Sourcing Specialist I

Surge Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

Sourcing Specialist I managing supplier relations while collaborating with operational planning and inventory analysis at The Toro Company.

Posted 5/3/2026full-timeBloomington • Minnesota, Oklahoma • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65,000 - $75,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain the supplier relationship through excellent communication to ensure the supplier has alignment with ISC’s goals.
Understand, and support the category specific strategy.
Understand how category strategy connects to ISC strategy.
Support Category Specialist and Category Manager in long term cost control strategies to fit specific strategic supplier partnerships and commodities.
Support lead time maintenance and reduction.
Assist Accounts Payable and Sourcing in resolving blocked invoices tied to incomplete or incorrect data.
Support multiple areas of the parts procurement process within TTC’s MRP/ERP system.
Support the TTC’s Escalation process and requests from TTC’s manufacturing plants on supplier deliveries and escalations as required.
Assist supplier transitions.
Participate in supplier exit process standardization and continuous improvement projects.
Support TTC’s Digital Transformation objectives.
Assist with the gathering of requested information for Total Cost of Ownership analysis to support the Category Team.
Support the deviation from specification (DFS) requests from suppliers.
Assist supplier quality engineer when needed.
Ensures engineering change notices (ECN’s) are completed timely.
Ability to troubleshoot routine issues that arise in moderately complex situations.
Support various intradepartmental process improvement projects including lean activities, productivity improvements, lead time maintenance and others as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree preferred in Supply Chain Management, Operations or Engineering with 0+ years of professional experience.
Sourcing experience or relevant education normally gained by completing degree in supply chain or operations related field preferred.
Self-motivated, ability to work under pressure, manage and prioritize multiple objectives concurrently, attend to details, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
Proven ability to analyze situations and accurately take effective actions.
Basic skills in Microsoft Suite, MRP/ERP, Ariba and SAP.
Ability to maintain composure during rapidly changing situations, remaining focused on the relevant objective.
Capacity to work independently as well as within a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Understanding of manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and market dynamics for assigned commodities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan
401k
Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.
Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.
Flexible Work Arrangements – This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule.

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Hard Skills & Tools

sourcingcost control strategiesTotal Cost of Ownership analysistroubleshootingprocess improvementlean activitiesmanufacturing processescost driversmarket dynamics

Soft Skills

excellent communicationself-motivatedability to work under pressuremanage multiple objectivesattention to detailmeet deadlinesanalyze situationsteam-orientedcollaborative

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor’s degree in OperationsBachelor’s degree in Engineering