Procurement Agent Manager

Procurement Agent Manager Company: Boeing Distribution, Inc. Boeing Global Services (BGS) Distribution Business is looking for a Procurement Agent Manager (Level K – First Line Leader) for our Hialeah, FL facility.

Summary: The Procurement Manager manages Procurement Agent employees performing activities related to committing company resources to purchase goods and services, developing supplier strategies, development of bid packages, proposal analysis, and development of contracts. Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals. Acquires resources for projects and processes, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Provides oversight regarding negotiation processes and related tools. Manages, develops and motivates employees. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Supervise the day-to-day operations of the procurement team to achieve key results in support of the business. Manages team’s process on an ongoing basis seeking to reduce manual intervention and duplication where possible Develop and execute procurement strategies and ensure their alignment with achievement of the company’s key results.  Develop, enhance and nurture strategic supplier relationships with key suppliers; lead key supplier Business Review processes, including supplier performance feedback, metric review. Manage the day-to-day operations of the procurement team to achieve key results in support of the business; flexing resources, optimizing demand and releasing those requirements into the supply base.  Manage this process on an ongoing basis seeking to reduce manual intervention and duplication where possible;  Realign supplier delivery schedules to meet customer demand. Flex resource requirements to meet the ‘needs of the day’.  Ensure day-to-day priorities are aligned with management expectations.  Ensure a thorough understanding of people and processes. Manage negotiations with vendors on prices, contracts and conditions Realign supplier delivery schedules to customer demand Ensure the implementation of and adherence to standard operating procedures to ensure superior levels of performance. Identifying potential areas of process improvement, recommend solutions, and drive improvement.   Develop and maintain reporting as necessary    Use a monthly "Dashboard" of KPIs regarding supply base delivery performance.  Use this information as the basis for prioritizing Supply Chain performance improvement.  Agree on recovery plans where needed. Resolve supplier discrepancies (quantities, paperwork and others) by closely working with the Operations/QA departments Assist in continuously enhancing the skills of team members by coaching, training, and/or mentoring activities Maintains and disseminates knowledge and awareness of industry issues, trends and developments for assigned commodity area; Responsible for continuously enhancing the skills of team members by coaching, training, and/or mentoring activities. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned or required To be considered for this position you will be required to complete an assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

(Required Skills and Experience): Candidates must have at least one year of experience in leadership role (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or format manager experience) OR have completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership.” 10+ years of related experience 5+ years’ experience in Supplier Management or Supply Chain Management 3+ years of experience leading or managing projects