PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

Requisition ID.
Sponsorship Available.
No  Relocation Assistance Available.
Yes  Goodyear.
More Driven.
Primary Purpose of the Position.
Provide operational support to the Commodity Manager & Category Manager positions through leadership of the bid process, bid analysis & first-pass sourcing recommendations.
Primary responsibility for coordinating Supplier Relationship Management globally.
Maintain & update all price information records within MACOS/SAP be accountable for all integrity of this data in the regional operating systems.
Responsible for commodity performance metrics, analyzing business intelligence & reporting supplier data trends.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities.
Bid/Negotiation – Lead the bid process, including but not limited to pre-bid source identification, RFI release, RFP development, bid scheduling, bid validation & participate in supplier negotiations.
Support negotiations by providing bid analysis, productivity assessments & leverage opportunities.
Obtain commodity volume forecast.
Source Plan Administration & Contract Compliance – Primary owner of supplier master data contained in price information records database (currently MACOS) & contract compliance.
Develop & submit business case for new source approvals.
Manage the MIS & Visual Data Board process to ensure data integrity.
Administer & maintain source plan through multiple regional systems.
Business Analysis & Financial Reportin g – Provide reporting on cost projections, risk estimates, productivities & working capital changes.
Prepare clean sheet analysis as required by Commodity Managers in support of assigned commodities.
Commodity Information – Primary responsibility to maintain all market intelligence records for assigned commodities in terms of product formulation, feedstock indicators (prices, volumes, etc.), worldwide manufacturers, technologies trends, freight & duty databases, exchange rates & competitive intelligence.
Provide market analysis & recommendations to commodity Managers for review & incorporation into commodity & supplier strategies.
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) – Primary point of contact for supplier communications.
Initiate & drive corrective actions as they relate to commodity strategies, supplier strategies & business continuity.
Be responsible for process related to payments, invoice exceptions & cost of quality recoveries (over $).
Education.
Required.
4-year degree.
Desired.
Bachelors Business/finance, purchasing & supply chain management specialization or engineering.
Experience.
No minimum years of experience required.
1+ years preferred.
Prior internship, co-op experience in purchasing, supply chain or related field preferred.
Knowledge.
Fundamental knowledge of business processes.
Organization skills, strong Microsoft Access/Excel skills &/or other database programs.
Ability to work in a very fast paced environment.
Strong financial/statistical analysis, foreign language, manufacturing process, mathematical modeling, international experience, purchasing or technical expertise desired.
#LI-RB2   Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies.
It employs about people and manufactures its products in 55 facilities in 22 countries around the world.
Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry.
For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.
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