Senior Sourcing Specialist

The Sherwin-Williams Company • Brecksville, OH • 5h ago

This position has responsibility for the global strategic sourcing and management process on categories of low to moderately complex or specialized materials and supplies.Responsibilities may include performing advanced analyses for commodity team, assisting Senior Sourcing Manager / Senior Director with complex data gathering and analysis, assisting with developing and executing sourcing strategies, monitoring market movements, negotiating agreements, working with a broad base of business groups, and resolving issues with suppliers.Position will also work closely with the Senior Sourcing Manager supporting more strategic, complex, or specialized categories

Essential Functions:

With direction from Senior Sourcing Manager, develop and implement sourcing strategies and plans for assigned packaging categories consistent with global commodity team strategies and all applicable Business Unit operating plans and objectives.This may include:

Develop, issue & analyze RFQ's for assigned commodities or those areas directed by Senior Sourcing Manager / Senior Director.

Under direction of Senior Sourcing Manager, as applicable, assist with implementing sourcing agreements which help to increase supply assurance and improve Sherwin-Williams' competitive position in the market.

Negotiate and resolve any claims or disputes concerning a supplier's performance on categories managed.

Develop and implement continuous improvement, cost savings, and risk mitigation projects and initiatives for assigned categories.

Identifying and developing new suppliers.

Ensure uninterrupted supply of materials.

Forecast pricing on assigned categories to provide top management with key information for determining future finished goods pricing and budgetary impacts.

Management of established pricing (verification, resolution of discrepancies, etc.).

Develop written category strategies for assigned categories.

Ensure strategy alignment with Package Engineering, Operations, & Marketing with total cost and assured supply objectives.

Communicate to plants sourcing strategies, and market conditions impacting material supply.

Ensure compliance with department policies, procedures and applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

Travel Requirement: Up to 20%

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

This role is not hybrid and will be located at Sherwin-Williams Morikis Global Technology Center located at 6745 Miller Road, Brecksville, OH 44141.

This position is also eligible for a bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Minimum of five (5) years Procurement, Supply Chain, Marketing, Technical, Supply Chain, or Operations experience.

Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills

Ability to solve complex problems or issues.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, and Power Point.

Preferred:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a business field.

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