Global Sourcing Lead - Forging & Casting

VAT Vakuumventile AG; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 148,699 - 198,265; Full time

Job summary

VAT Group is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager focused on forging and casting to lead global category strategies and partner with business units, engineering and operations. You will drive supplier assessments, cost optimization, and risk management while expanding Best Cost Country sourcing and ensuring supply base performance.

A global, complex organization awaits you. The role emphasizes collaboration across Switzerland, Asia, and Eastern Europe, with a strong emphasis on achieving

Qualifications

• 5+ years in-depth strategic and operational sourcing experience with a solid working knowledge of global category management.
• Experience in category specific production techniques and processes.
• Knowledge about category sourcing markets.
• Sourcing in Eastern Europe, Asia and experience in Best Cost Country and spend relocation activities.
• Working experience within a global complex organization.
• Experience in machine building, vacuum technology and semiconductors.
• Cross-function / category team management (min. functional).
• Sensible and emphatic communication skills with suppliers, colleagues, internal stakeholders, etc.
• Strong analytical skills (risk based) and focus on the essential facts.
• Able to get results through others, able to multi-task, sense of priority, able to handle stress levels.
• Good communication skills in German and English (any other language will be a plus).

Responsibilities

• Management of own material categories (capacity, knowledge management, performance).
• Accountable for contributing to the global Direct Material & Supply Base Performance (QCD).
• Representing own direct material categories within the VAT organization.
• Accountable for the category specific achievement of the objectives of cost optimization, supply base optimization, geographic sourcing footprint and Best Cost Country Sourcing.
• Providing forward-looking guidance on trends, threats and opportunities in own categories (eg. raw materials etc.).
• Active contribution to the bottom up alignment of the Direct Materials Category Team with the defined / set company objectives.
• Interface to BU / Engineering for Strategic Sourcing activities along with the PDP (IP07) process.
• Act as a change agent in regards to main stakeholders.
• Perform the development of category sourcing strategies applying and complying with defined methods and tools.
• Active supplier relationship management of the global supply base within its own category perimeter in alignment with the category teams in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania.
• Ensure consistent application of all Sourcing Levers.
• Contribution to main Sourcing KPIs.
• Assembles and actively leads category specific / cross-functional sourcing board.
• Actively monitors and performs a supply base risk assessment across its own categories.
• Participates in and contributes to continuous improvement of direct material practices.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Supplier relationship

Cross-functional collaboration

Global sourcing

German and English

Job description

VAT Group is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager focused on forging and casting to lead global category strategies and partner with business units, engineering and operations. You will drive supplier assessments, cost optimization, and risk management while expanding Best Cost Country sourcing and ensuring supply base performance.

A global, complex organization awaits you. The role emphasizes collaboration across Switzerland, Asia, and Eastern Europe, with a strong emphasis on achieving