H&w Purchasing Manager

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 11,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

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Reporting to the ISC Director, the H&W Sourcing Manager has the responsibilities to manage material sourcing across the Home and Work division. He/She will be accountable for total material costs (direct and Indirect) within H&W division including inflation/deflation, productivity and working capital (inventory and payables).

Leading a team of site sourcing managers, this position will be tasked to define a performing supplier base able to secure plant performances, achieve Material Productivity and Inflation targets as well as working capital objectives.

True advocate of the Transformation program, he/she will work closely with the Transformation team to support the move to a less complex and more efficient supply chain.

Reports to the H&W Integrated Supply Chain Director

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide Local purchasing support to the Transformation program initiatives that will impact supply chain re-design, particularly on Stamping and Sourced Products Commodities.
- Review and monitor supplier performances and quickly act to address any issue that might arise and influence production programs.
- Identify opportunities for increased competitive bidding, smarter supplier relationships and more efficient supply chain processes.
- Pro-actively conduct market analysis / benchmarking, track market trends and emerging technologies, and manage supplier performance.
- Develop and manage supplier relationships, project portfolios and undertake supplier negotiations through relationship-building to maximize business benefits.
- Manager suppliers contract lifecycle management including price updates, supplier on-boarding and exit, inflation/deflation cost models, productivity idea generation, etc.
- Provide regular updates and forecasts to the business for Productivity and Inflation of Materials.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
**Education**:

- BS / ME / EE / B Eng. degree in engineering, or a related field
- Master’s degree in a relevant field preferred

Skills and Experience:

- 8/10 years of professional experience
- Minimum 3-5 years of global supply chain management dynamics and interactions with business functions, managing remote-located cross functional teams
- Valued a professional experience in industrial companies within different functions like Engineering, Project Management, Quality, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain and/or Operations
- Project Management and Project Leader skills; Ability to create a project plan and lead a complex, multiple site and even global project from start to completion; Ability to manage multiple projects of varied size and scope simultaneously
- Change Agent able to effectively communicate and execute new ideas at the Executive and Plant Management level
- Analytic experience
- Experience in International sourcing experience a plus.
- Experience in supplier development, materials management, and/or supplier quality a plus. Must be a strategic thinker and have demonstrated experience driving strategies

Others:

- Italy based and Italian speaker
- High energy, passion, resilience & determination
- Supervise staff, maintain employee relations and ensures plant rules are followed
- Keep an open an proactive communication with the workforce
- Travel propensity: > 20%

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