Sr. Procurement Specialist

Sr. Procurement Specialist

Dorman was founded on the belief that people should have greater freedom to fix motor vehicles. For over 100 years, we have been driving new solutions, releasing tens of thousands of aftermarket replacement products engineered to save time and money, and increase convenience and reliability. Founded and headquartered in the United States, we are a pioneering global organization offering an always-evolving catalog of automotive, heavy-duty, and specialty vehicle products. Today, we have more than 3,500 employees across 29 different locations, with a family of brands that also includes SuperATV and Dayton Parts. Publicly traded under the stock ticker DORM, reaching a revenue of $2 billion in 2024.

Everyone who works at Dorman is called a Contributor. We need everyone, regardless of role and experience, to contribute to our success. That means everyone has a unique ability to make an impact on the business. We encourage all our Contributors to bring their authentic selves to work. The freedom to pursue new ideas, offer different perspectives, and grow in your career is fundamental to working at Dorman.

Job Summary

This position will provide procurement direction to the Cross Functional Teams and Procurement Department to ensure optimal sourcing decisions for complex and / or critical categories with little to no oversight. Must be able to perform and respond in an extremely fast paced, flexible, team-oriented, and collaborative environment.

Primary Duties

• Develop strategic initiatives that monitor and improve Supplier performance by creating and executing corrective action and continuous improvement plans.
• Keeping Asia Contributors aware and involved in our sourcing strategies and leveraging them when necessary.
• Challenging the suppliers on costing when appropriate.
• Stocking program management, optimization and recommendations.
• ROI procurement decisions- challenging decisions where appropriate.
• Work with planning to recommend any hedge buy / safety stock updates / mrp controller changes based on supplier knowledge.
• Identify and develop sourcing plans for key commodities and / or products using strategic thinking and cross functional collaboration.
• Identify and deliver cost reduction commitments through the identification and development and execution of strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Evaluate and select suppliers to support both new product development and cost savings initiatives based on total cost and performance analysis.
• Identify and negotiate with suppliers to provide the best pricing, serviceability and quality leveraging tools such as commodity trends and market conditions.
• Support development and deployment of a Supplier Relationship Management program to manage all interactions with suppliers and ensures alignment with company and product strategies.

Qualifications

Education / Experience