Strategic Sourcing Director
Boyd Gaming
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Return savings to the sites through negotiations and new projects to strategically lower costs.
- Defend against increases both material and tariff related.
- Responsible for all supplier commercial relationships within the assigned business areas, securing targeted levels of cost, quality, delivery, sustainability, and supply continuity.
- Support new product development activities across the business unit by setting supplier strategies, managing costs to meet product margin goals, and helping to launch product to mass production.
- Develop and implement assigned Supplier strategies that meet internal and external customer commercial, technical, and quality demands.
- Drive new product awards to preferred suppliers.
- Complete and manage the lifecycle of supplier contracts including corporate agreements, annual pricing negotiations and awards, payment terms, and inventory.
- Develop and align Supplier technical roadmaps in partnership with Sales and Engineering.
- In working with sites, is responsible for supplier performance and rating based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
- Drive Supplier and spend consolidation across multiple sites within the NA region in alignment with corporate goals and direction.
- Find, assess, and develop new Suppliers as needed in accordance with corporate direction and in alignment with Sales and Engineering.
- In working with sites, assess and complete Purchase Price Variance (PPV) activities including budgeting, forecasting, and reducing PPV impact to the business.
- Support sites on a when-needed basis to ensure critical customer service levels are maintained through supplier escalation, alternate sourcing, secondary sourcing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or relevant field
- Minimum 5 years of business or procurement experience
- Experience negotiating with suppliers in a low volume manufacturing business
- Master’s Degree in business (Desired)
- Experience with metal procurement and fabrication technologies (Desired)
- Leadership and change management experience (Desired)
- Previous experience in a high mix / low volume manufacturing environment (Desired)
- Experience in international supply chain management, incoterms, and landed costs (Desired)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
negotiationsupplier managementcost managementproduct developmentcontract managementKey Performance Indicators (KPI)Purchase Price Variance (PPV)budgetingforecastingmetal procurement
Soft Skills
leadershipchange managementcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem solving
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor’s Degree in Business AdministrationMaster’s Degree in Business