Category Manager, Metal Fabrication

Position Summary:

The category manager identifies, selects, and manages global supplier relationships for metal fabricated components to ensure that products and services are delivered to the quality, cost and delivery performance levels required. May ensure all engineering, customer, security, and EHS requirements are met. Subject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned commodities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Defines, develops and communicates the short -long term commodity strategy that drives a supply base committed to deliver 100% quality parts, on time, with continued effort to reduce the total cost of the commodity and may ensure all engineering, customer, security, and EHS requirements are met. Manages supplier relationships. Facilitate RFI's and RFQ's packages and prepare spreadsheet analysis to make recommendations for improvement.

• Reviews RFQ packages and spreadsheet analysis to make recommendations for improvement. Identifies potential suppliers and makes recommendations on supplier selection and quality compliance.

• Performs supplier negotiations and determines most competitive total cost solutions using creativity and latitude.

• Manage the sourcing portfolio for fabricated metal components, including sheet metal parts, frames, welded assemblies, etc.

• Executes plans to meet customer commitment to deliver 100% quality parts, on time, with continuous emphasis on cost containment. Drives projects for Sourcing team ensuring objectives are met and communication channels are effective.

• Defines, drives and implements continuous improvement projects to ensure objectives are met. Leads simplification in the overall supply chain. Provides expertise to internal team as well as other internal functions.

• Analyze market trends, supplier capacity, manufacturing technologies, raw material costs, regional and global sourcing opportunities to identify competitive advantages.

• Prepare for and conduct contract negotiations.

• Evaluate international sourcing opportunities. Develop and execute commodity strategies that ensure best value country supplier selection.

• Demonstrate working knowledge of metal fabrication processes, including laser cutting, punching and blanking; bending, forming, stamping; powder coating, painting and corrosion protection.

• Understand material specifications and applications involving steel, aluminum and other relevant metal alloys.

• Evaluate supplier manufacturing capabilities, process efficiency, automation, capacity utilization and capital requirements.

Professional Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering

• 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or supply chain management

• Intermediate to advanced user of excel

• Proven track record in suppliers' negotiation, cost reduction, supplier development and strategic sourcing

• Knowledge of supplier quality systems, APQP, PPAP, etc.

• Experience with an ERP system, e.g. Oracle R12, BI, SAP

• Experience managing tooling investments, capital expenditures