Specialist, Procurement Operations **Date:** Jan 30, 2025 **Location:** Taichung, TW, 407 **Company:** Corning **Role Purpose** Responsible for assured supply of materials, equipment and services, (on time, best price, high quality) in addition to competitive costs, minimizing inventories while ensuring optimum materials utilization, and supplier performance. **Key Responsibilities** + Assists with Business Global Supply Management (GSM) Strategy Development. Deploys GSM strategies and plans to make decisions necessary to purchase product or services, aligned with organizational objectives and sourcing strategies. + Assures Contribution Metrics are updated and linked with site/business cost reduction portfolio. + Key player for negotiations with Suppliers, including Contract Administration. + Owns/Assists with Supplier Relationship Management Process (including supplier audits). + Creates and maintains contractual documents (Supply Agreements, Pricing Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Certificates of Insurance, etc.). + Assists with Commodity Reviews and Supply Intelligence + Inventory Management (where applicable): Organizes, controls, and minimizes materials on hand, slow moving and obsolete materials. May manage storeroom operations. + Acts as GSM liaison between plants, including materials and quality areas. + Recommends changes to purchasing practices/supply management to ensure conformance with established laws, policies, and ethical principles activity-based costing). Participates in the planning and implementation of these changes. + Acts as main contact for RTP to ensure invoicing issues are eliminated or resolved immediately. + Participates in cross-functional teams focused on process improvements, cost reduction and supply chain issue resolution + Protects Intellectual Property (IP). + Ensures compliance with internal and external auditing requirements related especially to GSM or any other certification (if applicable) + Makes sure that the suppliers are environmental compliance, and that the scrap is correctly disposed + Champions and advocates for the Global Buying Policy. Ensures compliance. **Experiences/Education - Required** + Bachelor’s Degree. + Experience in manufacturing – operations, planning, quality, engineering, supply chain. + Experience as a plant or corporate buyer. + Experience with GSM processes and systems. + Experience working in a matrix environment or on a cross-functional team. + Yellow Belt Certification. **Experiences/Education - Desired** + Experience across multiple businesses, division and/or technologies. + Experience with global manufacturing and business through work or project experience. + Green Belt Certification. + Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) or Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), APICS or certification related to Supply Chain.