Commodity Leader - Services NAM Labor+ (O&M, Projects)

Job Description Summary

The Commodity Leader - Services NAM Labor+ will strategically develop and manage a North American supply chain of Labor providers to support the Operation & Maintenance (O&M), Projects, Off Shore Wind Service lines. In this role you will drive commercial advantage through achievement of safety, quality, cost, usage and delivery goals. Commodity Leader will partner with the Operations team to create processes and contracts aimed at reducing costs and meeting delivery and quality requirements from the supply base.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Drive cost out projects and negotiations with suppliers and cross functional teams targeted at achieving annual cost goals.
• Manage supplier contracts, service agreements and terms and conditions with preferred suppliers to ensure that market trends, supplier performance, and future business needs are aligned.
• Develop and execute long term regional commodity strategies for a diverse group of suppliers, with varying levels of complexity.
• Collaborate with global supporting resources (services, engineering, product line, quality, supply chain, and regional teams) to achieve schedule and ensure adequate cycle time to meet timelines.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of new suppliers, development of existing suppliers, and overall supplier management - with a focus on safety, quality, delivery & cost.
• Define and drive use of preferred suppliers plus develop alternate sources.
• Interact with site teams to understand business needs and develop supply chain strategies that optimize total requirements.
• Develop technical and market expertise in commodity areas.
• Manage/Negotiate Vendor Recovery cases if they arise.
• Drive Supplier Scorecard process for Partner Suppliers.

• Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university
• Minimum 5 years of sourcing or global supply chain experience
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, as required, estimated at 20%

• High motivation, leadership, and influencing skills
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation experience
• Demonstrated contracting expertise, and business law knowledge
• Ability to perform scenario analysis and strategy development
• Proactive self-starter and change agent
• Cross functional, matrixed, and international team experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effectively communicate across all organizational levels, departments, and functions
• Have proven project management and process improvement skills
• Aptitude with analytical tools (ex. Excel, Access); specific skills should include: data-mining, pivot tables, data manipulation
• Demonstrated technical aptitude and business acumen