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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.
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Automotive
Leggett & Platt Automotive is a global provider of wire forms, mechanical control cables, wireless charging, as well as seat lumbar, suspension, bolster, actuator, and motor systems. In addition to these award-winning, category-leading products, we offer tailored goods due to our expertise in product development and attention to market trends. Our unique competitive advantages give us unmatched insight into the demands of the consumer.
Learn more about Leggett & Platt Automotive: Leggett & Platt Automotive
Key RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.Lead the development of global procurement strategies for components and/or raw materials (Commodity), optimizing year-over-year improvements in cost, quality, and support of ongoing business and strategic priorities. Partner with cross-functional leadership to establish mutual goals that align with strategic plans.
2. Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stake holders; secure cross functional buy-in to Commodity strategies, develop comprehensive communication and execution plans.
3. Execute contracts reflecting the results of sourcing initiatives that adequately manage business and supply risks with appropriate legal terms and conditions.
4. Foster performance based relationship with external suppliers; monitor all risks within the commodity supply base; adapt the procurement strategies for mitigation actions.
5. Identify areas within the commodity of sub-optimized cost and value, and implement actions to address such areas.
6. Defines & implement a Commodity Value Optimization strategy in collaboration with procurement team (Regional procurement / SD / Logistic).
7. In charge to support productivity actions of his commodity in Regions related to the global material spend, to evaluate the feasibility of the productivity ideas and ensure the implementation. Consolidate worldwide activities. Apply the commodity strategy of his Category in his region
8. Ensure the financial commodity tracking on monthly basis from Regional financial controller input.
Experience:
1. Minimum of 5 years in a Category/commodity management position, or related experience, with global responsibilities.
2. Experience in a Manufacturing environment, Automotive experience preferred.
3. Demonstrated experience in building cost models to understand should cost, and how to apply the knowledge to achieve results.
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