Supply Chain Expert – Sourcing & Procurement

PDSSOFT INC.; Dearborn (MI); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

PDSSOFT INC. seeks a highly experienced Supply Chain Expert with deep expertise in sourcing and procurement within the automotive sector.

The role focuses on assessing current practices, defining future-state S2P processes, and translating business requirements into operating-model and technology solutions. Collaboration with procurement, finance, legal, IT, and supplier stakeholders is essential to success.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in sourcing and procurement across direct/indirect spend in automotive/manufacturing.

Responsabilités

• Assess current sourcing/procurement practices and identify gaps.
• Define future-state S2P processes and governance.
• Collaborate with business, procurement, finance, legal, IT, and suppliers.
• Lead transformation roadmaps and cross-functional initiatives.

Connaissances

Sourcing & Procurement

S2P & P2P processes

Category management

Vendor management

Contract management

Procurement analytics

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Workshops facilitation

Spend data interpretation

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Outils

SAP Ariba

Coupa

Ivalua

Jaggaer

GEP SMART

Oracle Procurement

Description du poste

Supply Chain Expert – Sourcing & Procurement

Location: Dearborn, MI (Day-1 Onsite)

Years of Experience: 10–15 Years

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Supply Chain Expert / Subject Matter Expert with deep expertise in sourcing and procurement, vendor management, and end-to-end Source-to-Pay (S2P) processes within the automotive industry. The ideal candidate will assess current sourcing and procurement practices, define future-state processes, collaboration touch points, and translate business requirements into practical operating-model and technology solutions. The role requires strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, category management, supplier lifecycle management, contracting, purchasing, invoicing, supplier performance, and procurement analytics, along with the ability to engage business, procurement, finance, legal, technology, and supplier stakeholders.

Mandatory Skills:

• Extensive functional knowledge of sourcing and procurement across direct and indirect spend categories in an automotive or complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of the complete S2P / P2P process, including intake, sourcing, contracting, requisitioning, purchase orders, goods or service receipt, invoicing, exception handling, and payment.
• Hands-on expertise in strategic sourcing, category management, supplier relationship management, vendor risk, contract management, and procurement analytics.
• Experience defining procurement policies, controls, approval matrices, delegation of authority, compliance mechanisms, and governance forums.
• Ability to facilitate workshops, map processes, identify pain points, define requirements, and develop pragmatic transformation roadmaps.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret spend, supplier, contract, purchase-order, invoice, and performance data.
• Excellent communication, consulting, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence senior business and functional leaders.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with leading procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, GEP SMART, Oracle Procurement, or equivalent solutions.
• Understanding of ERP integration, supplier master data, catalogs, contract repositories, tax, accounts payable, and payment processes.
• Knowledge of automotive procurement practices, supplier quality requirements, regulatory expectations, and global supply-market dynamics.
• Experience with procurement transformation, shared services, global process ownership, or procurement centre-of-excellence models.
• Familiarity with data visualization, spend analytics, workflow automation, AI-enabled procurement, and supplier-risk intelligence tools.
• Experience working with global, cross-functional, and multicultural teams.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, Operations, or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred and added advantage.
• 10–15 years of relevant experience in sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or procurement transformation, preferably within automotive or manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional S2P improvement or digital-transformation programmes.
• Relevant certifications such as CPSM, CIPS, CSCP, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or procurement-platform certifications are an advantage.