Capex/Indirect Lead - ZA at Dana Incorporated

Role & Responsibilities:

• Understand the business and product needs for pricing and sourcing and ensure that sourcing recommendations align within Plant and Global Commodity Strategy for respective commodity.
• Establish and execute strategies for assigned commodities.
• Obtains and analyzes quotes to determine best value.
• Recommend sourcing solutions based on data and facts collected.
• Attend Global Commodity Management calls for assigned commodities as plant representative.
• Understand and effectively utilize key cost drivers and industry related events to assigned commodities. 
• Formulate annual business plans for achievement of cost reductions and year over year performance improvement.
• Manage and negotiate supply agreements that require improvements in suppliers’ cost, payment cycles, technology, and/or risk mitigation.
• Initiates renegotiation efforts well in advance of contract expiration and monitors industry trends to anticipate opportune timing to lock in contracting advantages.
• Monitors performance of the suppliers to ensure attainment of objectives.
• Coordinates supplier selection
• Leads supplier transitions and resourcing’s.
• Identify opportunities for leverage of volumes and purchasing power.
• Support from purchasing function to Customer Project Launches
• Ensure and monitor the results and contribution, of the assigned commodity, to departmental and corporate objectives.
• Presents special assignments results, project updates and such to Dana management as required.
• Lead and manage capital procurement per regional and global requirements
• Manage Toolstore Buyer
• Responsible for the purchasing strategy through the cost-effective procurement of goods and services within the special portfolio of suppliers, in support of the Toolstore and Operational Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing/Logistics or Engineering
• Previous experience in an automotive manufacturing environment essential

Experience

• 5-7 years related professional experience
• English (fluency in reading, writing and speaking)

Additional skills

• Able to motivate and influence people
• Ability to interact with Management at all levels
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal & written communication skills