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The role will design and execute sourcing strategies, qualify new suppliers, establish welding procedure specifications, and coordinate fabrication, welding, painting, and related processes while partnering with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams. After the transition, the manager will continue to deliver cost savings, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and expand local fabrication capabilities in line with NOV’s localization goals.\n Develop and implement the global category strategy for fabrication, welded components, assemblies, and related services.\nIdentify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers based on capability, capacity, quality, cost, delivery, and technical requirements.\nAssess supplier manufacturing capabilities through audits, site visits, performance reviews, and technical evaluations.\nPartner with Engineering and Quality to establish WPSs, specifications, inspection requirements, and process controls.\nCollaborate with Manufacturing and Operations to ensure supplier capabilities align with production and customer requirements.\nConduct market analysis and develop a competitive, resilient, and scalable supply base.\nLead sourcing events, supplier negotiations, contract development, and commercial agreements.\nDrive cost reductions through competitive sourcing, value engineering, standardization, and continuous improvement.\nEstablish and monitor supplier performance metrics for quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and responsiveness.\nDevelop corrective-action and supplier-improvement plans when performance does not meet expectations.\nIdentify and mitigate supply, capacity, quality, geopolitical, and business-continuity risks.\nSupport the expansion of local fabrication capabilities in alignment with NOV’s localization strategy.\nProvide regular updates on category performance, sourcing initiatives, savings, supplier risk, and strategic priorities.\n Bachelor’s degree in business, operations management, or similar field. 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