Strategic Sourcing Manager bei Emerson

Emerson Tool Company (ETC) has a new opportunity for a Strategic Sourcing Manager in St. Louis! The selected candidate will improve our supply chain's speed, flexibility, and quality. In this crucial position, your main responsibility will involve developing and implementing sourcing strategies for a range of direct materials. You will lead and guide a team of procurement professionals, ensuring their efforts align with ETC's operational and financial objectives. Reporting to the Global Supply Chain Director, you will closely collaborate with corporate supply chain personnel to drive initiatives that improve customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will:

• Provide functional and administrative leadership to procurement team for a specific category of direct material purchases.  This will include developing and implementing a sourcing strategy designed to achieve defined supply chain objectives and the preparation and presentation of periodic management and executive reviews as required.
• Approve the selection of Suppliers for contract awards and approve the final provisions and language negotiated for associated Supply Agreements.  This includes authorization and assessment of ESourcing activities and final analysis of best total cost objectives.
• Monitor and report key performance indicators ensuring all assigned category sourcing strategies meet or exceed the minimum operational performance requirements.
• Manage the strategic business relationship with key preferred suppliers for assigned categories including periodic business performance reviews.
• Represent Procurement in the development and administration of key business processes and systems used in supply chain management ensuring the functionality and outputs support the effectiveness in sourcing strategies.
• Responsibilities might include managing a specific commodity, lead the alignment, implementation and follow-up of Emerson Corporate strategies at Emerson Tool such as sustainability, E-Sourcing, DPO improvement, tariff reporting.

This Role, Principal Accountabilities:

• Net Material Inflation reported in the Emerson Savings Tracker.
• Savings contributions from targeted procurement programs.
• Sourcing actions achieving best cost and regionalization.
  Negotiated Payment Terms exceeding the minimum measured as days payable outstanding (DPO).
• Utilization and compliance with Supply Agreements for all purchases.
• Streamlining and improving the quantity of Vendors in the supply network.
• Sustaining supply chain performance for defects and on-time delivery.
• Utilization and execution of E-Sourcing & Negotiation programs for contract awards.
• Optimizing inventory velocity as reported by Days On Hand.
• Drive speed throughout the Supply chain with Lead Time reduction, Regionalization, and Supplier Pull & Replenishment activities.

Who You Are:

• You promote a sense of urgency and establish and enforce individual accountability in the team. You acquire data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems. You push yourself and help others achieve results. You facilitate an open dialogue with a wide variety of contributors and collaborators. You show a tremendous amount of initiative in tough situations and are exceptional at spotting and seizing opportunities. You effectively communicate in various settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position levels. You show a clear connection between people’s motivators and the organizational goals.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• BS/BA in Business, Engineering or related field is required. 
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in supply chain management, purchasing, supplier evaluation and negotiating required.
• Demonstrated leadership and management ability by way of experience with management or team leadership of a large scope project, cross-functional team or prior management position.
• Proven communication and organizational skills enabling collaboration, partnership, and consensus building.
• Outstanding negotiation skills and experience in contract administration.
• Excellent digital literacy with on-line applications and systems and utilization of software tools Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point and Project are required.
• Analytical skills are vital in the study of data from numerous sources for developing relevant and actionable information and reports.
• Established proficiency in financial and economic evaluations.
• Travel required up to 50%.
   

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• MBA preferred.

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow! We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

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