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Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us

Senior Category Buyer Internal Engine components

Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us

Category Buyer for Casting and Machining commodities at Mercury Marine.Manage over $75MM in spend for the Casting and Machining commodities. Work with multiple domestic and international suppliers to build effective strategic relationships, clearly and consistently communicate expectations, lead business reviews, and keep suppliers accountable for performance.Create and execute component sourcing strategies to meet requirements for technology, quality, cost, timing, and risk management in alignment with the category’s long term strategic objectives for new programs.Execute requests for quotes, issue and manage component and tooling purchase orders for assigned components.Negotiate and execute long term pricing agreements with key supply partners.Proactively identify and execute cost reduction projects, and effectively negotiate and mitigate supplier price increase requests to secure the best value for Mercury. Manage purchase order pricing, including scheduled reviews and updates based on pricing agreements. Resolve invoicing/payment issues as needed. Monitor critical input costs for assigned categories, such as currency exchange rates and raw materials.Execute change management processes to achieve timely and effective disposition and executionEnsure continuity of supply for production, support the escalation of supplier delivery or quality problems, and ensure suppliers perform to resolve issues.Continuous Improvement: identify and execute continuous improvement projects to increase supplier performance levels and value, and to improve internal business processes year-over-year.Collaborate with all internal and external stakeholders to execute purchasing responsibilities and maintain effective business relationships

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for the procurement of goods and services for the Drive-line, Power-train, Machining, Castings, Forgings, and Hydraulics commodities in direct support New Product Development and indirect support of Production operations. Contact with suppliers in the areas of negotiation, engineering and financial considerations, flow of material, and disposition of non-conforming goods.1.Manage the coordination of internal actions between supplier and the product2.Insure the proper flow of material into Oshkosh3.Provide assistance and coordination in the timely resolution of all defective material4.Support all procedures for government regulations and public laws5.Provide feedback to the purchasing agent and management concerning potential problems that could affect operations and customer service.6. Determine best source of supply for NPD programs, and coordinate design to cost and design for manufacture-ability between engineering and supply base.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Us

Work with Purchasing, Manufacturing, Contracts, and Engineering, among other functional areas to develop price estimates for proposals for various government and international customers.Analyze and relay the financial impact of a proposal internally to the Finance team as well as the Oshkosh executive management team.Work with Bills of Materials ranging from thousand dollar kits to million dollar truck programs consisting of thousands of parts, to build cost models based on various customer requirements.Manage multiple proposals at any given time that span all branches of the Armed Forces, as well as International customers, to meet strict due dates and abide to government and company policy and standards.Build price proposals from the ground up utilizing engineering Bills of Material, JDE Edwards ERP System, subcontractor quotes, Basis of Estimates from various departments, among many other inputs. Utilize ProPricer Proposal Management Software to tie all of these inputs together to build a final proposal.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for providing the Sanitary and Commercial business segments with the pricing tools and reporting necessary to make annual pricing and marketing decisions.Responsible for the monthly eCommerce reporting and reconciliation in which Kohler issues millions of dollars in debits to its customers on an annual basis.Completed the first round of an ongoing retailer credit audit valued at $115,000 + in annual savings. Core team member on the implementation and development of a three million dollar pricing, analytics, and quoting system, Price and Margin Management by PROS.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Us

Bid out parts for Oshkosh Corporation's aftermarket metal fabrication and crane commodities.Build and maintain constant relations with Oshkosh Corporation's many suppliers for the metal fabrication and crane commodities.Design and implement continuous lean programs and process improvements.Extensive use of JD Edwards ERP system and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to analyze the marginal cost increases year over year.