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Location: CARY, NC, United States
Job Family
: Procurement
Job Type
: Regular
Posted
: Jul 25, 2022
Job ID: 26524
The position of Sourcing Agents exists within LORD Corporation’s Global Divisional Supply Chain organizations. Within the Sourcing function, there are two Agent roles; the Senior Sourcing Agent and Sourcing Agent positions, differentiated by levels of autonomy, qualifications and experience. This position is responsible for management of assigned commodities and is being developed to serve as the authority within those commodities for the company. Sourcing Agents are considered as capable practitioners in purchase category management techniques and are developing commercial experts. These professionals are capable of translating corporation objectives and needs into commodity-specific market actions. The Agents are tasked with balancing supply risk with cost improvement opportunities; developing competitive advantages for LORD with the guidance of the Sourcing Manager. This position is accountable for managing the supply base for assigned commodities, and assigned programmatic responsibilities. The ability to interpret the marketplace, regional supplier competitiveness, global economics and applicable index trends are critical to creating a competitive advantage for the business. In addition to commodity management, the Agent will be the lead for several internal programs, assuring stability, adherence to policy and process, and responsiveness to the internal customer. The Agent is responsible for delivering cost improvement goals for the assigned categories, and the deployment of various contracting vehicles to secure negotiated results and improve cost predictability. The Sourcing Agent actively supports the efforts of the Global Divisional Sourcing Team, a team of Sourcing Agents representing each of the global production facilities and/or regions.. The Agent will mentor and assist the team in development of strategy, goals, and progress plans to meet the team goals.
Qualifications
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