Strategic Sourcing Specialist III

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist III to join the Original Casting Lighting Sector Team in St. Louis, MO.

What Will You Do?

• Maintain and promote sound relations with suppliers by taking ownership for sourcing activities by developing procurement strategies, active management of performance, contract negotiations and driving cost savings initiatives.
• Interface throughout the Legrand organization to leverage spend volume and existing global partnerships.
• Conducts strategic sourcing activities supporting the OCL/Legrand objectives for value-driven vendor partnerships and focused on risk management, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Participates in supplier negotiations and contract preparation using structured processes.
• Coordinates with internal stakeholders to define material, quality, and service requirements and standards.
• Supports vendor partnerships and monitors performance using established KPI's, goals, and scorecards. Integrates new sources, methods, and vendors to ensure a reliable supply of materials.
• Reviews market intelligence and analysis to anticipate price fluctuations.
• Uses ERP systems and other software tools to manage processes, create efficiencies, and control costs.
• Manage business-wide RFQs, bid and contract negotiations (domestic and international).
• Negotiate long-term contracts to ensure optimum costs and reliable service and supply.
• Conduct Make vs. Buy analysis (full burdened costs).
• Manage sustainability opportunities with suppliers.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required.

Required Skills

Education:

• Bachelors in Business Administration, Supply Chain or related field.

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills; both written and oral.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, lean manufacturing, etc.
• Familiarity with RoHS, Reach, Conflict Minerals.
• Familiarity with the following commodities: copper, fiber, metal.
• Familiarity with incoterms.
• Experience with logistics: LTL, small parcel, rail, ocean…etc.
• Strong negotiating and analytical skills; able to negotiate based upon market trends, exchange rate and inflation.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams; product management, engineering, finance, purchasing and customer service.
• Analysis of freight carriers/invoicing.
• International freight quoting.
• NAFTA experience.
• Familiar with harmonized group codes.
• Experience with customs.
• Able to lead projects, kaizens, cost improvement initiatives.
• JDE experience a plus.

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us 

About Legrand’s Lighting Sector

Legrand’s Lighting Sector consists of five lighting brands; Pinnacle, Finelite, Focal Point, and OCL which focus on architectural, decorative, and downlighting and Kenall which focuses on lighting for demanding environments.  We employ a talented group of employees that love lighting to design and manufacture high performance, energy efficient LED lighting solutions for applications in commercial, educational, healthcare, as well as challenging environments such as tunnels and correctional facilities.  With an eye toward sustainable design, our focus is on specification-oriented products and solutions that meet the functional needs of spaces while working in harmony with the designer’s vision for those spaces. We work with architects, engineers, and contractors to supply lighting built specifically for their client’s projects.   

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