At jabil we strive to make anything possible and everything better. With over 260,000 diverse, talented and dedicated employees across 100 locations in 30 countries, our vision is to be the most technologically advanced and trusted manufacturing solutions provider. We combine an unmatched breadth and depth of end-market experience, technical and design capabilities, manufacturing know-how, supply chain insights and global product management expertise to enable success for the world's leading brands. We are driven by a common purpose to make a positive impact for each other, our communities, and the environment.
*job summary*
the indirect category manager assists the global supply chain manager in developing and deploying the global business unit's strategic supply chain activities within the assigned sites where the business unit manufactures product. This position may include situational analysis, strategy development and guidance in implementation for the functional disciplines of supply chain development, procurement and customer pricing. These strategies should support the individual customer's needs and be complementary to jabil's overall supply chain management goals. The regional supply chain manager works under the guidance of the global supply chain manager.
*essential duties and responsibilities*
supply chain management responsibilities
business strategy and direction:
- know and understand the corporation's strategic direction.
- analyze the customer's needs and develop an appropriate supply chain strategy that is in alignment with jabil's organizational goals.
Technical management responsibilities
supply chain management:
- clearly and regularly communicate the customer's needs to commodity management, operations materials management and the business unit buyers to ensure that jabil provides supply chain solutions that foster success.
- manages the periodic materials quotation activities for relative commodities. Assist in executing the rfq as appropriate for the program.
- negotiates favorable pricing, payment terms, and advanced supply chain optimization programs such as supplier-owned inventory, just-in-time delivery schedules, reduced lead times and cancellation terms, return privileges, and edi/sis demand communication with key suppliers falling outside jabil's strategic supplier base
- identify and facilitate the qualification of new, alternate and/or localized suppliers for business unit strategic commodities.
- negotiate favorable pricing, payment terms, and advanced supply chain optimization programs such as supplier-owned inventory, just-in-time delivery schedules, reduced lead times and cancellation terms, return privileges, and edi/sis demand communication with jabil's business unit strategic suppliers.
- working in concert with jabil's commodity management team, recommend customer bom pricing at the component level that promotes jabil's competitiveness.
- in collaboration with commodity management, lead the effort to obtain full commodity and sourcing control of both jabil strategic and business unit strategic commodities.
- through early design involvement and qualification of alternate suppliers on existing products, promote the use of jabil's strategic suppliers.
- focus on achievement of jabil's financial and operational goals.
Customer service:
- demonstrate a commitment to customer service.
- represent jabil's materials team in a professional manner during customer meetings, audits, presentations and conference calls.
- anticipate and meet/exceed customer expectations by solving problems quickly and effectively. Make customer issues a priority.
- adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
- comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.
- may perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
*job qualifications*
*knowledge requirements*
- ability to read, analyze, interpret and communicate regarding common scientific and/or technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business
community.
- ability to effectively present information to business unit management, customer, and other members of the jabil materials community.
- advanced pc skills, including training and knowledge of jabil's software packages.
- ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
- ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- strong knowledge of global and regional logistics operations and industry.
- strong proficiency in determining logistics requirements to enable compan