Summary:

This is a critical role on the Procurement team, with a large, complex scope of responsibilities within the assigned category. We are looking for a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to own the space, strategy, supply base, and performance, and stay current on market trends and conditions in this category.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the Electric Motors category.
• Identify, engage, and align with internal stakeholders to capture category requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality.
  • Partner with business unit Procurement teams to efficiently transition suppliers as needed; Support region/sector New Product Development (NPD) Procurement teams through preferred supplier programs.
• Responsible for developing and executing detailed category strategy, expanding the Preferred Supplier Program, and segmentation based on the business needs and effective procurement principles.
• Assess opportunities for commodities including spend segmentation, commodity maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis.
• Negotiations: Manage contract lifecycle and compliance, ensure supply continuity, and deliver the best total value through RFx activities in order to execute supplier selection and negotiation.
• Risk Management: Actively monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality, and compliance.
• Cost Management: Responsible for delivering category productivity through price, value analysis (VA), or continuous improvement projects.
• Supplier Management: Oversee Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and regular supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within the category to meet program Quality/Cost/Delivery targets.
• Scribe for all quarterly reviews and key supplier meetings, while ensuring the creation of supplier profiles for all SRM suppliers
• Develop sourcing strategy for commodities detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits.
• Responsible for commodity continuity of supply – engage with plants to efficiently resolve escalated issues and formally manage and secure supplier capacity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of procurement/sourcing experience with large-scale, complex, and/or regional/global categories of spending.
• Demonstrated success in assessing, negotiating, and managing vendors.
• Collaborative, facilitation, consultation, and conflict resolution skills; You will be a trusted business partner and engage both internal and external stakeholders/customers, and we are seeking the ability to collaborate and influence within a highly matrixed environment.
• Professional communication; both verbal and written are required.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience or background in procuring or applying Electric Motors for stationary or mobile HVAC equipment.