Strategic Sourcing Manager Purpose of the role: Acting as a business partner to key stakeholders in business (Business Units, Engineering, etc.) and Operations (Supply Chain Operations, Supplier Quality, Production, Materials Management, etc.). The Strategic Sourcing Manager shall sustain the Global Category Management Operating Model and provide the supply capability and capacity at best cost to support the company’s future business needs and protection of brand value. Responsibilities: * Management of own material categories (capacity, knowledge management, performance). Focus is on Elastomer, Rubber and Plastics * Accountable for contributing to the global Direct Material & Supply Base Performance (QCD) * Representing own direct material categories within the VAT organization * Accountable for the category specific achievement of the objectives of cost optimization, supply base optimization, geographic sourcing footprint and Best Cost Country Sourcing * Providing forward-looking guidance on trends, threats and opportunities in own categories (eg. raw materials etc.) * Active contribution to the bottom-up alignment of the Direct Materials Category Team with the defined / set company objectives * Interface to BU / Engineering for Strategic Sourcing activities along with the PDP process * Act as a change agent regarding main stakeholders * Perform the development of category sourcing strategies applying and complying with defined methods and tools * Active supplier relationship management of the global supply base within its own category perimeter in alignment with the category teams in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania Qualifications: * A further education in Procurement or equivalent; ideally a Master’s degree or similar * Preferably 4-8 years of in-depth strategic sourcing experience with a solid working knowledge of global category management direct materials * Preferably strong experience on the electronic sourcing market dealing with EMS suppliers as we...