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Manager Purchasing & Logistics

United States - MI - Holland

Job Description

As a Senior Manager,
Procurement you will be responsible for managing budgets, SG&A, department
financials and managing key cross functional projects supporting   Several NA new projects are launching, logistics supplier sourcing for new line-haul transportations and shuttle delivery are pending.

You will also be responsible for the
following:

• Manage the after math of the Mexico Go Live with QAD.
  Verifying all the Mexico suppliers’ data, banking info for the data migration.
  Need to prevent the invoice and payment process from failing which may impact
  the daily logistics service.
• Working with the Mexico plants to figure out all the
  budget POs value for each carriers, and helping them create purchase
  requisitions, and then approve plus release POs to the suppliers. Still to
  avoid daily operational service stop.
• Negotiating the spot rates of premium freight for urgent
  transportation requirements, work closely with SCM to support the daily plant
  operation.  
• Driving corrective action with the logistics supplier on
  performance issues.
• Dealing with freight bill discrepancy issues in TI’s
  e-return system.
• Coordinating the Payment disputes.
• Driving ground transportation rate agreements rate
  review.
• Sourcing freight Logistics service provider
• Drive logistics program rate negotiation and contracting
• Freight rate negotiations for all modes – benchmarking
  and global collaboration are two critical elements within this buying role.
• Deliver Best landed cost at sourcing for all purchased
  goods and services
• Develop stable logistics service chain to insure the
  daily operational running
• Review & optimize logistics service program with
  operational department
• Support the organization in targeting, winning,
  developing, launching and manufacturing profitable programs
• Contract management and carrier development
• Freight payment management
• Model management
• Carrier dispute resolution/claims management
• Fuel surcharge management

Your Qualifications

• 4 year degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management or
  Business Administration with a Master Degree desired
• 8 Plus year of experience within the automotive or related
  industry with management experience
• Supply Chain Management (SCM), operational and/or strategic
  role experience
• Strong costing knowledge
• Strong negotiation and presentation skills