Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wesco is a provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services, and supply chain solutions. The Sourcing Analyst will research and analyze supplier and marketplace data, manage commodity supply chains, negotiate supplier contracts, and develop inventory and sourcing strategies to maximize material availability while minimizing total ownership costs.
Responsibilities
- Negotiates contract elements, including terms and conditions, pricing, and lead-time
- Manages suppliers’ performance, including support, development and monitoring of supplier performance metrics
- Negotiates expected supplier performance metrics and develops and administers corrective action plans for performance failures
- Prepares, distributes and awards RFQ blankets and reviews expiring blankets for re-bid
- Determines, loads and updates pricing and lead times in purchasing database
- Drives suppliers to electronic and automated interface and analyzes spend and product mix for standardization opportunities
- Serves as customer contact and alliance manager for supply chain issues
- Develops and maintains professional knowledge regarding the market drivers, market trends, economic forecasts, supplier base, and competitive intelligence
- Analyzes material demand and determines inventory strategy or alternative supply chain strategies for maintaining high material availability at the lowest total ownership costs
- Functions as team leader and facilitator for supplier negotiations, engineering standardization meetings, category strategy development, etc
- Communicates and coordinates supplier strategies with sales engineer
- Ensures commodity and inventory strategies are aligned with key customer initiatives and metrics
Skills
- Associates' Degree (U.S.)/College Diploma (Canada) required
- 2 years required of related work experience
- Strong computer skills, including Micro Soft office
- Effective skills in contract negotiation and implementation
- Performance management and negotiation skills
- Demonstrated business acumen, customer awareness, and ability to create value
- Purchasing and ERP systems (Citrix, MAPS, PassPort, E-max)
- Supply chain management, customer service, and vendor management
- Ability to manage conflict, build consensus, establish trust, communicate effectively, and foster cultural change
- Bachelors Degree preferred
- 4 years preferred of related work experience
Benefits
- For eligible positions, compensation may include participation in a bonus or sales incentive plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan documents.
- For certain sales roles, Wesco also offers a commission structure that provides additional compensation based on sales results, as defined by the applicable commission plan.
- Paid time off
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement savings plans
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