Supply excellence specialist - americasreports to: manager global supply excellence group supply chain has a vital role in the success of skf. Effective group supply chain is a key factor for handling today's and tomorrow's business challenges. Our global team contributes to the development and management of a high-quality supplier base to deliver value to our customers.as supply excellence specialist, you will be part of strategic sourcing projects with advanced supply chain analytics. You will work in a challenging environment and you will be part of global skf communities for lean, icr (integrated cost reduction) and cost engineering, meaning the opportunity of collaboration with colleagues from all over the skf world.you will be part of an important contribution in the development of several projects linked to different skf product families.essential job responsibilities: as lean expert, you will be applying lean principles by leading workshops aimed at cost optimization, lean kpis assessment and continuous improvement. Technology and innovation are also considered part of a competitive manufacturing process.furthermore, you will:participate in supplier selection for lean programscollect data in collaboration with selected suppliers for a pre-analysis about manufacturing processeslead and facilitate lean workshop by using lean tools such as e.g. Value stream mappingfollowing up with the suppliers after the workshop to ensure that the improvement plan is implemented and in line with the expectationsas icr expert, you will be supporting the skf factories in developing icr workshops.you will promote and apply the different icr methodologies based on business needs.furthermore, you will:collaborating with the skf regional factories for workshops preparationparticipating in the workshop with a key role as icr expertfacilitate the ideas generation, prioritization and the action plan preparationparticipate in the follow up to ensure improvements, feasibility and resultsas cost engineering expert, you will be applying cost modelling and simulations with trusted software aimed to provide "should cost analysis".you will take a role as expert in several projects in relation to strategic group supply chain initiatives.the role also includes participation in supplier development projects and cost optimization in the field with skf key dm suppliers.furthermore, you will:support category managers for fact-based negotiations on current business and identifying the correct costs of new productstop-down analysis ppkg (price per kg), using statistical principles for benchmarkestablish and implement best practicesbuild effective collaborations with other departments providing results to relevant stakeholdersdevelop and maintain a repository of projects donerequirementsuniversity degree in engineering or equivalentknowledge in manufacturing engineeringgood understanding of business needsfluent in english having a good networking attitude, with the ability to develop and maintain a professional network with internal and external stakeholdershigh level of personal motivation, commitment and teamworkexperience in project management; six sigma is considered advantageousproblem solving attitudeadditional informationthis position will be located at one of our major skf sites in americas with local contract. International assignments are not being considered at this time.the position holder will report to marco di battista, manager global supply excellence.for questions regarding the position, please contact marco di battista via teams or by mail or maria hogberg, vp of purchasing americas for questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact "humberto holguin", recruitment expert at mail how to applyif you are interested and meet the above requirements, please submit your application in english no later than december 12. Please note that we will screen candidates continuously during the application period. Please note internal candidates will receive a confirmation that they have successfully applied for position.