Supplier Manager

Company Profile

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. We develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. We operate the world's premier fleet of work class ROVs. Additionally, we are a leader in offshore oilfield maintenance services, umbilicals, subsea hardware, and tooling. We also use applied technology expertise to serve the defense, entertainment, material handling, aerospace, science, and renewable energy industries.

Position Summary

**Purpose**

As a Strategic Sourcing Manager (SSM), you will be responsible for developing the key strategic relationships with key Suppliers including negotiating strategic agreements, part costing, and supply chain management. This role is dependent on close collaboration with Engineering, Program Management, Quality, and other cross-functional teams. During the product development process, you are responsible for ensuring the suppliers are prepared to support the delivery of key parts on-time at specified quality, and yield parameters and are prepared to meet the ramp quantities. It is the SSM's primary objective to ensure suppliers meet or exceed commercial and technical requirements throughout the life-cycle of the product(s).

Duties & Responsibilities

**Functions**

ESSENTIAL
- Develop sourcing strategies ensuring the suppliers are capable of meeting Oceaneering International’s current and future technical and business requirements
- Continually benchmark the industry to monitor technology trends and ensure best practices are incorporated into the supply chain
- Establish supplier selection criteria, evaluate alternative suppliers, manage the RFQ process, and drive final supplier selection in partnership with Engineering, Quality, and other cross-functional partners
- Negotiate various agreements with suppliers to establish best-in-class pricing, flexibility, quality, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms
- Formulate contingency plans to de-risk technical challenges, long lead time, single source, and any supply issue
- Institute programs to optimize schedule flexibility while minimizing excess inventory exposure
- Own the ramp plan, ongoing production plan and forecast, tooling qualification schedule and tooling life for all designated suppliers
- Influence supplier technology roadmaps and create internal disruptive value-add to ensure Oceaneering International’s requirements are met
- Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships at the executive level

**Supervisory Responsibilities**
- This is an independent Contributor role.

**Qualifications**:
**Qualifications**

REQUIRED
- BS degree
- 5+ years work experience in sourcing or related fields associated with Machining, Composites, Electromechanical and Fabrication
- Experience in supplier evaluation/selection, should cost models, contract negotiation and supply base management
- Leadership, program management, and cross-functional teamwork experience
- Experience communicating with and influencing all levels of management

**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics**
- Knowledge of appropriate steps to analytical problem solving.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
- Ability to work in a team environment, remaining attentive to ideas, recognizing responsibilities, and actively participating with others to accomplish assignments and achieve desired goals.
- Treats others fairly and with respect.
- Knowledge of department's policies, rules, regulations, business goals, vision, organizational structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles and values, etc.
- Ability to establish and maintain project priorities.
- Seeks out new learning experiences.
- Identifies what needs to be done and takes action before being asked or required.

Closing Statement

**Working Conditions**

This position is considered OFFICE WORK which is characterized as follows.
- Almost exclusively indoors during the day and occasionally at night.
- Occasional exposure to airborne dust in the work place.
- Work surface is stable (flat).

**Physical Activity/Requirements**
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is considered **LIGHT **work.

**OCCASIONAL**

**FREQUENT**

**CONSTANT**
- **Lift up to 20 pounds**:

- **Climbing, stooping, kneeling, squatting, and reaching**
- **Lift up to 10 pounds**:

- **Standing**
- **Repetitive movements of arms and hands**:

- **Sit with back supported