Category Manager Supply Chain Transformation

1 week ago

Perry, Oklahoma, United States The Toro Company Full time
About the Role

The Toro Company is seeking a highly skilled Category Manager to join our team. As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for transforming our supply base through vision, market research, strategy, and rapid execution of sourcing events, negotiations, contracts, and supplier transitions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead commodity strategy development for assigned commodities, incorporating customer requirements, product requirements, market conditions, business risk, and supplier capabilities to identify short-term, midterm, and long-term action plans to transform the supply base.
  • Execute defined action plans to deliver bottom-line savings for the business and ensure top-level performance.
  • Deliver significant improvements in cost productivity, spend under contract, and supply consolidation.
  • Communicate continuously with internal customers to understand business objectives, expectations, and specific requirements.
  • Challenge internal stakeholders to prioritize and focus needs vs. wants to consolidate suppliers across a multidivisional enterprise.
  • Develop and maintain knowledge of market conditions, trends, sources of supply, and supplier capabilities for materials, equipment, and services within assigned commodities.
  • Host kickoff events to set expectations with current and potential suppliers in assigned categories.
  • Lead sourcing negotiations with all levels of supplier contacts to establish terms of contracts, memoranda of understanding, and schedule agreements.
  • Define and track appropriate metrics for total cost reduction, provide data and input to business and corporate metrics and forecasts.
  • Establish sources and alternate sources of supply to enhance means of meeting purchase requirements and achieving best total delivered cost, quality, service, and technology.
  • Develop, maintain, and strengthen long-term supplier relationships.
  • Provide work direction to buyers and analysts as needed.
  • Travel 30% on average, up to 50% during peak.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business; Master's degree preferred.
  • Institute of Supply Management (ISM) certification (CPSM, CPM) or equivalent, preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of supply chain experience; sourcing technical and mechanical/electrical equipment-related components or equivalent preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience in negotiation, forecasting, leading cross-functional teams, working with various levels of management, understanding commodity markets, partnering with engineers, and working with and developing international vendors.
  • Experience in sourcing parts/assemblies globally (Mexico, India, China, and Europe) strongly desired.
  • Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications.
  • Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and team leadership skills.
  • Strong analytical abilities and research skills, including using internet sources as a resource.
  • Skilled in reading and interpreting engineering drawings and blueprints.
  • Understanding of enterprise purchasing and planning systems such as SAP and analytical tools.
About The Toro Company

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related needs and conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

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