Supplier professional focused on the strategic leadership and relationship of
company suppliers to achieve the best financial performance and relationship
with assigned product lines
Principal Responsibilities:
* Directs and manages the supplier business plan and implementation process
throughout the organization leveraging supplier strengths and resources on
behalf of the supplier and communicating supplier benefits to the company.
* Aligns goals and objectives of supplier with the company to ensure mutual
goals and objectives are achieved.
* Determines, monitors and recommends plans for the supplier, company business
relationship on a tactical and strategic level.
* Participates in supplier business reviews providing appropriate data and
engaging in resolving issues.
* Identifies and drives new supplier opportunities with particular emphasis on
the development of recent services that blend unique supplier
resource/capability along with service/capability to create a unique value
proposition.
* Supports cross functional communication with the company's product groups in
price negotiations and market knowledge.
* Responsible for the management of activities and programs that will drive the
supplier’s pro-forma performance in an effort to achieve Avnet's financial
goals.
* Performs analysis and reports of various program impact for the supplier.
* Manages forecasting pipeline requirements and rebate projections.
* Other duties as assigned.
Job Level Specifications:
* Mastery knowledge of industry best practices and disciplines. Considered a
subject matter expert within the organization and contributes to the
development of new concepts, techniques and standards.
* Develops solutions to highly complex and uniquely challenging situations.
Assignments require extensive evaluation of alternatives and variables.
Expected to make improvements to policies and procedures.
* Works independently toward long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are
often self-