Commodity Sourcing

Payrate: $28.00 - $30.00/hr
 
Responsibilities:

• Evaluate MRP to understand buy part supply/demand signals and create purchase orders.
• Establish appropriate stocking strategies and maintain buy part planning parameters.
• Manage supplier relationships to ensure purchase orders are acknowledged, PO dates are maintained and shipments are executed on-time.
• Expedite supplier parts when unexpected shortages occur or demand is short cycled. Work closely with suppliers on recovery plans.
• Manage new supplier set-up and supplier maintenance (HICX portal).
• Manage ERP Sourcing Rules and Quotation accuracy to facilitate Auto-PO, where applicable.
• Daily and effective communication with production on shortages and recovery plans.
• Manage transportation costs working to avoid premium air shipments.
• Right-size inventory by reducing excess inventory and evaluate shortages.
• Engage with Quality and Engineering to address supplier non-conforming parts.
• Assess supplier capabilities and make recommendations for supplier selection.
• Collaborate and support the Sourcing Manager in inflation/deflation goals and commodity strategy execution.
• Serve as the primary accounts payable/ receivable contact for your supply base.
• Support warehouse by ensuring healthy inventory levels are maintained to meet demand.
• Occasional buy part inventory counts, executing physical inventory adjustments in the ERP system.
• Maintain key product indicators in fulfillment, planning and inventory. 

 
Qualifications:

• Preferred: bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related field and/or least 5 years of procurement or sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Preferred: Experience in railroad, aerospace, automotive or other heavy industrial manufacturing or remanufacturing sectors.

 
Skills:      

• Proven experience working effectively with suppliers, managing purchase orders and ensuring supplier on-time delivery to meet production requirements.
• Experience in the supplier selection process and managing supplier partnerships using performance KPI metrics.
• Ability to generate a comprehensive Supplier Request for Quotation package.
• Ability to perform accurate and thorough cost analysis comparing current total cost to new supplier quotations total cost.
• Proven supplier negotiation techniques.
• Foundational proficiency in supply chain management principles and commodity sourcing strategies.
• Ability to work with complex material flows.
• Strong understanding of ERP MRP fundamentals, including purchase order signals, purchase order reschedule signals, planning parameters and the importance of transactional accuracy and its impact on inventory control.
• Ability to interpret and work with technical specifications, drawings, and quality requirements.
• Understanding of Bill of Material framework and BOM costs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suit (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and ability to learn software quickly.
• Professional and concise verbal and written communication skills required for effective interaction with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to build effective and trusted supplier and team relationships.
• Organized and posses a drive for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

 
Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $28.00 - $30.00/hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law. 

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