DuBois Chemicals

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It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. POSITION SUMMARY: The Sourcing Analyst is an integral member of the sourcing team, providing support on strategy development, strategy execution, and cross functional partnership, with sourcing ownership for up to $20MM in defined plants/categories. Focus is on delivering cost and cash while maintaining impeccable service and quality through strategic spend and vendor management. Detail oriented and process driven skills required to further deliver on governance metrics: masterdata maintenance, internal and external partnership supporting full sourcing team scope. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Responsibility to source raw materials, packaging components, purchased finished goods, indirect services, and/or equipment. • Relentless mindset to continuously strive to reduce total cost of procured goods and services sustainably. Negotiation and bidding skill to purchases critical materials from approved sources • Continuously develop suppliers and optimize supplier relationships to source product of the best quality at the optimum price at proper lead-times to meet customer requirements. • Business leadership to understand the big picture and agility to change when this is the best course of action. • Governance work processes and reporting to ensure sourcing execution day to day: Ensure we are purchasing from approved/awarded suppliers to support production, chemical management programs, and/or equipment sales to satisfy minimum order points, production demands, and sales forecast. • Follow, maintain and enforce procurement policies, support sourcing strategy execution with no miss. • KPI and scorecard execution with suppliers and sourcing governance to ensure service and quality are met. • Analyze and maintain negotiated fields for critical raw, containers, finished goods, and/or equipment to minimize stock outs and product disruptions. • Collaborate cross functionally and communicate regularly with Commercial, Manufacturing, Operations, Receiving, Warehousing, Planning, and Quality to ensure that expectations and constantly met. • Develop work process reporting strategy and act as process leader for critical sourcing top line growth, service, cost, and risk management projects. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum of three-five years of job-related experience preferred. • Three+ years in operational purchasing or relevant business experience such as supply chain, operations, project management, or finance • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and Microsoft Dynamics. • High level of accuracy and attention to detail. • Ability to work independently and in a group setting. • Solid telephone and oral communication skills, and presentation skills. • Ability to build strong working relationships internally and externally. EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS: • Bachelor’s degree required. Supply Chain, Business, Chemistry, Engineering, or related fields accepted. #INDCORP DuBois provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, service in the military, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and/or local law and/or regulation.