Strategic Sourcing and Procurement

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview

Responsible for developing the sourcing strategy for specific categories of goods within the company. This role requires a combination of technical knowledge, analytical skills, and industry-specific expertise.

Work requires detailed data analysis, logical reasoning and operations where independent judgment is used. Technical and engineering knowledge is needed since there is a high need to focus on details and manufacturing process understanding. Soft skills to be able to negotiate prices, and contracts are also needed.

Company and Opportunity Overview

Wanzl North America’s vision is to be the leading entrepreneurial player in terms of market share, agility, and game-changing solutions. WNA is a solution provider, creating value along the supply chain of our customers, from the online purchase to delivery to their customers.

WNA, which includes the Technibilt and Cari-All brands, is headquartered in Newton, North Carolina. With nearly 500 employees and 175 MUSD of sales, WNA focuses on the retail and distribution market segments with marquee customers such as Walmart, Amazon, and the majority of large grocers and retailers.

In addition to being the largest manufacturer of shopping carts in North America, WNA has three (3) additional main product segments as well as a Service business, providing turnkey solutions for customer guidance (Access Systems) and Shelving & Fixtures, as well as Material Handling / Rolling Stock products. WNA is active in building a “digital” business line with products for shopping cart containment, smart exit gate technology, and solutions for autonomous and / or semi-autonomous retail stores.

WNA is part of the Wanzl group, headquartered in Germany and has 12 plants in 8 countries, providing comprehensive, solutions-drive service and expert knowledge of local markets for customers across the globe through their 360°ree; service.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Continuous Improvement of WNA Sourcing Processes
• Detailed analysis of :

Market conditions (commodities prices, shipping prices, inflation)

Works with international support base to accomplish company goals.

Skills and Experience :