Global Procurement Manager PMR Direct Products

Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Procurement Manager, PMR Direct Products

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Product Procurement, as a Procurement Manager, PMR Direct Products will be responsible for global leadership of Contract manufacturing categories (PFR) within the Industrial Business Unit.

This role involves conducting global market analysis for various products and categories within a contract manufacturing environment. It requires strong communication and negotiation skills, with a proven ability to build vendor relationships, collaborate across teams, and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced setting. The position also focuses on prioritizing relocation projects in partnership with stakeholders to ensure that team goals and objectives are successfully achieved. Travel within North America, Asia, and Europe is required for this role.

About The Job

• Conduct supplier and market analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability. Been able to develop a deep cost control methodology. (30%)
• Conduct accurate and financial analyses for the Make vs Buy costs. Plan, Drive & Execute Change of supplier, product introduction projects.
• Conducts negotiations, leveraging advanced negotiating capabilities to successfully achieve business outcomes with the objective of GP improvements.
• Managing overall supplier relationships, including supplier performance, capabilities, manufacturing contracting management & risk mitigation.
• Collaborating with PM, Engineering, and business stakeholders on new product introduction programs to define standard and custom product requirements to ensure that sourcing strategies are met on cost and business objectives (Revenue Growth).
  
  
  
  

About You

• Bachelor's degree in business economics, engineering, analytics, statistics, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, commodity management, and supplier management in a global manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills and rich project management skills.
• Self-management skills and a self-started attitude are highly valued
• Able to lead a cross-functional team to work towards KPI and goals
• Ability to interact and engage with peers with good communication skills.
• Ability to review and understand engineering requirements and design documents for electronics. Ability to decompose electronics BOM and translate them into cost.
• Experience developing, leading, and executing global supplier cost, risk, and lead time reduction strategies
• Experience working with teams located in diverse regions (Europe & Asia).
• Fluency in verbal and written English is a must.
• Proficiency with ERP, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Experience managing SAP.
  
  
  
  

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise.

Our Core Values – Respect, Customer Focus, Agility, Collaboration – support us in our mission to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our customers’ products that use electrical energy.

We are an equal-opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

We offer a variety of benefits, competitive salary, bonuses, flexible working hours, remote working as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.