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Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Formulate annual business plans for achievement of cost reductions and year over year performance improvement.
• Obtains and analyzes quotes to determine best value, then recommends global sourcing solutions based on data and facts collected.
• Provides proper documentation for review at sourcing councils including total landed cost analysis taking into account duty, freight, packaging, surcharge, payment terms and other financial factors.
• Ability to maintain control of a project to meet timing and address basic 'roadblocks' that relate to Purchasing.
• Ability to clearly list out Dana's negotiable items and the supplier's and negotiate basic items/deals with minimal supervision.
• Consistently sends out and reviews complete RFQ packages and negotiates the basic terms of a contract to support an agreement. Understand what type of contract is required.
• Monitors supplier(s) performance, audits results and elevates issues within the suppliers organization for resolution.Tracks Savings projects and reports accurate forecasts and actuals in Savings Tracker.
• Works proactively with other departments to find ways of reducing the need for inventory.

Sample Competency

1. Thinks & Acts Strategically

3c. Interpersonal Communication (Demonstrates Effective Approach)

3d. Professional Presence (Demonstrates Effective Approach)

4. Achieves Planned Results

Join our team of 28,000 problem solvers who are fostering a culture of innovation by leveraging the diverse perspectives of our global team. We believe in facing challenges head-on by finding opportunity and uncovering possibility, where roadblocks and barriers become targets instead of obstacles. We are One Dana with limitless opportunity.