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Job Description
Who we are
You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world! At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life's unforgettable moments.
We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.
If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.
Join Sonova. Create sense.
Aurora (IL), United States
Procurement Manager Logistics
Aurora, IL | United States
Procurement Manager Logistics
In a life without sound, our work provides meaning. As a leading provider of innovative hearing care solutions, we are not just a company that makes products: we are a team on a mission to help people enjoy the delight of hearing.
Sonova is seeking a Procurement Manager Logistics to join the organization to partner with the Operations and Customer Function to achieve a step change in the company, B2C with improving supplier cost, by providing a specific vision and strategic direction across Logistics procurement and the business, aligned to the overall strategic needs for Sonova (Cost and ESG targets).
More about the role:
Provide leadership to the Workplace and Mobility procurement team
Creating and implementing effective category strategies in alignment with Stakeholders
Introduce relevant, enriched market data into strategic sourcing, contract management, and supplier relationship management
Be Sonova's regional market expert, readily aware of the main protagonists in the global market, and utilize this status within the procurement team and in collaborating cross-functionally with business partners and fellow change agents
Implements cost optimization measures across all Sonova companies
Understand, propose and implement initiatives towards greenhouse gas emissions utilizing market intelligence and future trends.
Leverage all experiences to design and define commodity plans and use this as the platform to make informed, strategic sourcing decisions and recommendations
Work collaboratively across the functions, acting with integrity, and behaving like a business partner who delivers on commitments
Be a Value Leader in the business by owning the range of value levers in the commodity and be cognizant of Design-to-cost principles
Manage the supply base effectively, cultivating and maintaining supplier relationships and driving enhanced performance across key metrics of cost, quality, service, and sustainability
More about you:
3-5 years of procurement experience in the indirect area with specific insight of Logistic procurement
Development of strategic category strategies
Worked experience of owning the procurement lifecycle
Demonstrable experience in managing and resolving supplier performance issues
Successful commercial negotiation with Logistic providers at the local or regional level and workplace
Ownership of key vendor relationships and able to drive a collaborative innovation agenda on items such as greenhouse gas emissions
Able to collaborate with and influence external vendors and internal stakeholder groups at a senior level
Self-starter, able to self-motivate, prioritize, and operate successfully in a changing, fast-moving environment - playing your role in delivering positive change
A value creator, adept at impacting the bottom line through tangible commercial results
Don't meet all the criteria? If you're willing to go allin and learn we'd love to hear from you!
A minimum of 200Mb/sec download and 10Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova
We are looking forward to receiving your application via our online job application platform. For this position only direct applications will be considered. Sonova does not recruit via app, telegram, carrier pigeon or any other format that does not include speaking with an actual human. If you are offered a job without speaking with someone please contact wholesale.HR@Sonova.com
What we offer:
Medical, dental and vision coverage*
Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts
TeleHealth options
401k plan with company match*
Company paid life/ad&d insurance
Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage... For full info follow application link.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
