Level:

Individual Contributor

Employment Type:

Full-time

Permanent

Hybrid Remote

Location:

Mexico

Job Function:

Supply Chain

Industry:

Industrial Air Quality

Oil & Energy

Who We Are:

AAF International offers the most comprehensive clean air solutions available across the globe. Selling under the American Air Filter® and the AAF International® brand names, AAF International has been an industry pioneer since 1921 with manufacturing operations in 22 countries and over 6000 employees globally. Our products are the industry benchmarks for quality and performance. Our applications include commercial, industrial and residential solutions from the filters used in your home to the most critical cleanroom and power generation applications.

We are a member of the Daikin Group, the world's largest air conditioning provider with $30 billion in revenue and over 75,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1924, Daikin has grown into a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering solutions in clean, air, air conditioning, refrigeration, chemicals, oil hydraulics, defence systems and electronics.

Our culture of continuous improvement, safety and world class operations is driven by our people-centred management philosophy. This philosophy is built around mutual selection: that while AAF seeks top talent people to join and deliver on our team, we also want each team member to receive job satisfaction, growth and development, and continued happiness in being a long-term member of the AAF family. This is fuelled by our belief in treating our people, our supply partners, our customers and our environment with the trust and respect we each require, and our passion to give back to our community for our success.

Position Summary:

We are currently recruiting for a Sourcing Leader to join the existing team in our Power & Industrial (P&I) Division. The successful candidate will be responsible for develop, control and improve the supply chain in the Americas region to support increased volume of equipment, improved lead times and better cost positions to drive IAQ business growth in terms of revenue and gross margin. 

This is a leadership role and is responsible for all of the Americas. The Sourcing Leader must establish a plan and strategy to find, negotiate and develop suppliers based on criteria such as quality, price, reliability and sustainability, execute this plan using a team of individuals who are not direct reports. Ultimately, the position will have direct reports in both the United States and Mexico.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop a robust, high quality, highly reliable and cost effective supply chain to deliver IAQ equipment in both the USA and Mexico. This includes manufacturing options, assembly options, component suppliers and ancillary equipment suppliers.

• Find, negotiate, configure and monitor the supply base. Measure the supply base based on safety, quality, delivery and cost effective KPIs. Create and execute improvement plans with the supplier base to deliver the margin growth required by the business.

• Provide feedback and support the correction of supplier issues or improvement ideas to enable KPI improvement.

• Work with sales, product and execution teams to grow and improve the supply chain to support business growth.

• Be an active member of the IAQ Americas leadership team, supporting and improving business performance, staff growth and team engagement across all locations.

• Coordinate sourcing activities as needed, to ensure time, quality and price of IAQ products and services.

• Potentially lead the creation of AAF assembly plants in the future.

• Evaluate and validate suppliers, using quality, price, reliability, and performance criteria.

• Create negotiation strategies that improve costs by ensuring profitable, time-defined agreements.

• Identify the products and services needed to support daily operations.

• Analyse risks and apply risk minimization techniques, such as FMEA, among others, that ensure control in the supply chain for manufacturing, receipt of products, and their disposition for order management.

Person Specification:

Education, Qualifications and Affiliations

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, International Business, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or similar.
• English spoken, written, reading & listening (medium – high level)

Experience

• At least 10 years of experience with sourcing and supplier management in a manufacturing environment relying on a large pool of subcomponent and assembly suppliers.

• At least 3 years in a leadership role as a Sourcing or Procurement Manager working with a local or regional leadership team. This role is expected to be part of the leadership team and lead a future team in both Mexico and the United States

• Experience working with global teams. Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia

•Demonstrated ability to work in a proactively diverse and inclusive organization.

• Excellent, proven interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills.

• Effective problem – solving, quantitative and business analysis skills, as well as mediation skills.

• Demonstrated ability to share skills and knowledge with others.

• Proficiency with office computer equipment and software.

• Demonstrated ability to multi - task and work in a fast - paced office setting.

Licenses or Certifications

• Driving license
• Passport and visa required: Travel to US will be required for role.

Technical Requirements

• Knowledge of manufacturing, APC industry or other industry area.

• Experience working and negotiating with suppliers.

• Knowledge of manufacturing business execution.

• Planning and experience in long-term agreements.

• Experience in material warehousing required. Understand how to build stock and negotiate with suppliers to maintain finished or partially finished stock.

• Demonstrated high-level use of Microsoft Excel or database software to manipulate and share data.

• Demonstrated use of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to share data.

• Ability to use various tools and software, such as spreadsheets, databases, and inventory management systems, to collect, analyse data, and generate reports.

• Understanding of market dynamics and good business judgment

• Strong project management and leadership skills

Skills

Essential

• Health, safety and environmentally conscious.
• Flexible approach to working, willingness to accept changing priorities.
• Ability to execute high impact strategies to enhance people and business performance.
• An ability to work to strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Excellent attitude focused towards getting a job done quickly and to the highest possible standard.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Advanced MS Office / HRIS skills. (SAP an advantage)
• Solution and targets focused.
• Good commercial acumen.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships.
• High level of English communication skills including face to face, telephone and written.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work in an organised manner.
• Continuous improvement mentality and receptive to change.

What’s on Offer:

An opportunity to join an established and successful international business with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Applications:
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome and supported. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

All applications must be submitted in English.