Sourcing Manager

Job Information

As a Sourcing Manager, the position entails the effective procurement of commodities used in the manufacturing or sales of Doosan Bobcat products. Commodities may include raw materials (such as steel), finished components (such as hydraulic planers), or indirect.

The Sourcing Manager will be responsible for leading all procurement activities for a specific category or group of categories. They will be responsible to develop and implement sourcing strategies to optimize costs, improve quality, and drive continuous improvement. 

The Sourcing manager will be responsible to manage a team of buyers and CLs and mentor and guide them in their respective commodities.

The position will maintain assigned accounts and partner with suppliers that will provide the quality, price and timely delivery required to meet Doosan Bobcat’s requirements.

Role & Responsibility

Supply Management:

• Responsible for strategic development of their assigned suppliers and managing a subcategory team of category leaders.
• Must keep abreast of market conditions and changes within the supplier's organization that may affect our relationship.
• Experience with managing 3+ commodities is a plus and/or Experience in other Bobcat departments.
• Negotiating contracts and agreements with suppliers to achieve favorable terms and conditions autonomously.
• Monitoring supplier performance and compliance with contracts.

NPD Support:

• Support the organization on all new product development programs and value analysis/value engineering programs. 
• Ensure that appropriate product launch plans are in place during the New Product Development phases including aftermarket. 

Strategy:

• Development of Global commodity strategies.
• Alignment and implementation of the strategies.
• Management of strategy development within the Categories.
• Analyzing category performance and market trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements and align category strategies with business needs.

Innovation:

• Creates better ways for the organization to be successful by cultivating innovation.
• Stimulate and direct others through ideas, questions, and direction.

Project Support:

• Execution of project completion through project leadership.
• Project support on cross functional teams.

General Knowledge & Skills:

• Direct tasks and priority for team members.
• Consistently competent to highly competent work performance.
• Drives and manages changes in business requirements and implements new plans with minimal disruption.
• Exert influence across various levels of the organization.
• Provide recommendations to team and upper management.
• Lead by example in both conduct and performance.

Communication/Soft Skills:

• Must be able to communication with everyone within an organization from people on a shop floor to executive leadership of major corporations and escalate to sourcing leadership when needed.
• Attend Trade Shows/Conferences/Training to Bring Further Competency to the Team.
• Mentors Junior Employees and Assists RCM with Training Requirements.
• Assists Junior Team Members with High Profile Projects and Presentations
• Influence others to make important decisions. Use both formal and informal influence to get to desired results.
• Strive to be a positive influence not only to mentees but also to their teams, fostering growth, collaboration, and a supportive environment for everyone involved.

Job Requirement

• Education Required: Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience Required: ~7+years.
• Degree in Supply Chain may replace experience.
• Travel Required: 20-40%
• Occasional global travel.
• Must be able to communicate with everyone within an organization from persons on the shop floor to CEOs of major corporations.
• Must practice good judgement which allows the individual to commit to the most appropriate action after considering alternate courses of action.
• Must have leadership skills which will allow the commodity manager to persuade others to also accept this action and help implement the action plan.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Fill in for other team members or RCM in their absence.
• Manage or mentoring of others on the team.
• Support RCM for all financial reporting and systems.