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Sourcing Specialist

CoorsTek, Inc. - Golden, CO

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Salary

$74,407 - $98,208 a year

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

It's exciting to work for a company that makes the world measurably better.

We're committed to bringing safety, quality, and customer focus to the business of advanced ceramics manufacturing.

Job Title

Sourcing Specialist

This position participates in activities to manage risk and optimize the value & resilience of Materials/Services sourcing. Utilizing strong analytical skills, performs a variety of savings analyses and provide recommendations. The Sourcing Specialist will support category strategies and solutions that deliver value and cost benefits across the Company’s various business units, in a manner that considers time, cost, and quality. Drives results in the category area in terms of achieving cost savings through strategic sourcing, reduction of inventory, increasing up-time, improving supply chain efficiencies, etc.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Strategic Sourcing of various categories ranging from $1M-$5M of spend.
• Support and assist the execution of the CoorsTek Strategic Sourcing process: development of baseline, supplier evaluation, strategy, requests for proposal (RFP), initial negotiations, contract execution, transition/implementation, savings metrics and supplier management.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to develop relationship management and continuous improvement processes
• Support cross-functional category teams through the structured sourcing process
• Monitor external factors that influence materials/services pricing and availability

• Analyze Category Spend and identify opportunities
• Determine Category Requirements and Develop Category Strategy
• Prepare RFP and send to Suppliers
• Analyzes and summarized Supplier RFP Submissions
• Negotiate with Select Suppliers and Execute Contracts
• Develop Transition and Implementation Plans

• Monitoring, analyzing, and reporting performance to the savings/supplier contract commitments through category audits
• Utilize quantitative skills to analyze, validate, manipulate, and manage large amounts of data, specific to problem solving, project and decision support, and trend analysis
• Align to strategies to optimize material & services spend and consumption while maintaining the best value for CoorsTek
• Deliver incremental savings, process improvements and improved commercial terms (ie. payment term improvements) that enable CoorsTek's growth objectives
• Monitor compliance and ensure operational usage against centrally procured contracts; seek to understand compliance issues and drive corrective actions as needed.
• Provide reporting on category metrics before and after negotiations.
• Support an environment that fosters teamwork, collaboration, flexibility and change acceptance

Core Competencies:

• Ability to Learn: Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities
• Attention to Detail: Completes tasks with a concern for all the details involved; monitors and checks work or information to meet personal quality standards. Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail
• Initiative: Identifying what needs to be done & doing it before being asked to or required by the situation
• Organization Skills: Organizes work, sets priorities and determines resource requirements; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems, determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations
• Analytical Skills: Draws conclusions & makes recommendations based on qualitative/quantitative data
• Service Excellence or Responsiveness: Meets and exceeds the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Consistently shows a passion for getting things done and meeting commitments to others

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management/Research, Industry Engineering or Business Administration preferred

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Strategic Sourcing preferred
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in project management, experience in industrial manufacturing is preferred
• Experience managing approximately $1M-$5M spend across various spend categories such as indirect materials & services like MRO, Packaging, Temp Labor, Freight, Refractory Supplies, or Direct Materials related to ceramic manufacturing
• Hands-on engineering and/or plant operational experience is a plus
• Must be experienced in strategic sourcing and have a proven background of successful Sourcing strategy implementation.

Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must demonstrate strong experience in project management
• Demonstrated competence in cost reduction and process improvement
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate at all organizational levels and outside suppliers.
• Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities (MS Excel power user)
• Experience with data analysis and problem solving is also required as well as strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated must also be demonstrated
• Experience, knowledge or trained in Design for Six Sigma Methodologies highly desired.
• Strong negotiation skills, proven savings track record

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Target Hiring Range

Annual Salary: $74,407.00 - $98,208.00

Actual compensation is commensurate with experience, skills and education. CoorsTek strives to give all qualified applicants equal opportunity and to make selection decisions on job related factors. Do not provide any information on the application which will indicate your race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

If you like working for a company that makes a real difference in the world, you'll enjoy your career with us!