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• Responsible for total supplier performance: measure and manage vs. key targets, compliance to agreements and implementing improvement roadmaps to address gaps
• Primary contact and focal point to the various 3M Business Units to address all sourcing and supplier NPI management issues for the category assigned.
• Collaborate with Business Unit partners to understand the long-term requirements, mapping requirements into supply base offerings.
• Lead and orchestrate the roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers, find solutions, build proposals, and implement them to meet business requirements, striking a balance between supply continuity, cost, and delivery
• Lead QBRs (Quarterly Business Reviews) and EBR (Executive Business Reviews) with suppliers & be able to effectively communicate with executive teams. Transform multiple and complex streams of information into simple, clear and concise terms to be presented to stakeholders
• Assembles and leads multiple project teams, including new product introductions, to implement sourcing solutions for the category.
• Establishes close working relationship with business unit management and suppliers on sourcing strategies and activities.
• Performs complex contract negotiations.
• Develop Total Cost of Ownership calculations for the category
• Proactively communicates project direction and status with business unit and sourcing management
• Recommends and influences management decisions in the area of sourcing solutions.
• Researches and understands the short- and long-term market outlook for cost driver assigned materials and feed stocks.

• BA/BS or equivalent experience technical degree
• 10+ years of cross-functional supply chain experience sourcing and procurement
• Deep experience direct material strategic sourcing. For metals – Stamping, forming, Machining, casting, and base metal sourcing.
• Experience in sourcing and developing direct material suppliers across the Americas region (Canada, US, Mexico, LATM).
• Advanced English proficiency

• Experience with MSA, multi-year contracts, RFPs and should-cost models.
• Experience developing, leading, and executing global commodity strategies focused on supplier cost, risk, and lead time reduction strategies
• Willingness and ability to travel to support vendors, suppliers, etc., up to 50% of the time
• Strong negotiation skills
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems.

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