Sourcing Compliance & Reporting Manager
Dover Corporation
- Dundee
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Exemplify Dover Zero harm rules in support of a safe working environment.
- Develop and maintain reporting strategy that meets the teams needs and wants immediately.
- Is capable of building measurement processes to drive accountable reporting on our cost improvement journey.
- Comfort and experience in tackling tough areas of process improvement and highlighting areas of weakness in a structured and factual manner.
- Is comfortable working with finance, operations and engineering ensuring that facts are checked, and processes are fair and balanced.
- Understands how sourcing works and operates on a cost improvement journey and what value the role needs to deliver.
- A self-starter mentality – proactive and inquisitive
- Drive technological improvements to simplify and improve efficiency within the team. For example, Oracle reporting, Power BI automation for real time metric reporting, contract databases, supplier risk registers etc.
- Identify areas of business improvement through simplification on either supplier consolidation, contractual management and product simplification
- Identify and implement new tools and technologies to improve reporting and analytics capabilities
- Build and maintain supplier contract portals, risk registers and legislation compliance databases
- Develop and maintain reporting dashboards and visualizations
- Coach and support business case creation supporting change
- Is able to create and nurture winning relationships
- Detail and Process orientation.
- Proven ability to drive change.
- Ability to use data to support excellent decision making (fact only based mindset)
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise in a complex environment.
- Demonstrates full accountability and ownership for all aspects of assigned areas of responsibility.
- A proven track record of leading strategic process development
- Proven ability to develop contractual databases
- Evidence of experience of creating and maintaining supplier / cost improvement trackers and scorecards.
- Able to coach and mentor team members.
- Persistence in problem solving approach with ability to deliver solutions that address the issue effectively.
- Confident and familiar with appropriate technology to automate and create efficiency
- Leading and influencing decision making in stakeholder departments – effective communication.
- Experience of a manufacturing environment would be useful
- Able to be flexible in both approach and outlook. Has the ability to deliver tactically and strategically as needed. A ‘hands on’ culture, style and attitude is a must.
- Comfortable in presenting information in a variety of formats to senior management,
- Willingness to engage with stakeholders (engineering, marketing, sales) to understand Dovers products and customer requirements and ensure they are reflected in our supply chain.
- Self-motivated and orientated towards improvement/development of responsibilities - flexible in accepting accountabilities.
- Degree qualified or able to demonstrate suitable relevant experience.
- Minimum of five years working in a similar role, showing consistent career progression to current level preferably within an engineering or high-volume manufacturing environment,
- Must have a proven track record of process and using analytics
- Familiarity with Oracle ERP Power BI systems an advantage.
- Proficient in use of MS packages.
- Expert in the development, deployment and administration of service contracts and t&c’s
- Excellent English (verbal and written)