Sr Specialist, 3rd Party Manufacturing

Procurement Category

• Providing Category Ownership across 3M Businesses & Divisions, serving as a Strategic Sourcing Member for Outsourced Manufacturing.
• Responsible for driving sourcing policies and best practices, while helping 3M and the Sourcing organization meet its cost savings, growth and working capital goals by leading negotiations, being part of effective NPI launches, and managing complex supplier relationships.
• Minimizing the total product and process cost by initiating cost reduction efforts and facilitating implementation of innovative sourcing best practices.
• Leading supplier selection and owning external supplier relationships as the key point of contact for 3M.
• Drive Should Cost Model as appropriate.
• Manage Mid Spend Suppliers in collaboration with Global Metals Team.

Strategy Execution & Process Improvement

• Identifying, leading & implementing solutions for complex and multi-faceted situations regarding dual-sourcing, negotiation, category strategy, supplier management, and external sources of supply.
• Determining & leading opportunities for process improvements that improve service, speed or cost, through analysis of sourcing information & metrics, including navigating complex situations and managing multiple internal & external stakeholders.
• Developing strong partnerships with suppliers and internal 3M stakeholders, including Manufacturing, R&D, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain Operations.
• Identify and develop category risk reduction strategies by partnering with 3M stakeholders.
• Hands on experience in SAP.

Contracting Ownership

• Leading contract negotiations with supply partners, working in tandem with 3M Division stakeholders and 3M Legal.
• Implementing and negotiating Agreements to cover complex supply relationships, which may include SMI (supplier managed inventory), consigned materials, formula-based pricing, etc.

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