Global Senior Sourcing and Pricing Specialist

Job Title
Global Senior Sourcing and Pricing Specialist

Employment Type
Full-time

Location
Pune Region

Working day : Mon-Fri

Working mode : Remote

Description
We are looking for a Senior Sourcing and Pricing Specialist to work full-time to globally source reliable suppliers that manufacture timely and high-quality metal products. In addition, the individual will be responsible for developing detailed pricing formulas for a variety of metal products and assemblies. The applicant will need to prove their experience creating robust spreadsheets and knowledge of a variety of manufacturing methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a cohesive pricing model across multiple metal manufacturing product categories.
• Understand the processes that make up the total cost of a product and assembly.
• Better organize, optimize, and maintain current sourcing database in our CRM.
• Support pricing negotiations between the company, our clients, and our suppliers.
• Confirm the supplier factory has the proper production and machine requirements.
• Overall metallurgical knowledge in steel alloys, nonferrous, aluminum alloys, exotic materials etc.
• Understanding of material and exchange rate fluctuations.
• Pair suppliers with projects best fitted for their capabilities and send out RFQs.
• Lead resourcing activities.
• Collaborate with quality inspector to build in any associated quality costs to pricing model.
• Collaborate with sales and engineering teams for accuracy of delivered client proposals.
• Implement metrics to measure vendor performance and effectiveness scorecard, providing vendors with frequent actionable feedback, and keeping vendors accountable on required improvements.
• Develop pricing related to corporate financial targets.
• Manage project budgets, identify cost-saving opportunities, and optimize production processes.

Requirements and skills

• Bachelors or masters degree.
• Finance and accounting skills
• Good communication skills verbal and written
• Minimum 4 years of experience in the manufacturing industry or a similar role
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment, fabrication methods and tool design.
• Experience in aluminum casting, aluminum fabricate, precision machining.
• Project management skills
• Problem-solving ability
• Teamwork skills
• Able to self-manage your time and priorities
• Availability Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm eastern standard time.
• Working hours: India time 3:30PM 11:30PM, Mountain Standard time 4:00AM 12:00PM.
• Fluent in English.

Proficiency

• Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, etc.