European Commodity Manager
7 days ago
Waters Wilmslow are looking for an experienced Commodity Manager to join their team
This position will be responsible for the strategic supplier management within the MS (Mass Spectrometry) global portfolio. Maintaining and improving upon strategic procurement and management of key materials to support the overall MS business. The Commodity Manager will be responsible for business relationships with suppliers to ensure continuity of supply and raise any identified business risks, whilst ensuring that suppliers engage good manufacturing practice. Cost saving initiatives and improvement projects in support of the annual operating plan form part of the role. Overseeing process improvements to enhance the working practices across the supply chain.
This is a great time to join Waters within an experienced and dedicated team
Responsibilities
- Identify and Implement Sourcing Projects and project specific spend
- Identify, lead, and drive cost saving for the Wilmslow and Wexford through PPV initiatives
- Provide Supply Chain support where required to meet NPI launch and transfer
- Proactively handle and review existing and new suppliers
- To Identify new suppliers to meet our technical requirements when required
- Targeting key manufacturers for direct purchasing agreements and exclusivity
- Find opportunities for consolidation and alignments within the overall Waters supply base
- Collaboration Cross functionally with supply chain to maintain availability and minimise supply problem issues
- Dual sourcing analysis across MS portfolio to assess risk mitigation opportunities
- Collaborate with quality, engineering to review and implement strategies for cost recovery
- Management of all component agreements and reporting of financial liability. Review of stock levels to ensure that they support the current and forecasted build plans.
- Evaluate, audit, and manage suppliers to ensure compliance to business goals, mitigate risk and timely constraint resolution
- Execution of Strategic Business reviews within the key strategic partners in the Supply Chain
- Provide support and guidance to MS Purchasing organisation's
- Co-ordination and management of projects that support the departmental practices
- Adherence and operate to departmental processes, ISO procedures and SOX regulations
Qualifications
To be successful you will
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role within the electro mechanical / OEMspace
- Extensive work in an industrial high complexity environment with a proven track record and
- Proven experience of negotiation and cost saving projects required.
- A Bachelor of Business Studies, equivalent primary degree would be beneficial but not necessary
- IIPM Certification and / or APICS Certified
- Strong SAP or SAP Ariba experience
- Advanced MS Office skills
Travel
Anticipated travel 30-35% internationally
In return you will receive:
- 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
- Private healthcare and dental insurance
- Flexible working hours
- Attractive employer contribution pension
- Employee assistance programme
- Income protection
- Life Assurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Focus on training and development
- On-site Gym & Restaurant and Free Parking (Wilmslow)
We're actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We strive to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.
We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process according to your needs. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to work flexibly. Please don't hesitate to ask during the recruitment process around hybrid working and flexibility; we'll do our best to support you.
In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.
Company Description
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.
Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We're the problem solvers and innovators that aren't afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We're all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.
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