Join Our Team as a Commodity Lead at Johnson Electric!
Location:Vandalia OH (onsite)
Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept It:
As our next Commodity Lead youll be at the forefront of developing and managing sourcing strategies to achieve annual performance objectives. Your expertise in supply chain management will be crucial in driving our success and pushing the boundaries of whats possible.
Why Youll Love Working Here:
- Technological Leadership: Be part of a company that is a leader in its field driving technological advancements.
- WorkLife Balance: Flexible working hours and policies that support a healthy worklife balance.
- Recognition Programs: Programs that recognize and reward employee achievements and contributions.
- Community Engagement: Opportunities to participate in community service and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Develop appropriate strategic sourcing plans to guide the teams sourcing activities for the Americas.
- Conduct negotiations with suppliers focusing on terms and conditions of purchase contracts.
- Make market analysis on commodities and offer budget and savings plans to top management.
- Establish a regional supplier base in the Americas ensuring supplier operations are in compliance with IATF16949 and ISO 9000.
- Lead supplier benchmark activities to guide the SCS sourcing activities including benchmarking other JE global sites.
- Consolidate regional supplier base for the assigned commodities.
- Work closely with global counterparts to leverage common suppliers benchmark pricing and align costs across regions.
- Use global suppliers when appropriate to optimize landed cost lead time and quality.
- Drive design for sourcing and manufacturing throughout the New Product Development Process.
- Expedite materials or reschedule per market demand to meet given deadlines.
- Support spot purchasing activities for assigned commodities as required on the regional and global level.
- Collaborate with the finance team for ontime payment with suppliers.
- Regularly report (monthly quarterly) price negotiations with suppliers based on index and/or volumes new project launches etc.
What Were Looking For:
- Major in Engineering Supply Chain or Business preferred.
- Knowledge and experience of various commodity cost drivers supply base and strategic supplier management with a focus on understanding material cost drivers.
- 1 to 3 years of sourcing experience with Commodity Management experience.
- Skilled in supplier development and management.
- Familiar with ERP systems (preferably Oracle) and office software especially Excel and PPT.
- Proficiency in English (Business level Spanish and Mandarin preferred).
- Familiarity with Automotive industry quality requirements preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and coordination skills.
- Good organizational skills and ability to achieve deliverables on time.
- Ability to work cooperatively with global counterparts.
How to Apply:
Apply online We cant wait to meet you!
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