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| Job Ref. #: | 30851BR |
| Industry: | Electronics |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Job Description: |
In this role, you will develop, implement, and manage commodity strategies; evaluate and select suppliers, including global opportunities, negotiation of supply agreements, and rationalization of the supply base. You will evaluate and manage existing and potential suppliers based on the principles of Total Cost of Ownership, and ensure timely acquisitions of product or service requirements from known sources of supply. You will participate in continuous learning and professional development activities, while developing and implementing actions to achieve commodity goals delivery performance, lead time reduction, and quality. You will be expected to drive continuous improvement in the supply base in support of business goals utilizing Long Term Agreements. Principal Duties: Provide continual support to Commodity Teams, plants, Suppliers, Customers. Prepare/handle RFQ’s/EC’s for commodities. Evaluate Supplier quotation responses and prepare total acquisition cost analyses to determine sourcing recommendation. Participate in purchasing-related internal meetings, including making presentations to senior management. Uses SAP and other enterprise systems and programs to issue purchase orders, collect and analyze data. Analyze data to determine root causes for poor performance. Create and execute actions plans to improve supplier performance. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree required. Supply Chain Management or Business Management discipline preferred. A minimum of two years direct related experience. Strong organizational interpersonal and written communication skills. Ability to multi-task. Ability to influence peers and lead cross functional teams. Proven results in driving supplier improvement and implementing cost reduction programs. Excellent analytical and negotiation skills. Self-starter, possessing high degree of self-motivation and bias for action. Demonstrated problem solving and project management skills. Desired Qualifications Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred. SAP experience is preferred. |
| Employer: |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. |
| Post Date: | 12/02/2010 |
