At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

JOB SUMMARY

This person will manage indirect resources dedicated to improving Jabil’s global supply chain processes and software.  This position reports to Global Catalog Manager in Supply Chain focused on Indirect Procurement. This position will use our Source to Pay platform Coupa.  This job is a blend of catalog management, analysis, and technical support.  This job requires the ability to interact across multiple levels of management both internally and externally with our supply base.  The candidate is required to develop, implement, and measure a global catalog strategy for indirect purchase that fully meets the supply chain needs of our business units. This position also requires project manage experience, assists in the management and direction of activities in the Program Management function. This role helps drive the implementation of program management strategies, budget control & review and NRE negotiation with customer, ensuring customer satisfaction and program success.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Support ongoing catalog management activities within identified catalog items and suppliers
• Lead indirect materials classifications, technical specification analysis, and standardizations
• Analyze purchasing data and coordinate/communicate with internal stakeholders to ensure the best meet for supply/demand.
• Lead support for connecting catalogs, which includes testing, moving to production and issue resolution.
• Clearly define service level expectations and requirement to assess current supplier community and recommend new suppliers who can add value related to new sourcing opportunities
• Negotiate, review, and execute the implementation of contractual arrangements per company policy and business objectives
• Ensure the efficient and timely exchange of knowledge and information within the Our Company Corporation to ensure best practices are shared throughout the Our Company organization
• Coordinate with the purchasing community to develop new processes and software that increase the efficiency of Jabil’s Catalog Management and Supplier Enablement process and allow Jabil to stay in front of our competition from a supply chain management standpoint.
• Communicates with key customers to understand their needs, preferences, and perspectives. Ensures that the customer’s perspective is fully considered in the course of development of programs.
• More effective such as provide valuable suggestion for saving opportunities, have better overview to leverage the cost cross division, region, and business unit to provide best cost and proposal.
• IDPM role will work with BU & Ops collaborate to challenge/set the budget, review and assess the budget.
• Provide cost proposal and review with customer, negotiate with customer for NRE opportunities.
• Establishes project strategy, executes the plan and measures results.
• Maintains project transparency through formal, written communications and reporting status systems.
• Anticipates opportunities for proactive solutions. Manage conflict situations to result in win-win outcomes.
• Identify potential risks and make resolution suggestion through the escalation process.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Should have the following personal characteristics: strong leader, professional, hard-charging, detail-oriented, reliable, calm under fire, creative, with a can-do attitude.
• Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
• Comply, follow, and enforce all procedures within the company security policy.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in business) with five to seven years in relevant Jabil position or an equivalent external work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Strong communication skills and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, summarize information, and draw valid conclusions. 
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts and, percentages.
• Ability to solve practical problems with limited information. 
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Languages: Local language and Good English skills, both in verbal and written
• Preferable experience in SAP, Ariba/Coupa or similar.
• Preferable knowledge & interest in MRO materials.

REASONING ABILITY

Strong problem solving, analytic, negotiation, project management and people skills are a must.  Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, summarize information, and draw valid conclusions.  Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts and, percentages.  Ability to solve practical problems with limited information.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Ability to work effectively under pressure with constantly changing priorities and deadlines.  Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 15 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Individual’s primary workstation is located in the office area. The noise level in this environment is typically low.

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Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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