Sourcing Specialist – Aftermarket Service, Motive Power
Careers at Crown
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: New Bremen • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Review pre-developed category strategies and collaborate with peers to ensure Purchasing activities and projects are in accordance with plans.
- Collaborate in developing the strategies for regional or local spend categories.
- Conduct supplier approval, improvement actions, onboarding and elimination tasks.
- Assist with new product introductions, phase in/out of components, product changes, and following tasks through to successful completion without interruption of supply or compromises to product quality.
- Provide clear and concise communications via all methods to stakeholders and suppliers.
- Maintain and monitor relationships with assigned suppliers in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Monitor supplier production delivery, quality, and warranty performance.
- Act with a high sense of urgency in correcting supply interruption occurrences.
- Visit supplier facilities with the appropriate cross functional support to evaluate and lead selection process and ensure trip reports and actions are completed.
- Review annual spends with the Purchasing Analyst, Subsidiary and Branch Purchasing personnel and a Commodity/Category Manager to develop cost savings projects and priorities.
- Prepare and plan for negotiations with suppliers.
- Implement enablement of the company’s e-procurement solution (Ariba Supply Chain Integration and Buying and Invoicing) for assigned suppliers.
Requirements
- 2-4 years related experience
- Associate’s degree (Business, Supply Chain or Engineering)
- Non-degree considered if 6+ years of related experience along with a high school diploma or GED
- Frequent travel (6-20%)
- Occasional overnight stays (0-5%)
- Interpersonal, teamwork and negotiation aptitude skills.
- Proficient computer skills.
- Manufacturing Engineering or other technical experience.
- CPSM and APICS training are also preferred.
Benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision/Prescription Drug Plan
- Flexible Benefits Plan
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Life and Disability Benefits
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation
- Tuition Reimbursement
- And much more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
supplier approvalproduct introductioncost savings projectsnegotiatione-procurementsupply chain managementquality monitoringproduction deliverywarranty performanceproject management
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsteamworknegotiation aptitudecommunicationcollaborationsense of urgencyrelationship managementproblem-solvingattention to detailadaptability
Certifications
CPSMAPICS training