Job Summary:
Supplier professional focused on the strategic leadership and relationship of the company suppliers to achieve the best financial performance and relationship with assigned product lines.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Directs and manages the supplier business plan and implementation process throughout the organization, leveraging supplier strengths and resources on behalf of the supplier and communicating supplier benefits to the company.
- Aligns the goals and objectives of the supplier with the company to ensure mutual goals and objectives are achieved.
- Determines, monitors, and recommends plans for the supplier, company business relationship on a tactical and strategic level.
- Participates in supplier business reviews, providing appropriate data and engaging in resolving issues.
- Identifies and drives new supplier opportunities with particular emphasis on the development of new services that blend unique supplier resources/capabilities along with service/capability to create a unique value proposition.
- Supports cross-functional communication with the company's product groups in price negotiations and market knowledge.
- Responsible for the management of activities and programs that will drive the supplier’s pro-forma performance in an effort to achieve Avnet's financial goals.
- Performs analysis and reports of various program impacts for the supplier.
- Manages forecasting pipeline requirements and rebate projections.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Level Specifications:
- Mastery knowledge of industry best practices and disciplines. Considered a subject matter expert within the organization and contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques and standards.
- Develops solutions to highly complex and uniquely challenging situations. Assignments require extensive evaluation of alternatives and variables. Expected to make improvements to policies and procedures.
- Works independently toward long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated using independent judgment and discretion. May act as informal team lead and/or coach less experienced team members.
- Serves as consultant to management and/or internal/external spokesperson for the organization on major initiatives related to policies, plans, and long-range objectives.
- Actions may impact the organization and its reputation. Effects of erroneous decisions may be long-lasting, influence the future course of the organization, and/or require the expenditure of extensive additional resources.
Work Experience:
- Typically 8+ years with a bachelor's or equivalent.
- 3-5 years of experience handling supplier management
Education and Certification(s):
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.
Essential Characteristics
- Excellent communications skills.
- Independent mature disposition.