Senior Sourcing Manager in Dundee

At Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), we are passionate about cultivating excellence in everything we do, but what really fuels us is our people. They’re the heart of our company. As an employee, our promise to you is that you’ll work on new and innovative products and solutions, be mentored by managers and teammates who are collaborative, caring, and act with integrity, and have the opportunity to grow in ways that are meaningful to you.

Position Summary

The Indirect and consumables leader is responsible for managing the team comprising of 2 category managers, 2 sourcing specialists and the sourcing master data analyst for all spend areas covered in the indirect, consumable and electronic categories. The role will cover accountability and responsibility for the strategic sourcing strategy (short, medium and long term) leading and creating winning supplier relationships from a diverse and global supply base. There is a strong bias and ‘rapid’ need to add short and medium term projects to our savings pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

• Exemplify Dover Zero harm rules in support of a safe working environment.
• Create and own a plan of continual value add RFQ opportunities for the category.
• Develop cost baseline & inflation forecasts for assigned commodity(s).
• Keep current on commodity market, cost drivers and economic outlook to guide strategy.
• Identification and qualification of world class supply sources at both supplier and component level.
• Own and manage supplier relationships for assigned portfolio based on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Capacity.
• Maintain current knowledge regarding global market conditions affecting supply chain.
• Oversee suppliers to continuously improve quality, cost, delivery, and service.
• Negotiating and managing value-add supply contracts within commodity portfolio.
• Report on current condition of supply base in terms of dashboard data.
• Conduct and lead business reviews with key suppliers.
• Coaching and mentoring team members and stakeholders.
• Organize team workload and priorities as applicable.
• Act as focal point and subject matter expert in global market for assigned commodity.
• Identifying and mitigating supply chain risk.

Candidate Profile

• Detail and Process orientation.
• Proven ability to drive change and evidence cost reducing strategies and delivery.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise in a complex environment.
• Demonstrates full accountability and ownership for all aspects of assigned areas of responsibility.
• Confident and familiar with the requirements for successful negotiation.
• Able to be flexible in both approach and outlook.
• Self-motivated and orientated towards improvement/development of responsibilities.

Candidate Experience and Qualifications

• Degree qualified or able to demonstrate suitable relevant experience.
• Minimum of five years working in a similar role, showing consistent career progression to current level.
• Must have Commodity specific technical knowledge from managing a diverse indirect category portfolio.
• Familiarity with Oracle ERP systems an advantage.
• Proficient in use of MS packages.
• Level 5 or 6 CIPS qualification an advantage.
• Excellent English (verbal and written).