Cost management

Contract management

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / Accounting / Supply Chain / Operations Management / Engineering

Job description

Position Summary

Develop annual business plans for executing department strategies based on understanding the company's strategy and business objectives (provide input in developing department strategies) manage KPI (Key Performance Index) to reach procurement goals, and direct innovation and operation of procurement organizations.

Role and Responsibilities

1. Implement purchasing strategy for local parts
2. Increase the local spend based on the Cost Analysis (in order to improve the cost of the product) Reduce import spend to increase proportion of spend locally based on cost analysis
3. Plan yearly negotiations with local suppliers
4. Develop and reach KPI goals and establish counter measures by reviewing and monitoring KPI performance
5. Review the team's performance and give regular feedback to team members
6. Review the status of new model development & review price contracts with the team
7. Manage Tooling, test samples, Part approval and launch readiness with team
8. Collect, validate and consolidate HQ/management reports, and Audit reports
9. All other duties as assigned

Skills and Qualifications

• Education : Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability.
• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience in Purchasing
• Process knowledge, people management skills, negotiation skills, process innovation, supplier management, ability to develop strategy, training the team, Proficient in cost management, development process, cross functional teams approach, working on global environment, Contract management & ability to prioritize the work based on the situation

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