Procurement Cluster Director

4 weeks ago


Nashville, United States Schneider Electric Full time
The Procurement Cluster Director, is responsible to lead, develop and operationalize the procurement plan for a cluster of plants, by executing and delivering the supplier and financial performance for the cluster. This position is a team management role to be based in Nashville, TN with traveling necessary to perform the core responsibilities of the role.

What will you do?
  • Plan and deploy procurement levers to drive cost savings and performance improvement.
  • Drives productivity projects such as Quality Value Engineering (QVE), Change of Supplier (COS)/Re-balancing, Lean at Supplier.
  • Formulate cross functional levers for Supplier performance, innovation, and sustainable growth with key stakeholder validation.
  • Develop and maintain productivity forecasts.
  • Maintain and track performance dashboard; accountable for the consolidated cluster productivity performance.
  • Support & align development and execution of procurement categories strategy.
  • Support Global negotiation. Ownership of delegated global negotiations and regional categories.
  • Share Strategy, Supplier base and best practices with the organization.
  • Manages the Cluster productivity resources.
  • Maintains accuracy of Financial records at the cluster level and drive the Annual Procurement Operational Plan (APOP).
  • Sourcing, standardization, spend control and innovation with suppliers.
  • Manage Regional cross functional team partnership with the Business Owners.
  • Compliance to Procurement Excellence System (PES).
  • Lead of team of 17+ procurement professionals across 10 plants in North America.

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?
  • Bachelor's in Supply Chain Management or Engineering is required. MBA and/or Master's degree is preferred.
  • Strong leadership skills.
  • Strong experience in procurement or category management especially electronics.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in a managerial level role.
  • Strong experience in performance management.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Cross-cultural experience.

Performance Criteria:
  • Develop a strong pipeline of productivity to be implemented.
  • Annual Productivity (cost reductions) over spend in scope.
  • Supplier quality.
  • Supplier delivery performance.
  • Contractual coverage.
  • Innovation coming from suppliers.
  • Shift spend to appropriate cost-effective global regions.

We know skills and competencies show up in many ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position.

What's in it for me?

Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k)+ match, and more.

Let us learn about you Apply today.

Who will you report to? NAM Procurement VP

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Why us?

At Schneider Electric we're committed to creating a workplace that gives you not just a job but a meaningful purpose in joining our mission to bring energy and efficiency to enable life, progress and sustainability for all.

We believe in e mpowering our team members to reach their full potential, fostering a sense of ownership in their work.

We embrace inclusion as a fundamental value, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued. We value differences, and welcome people from all walks of life. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

If you want to be part of a company where your contributions truly matter, where you are empowered to make a difference and where inclusivity is valued, we would love to hear from you.

Discover your M eaningful, Inclusive and Empowered career at Schneider Electric.

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+12% organic growth
135 000+ employees in 100+ countries
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You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best.

We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate and we 'embrace different' as one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.

You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here

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