Category Specialist
Westinghouse Electric Company
This position is responsible for performing key activities to assure supply continuity across specific commodities. This position takes direction from the Director of Category Management and works cross-functionally to deliver cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. Support for monitoring active projects, updating status, eliminating roadblocks, and escalating issues as appropriate.
Reponsibilities:
Conducts business analysis of spend from PowerBI and other tools. Provides insights into the drivers of spend history and implications to future spend projections using SIOP plan. Tracks business performance against metrics of payment terms, on-time delivery, productivity, inflation, price variance, commodity changes, and other business critical metrics to share with Procurement Leadership. Supports Procurement Program Managers (PPM), Commodity Managers (CM), and Senior Procurement Leaders in development of various program presentations including supplier relationship management, transformation progress, QBRs, Deep Dives, weekly High/Low lights reviews, and preferred supplier analysis. Day to day support across PPM and CM teams solving business issues and analysis, as needed. Lead MDI (manage for daily improvement) activities to drive continuous improvement with Procurement Teams Perform competitive analysis with RFI, RFP, and RFQ development including assess results, document recommendations, and assist in communication of results to vendors and internal stakeholders Works closely with Senior Leadership to develop analytic tools to support Category Strategy, Category Leadership, and Procurement initiatives. Research, track and communicate industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage, and increased productivity Track receipts and payment price of certain commodities regularly to ensure critical supplier invoices are paid on time. Develop a productive working relationship with peers on other teams: Engineering, Operations, Quality, and ProcurementRequirements:
Bachelor's Degree required 1 year of experience in procurement field Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint; PowerBI, MS Access, Project, and Visio experience a plus Experience with SAP software a plus, but not required Advanced level of English Proficiency, any additional language proficiency is a plus
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Quantitative Analysis: skillful in using quantitative analysis to understand business issues. Influence: can influence and persuade other people, even without direct authority. Recognition of Opportunity: recognizes new opportunities and acts to take advantage of them. Assertiveness: able to defend a point of view and to confront others appropriately when necessary; unafraid to take controversial positions and challenge the conventional wisdom or status quo. Creative Thinking: able to think creatively, generating new ideas and approaches to situations. Written Communication: a good writer; expresses ideas and positions clearly. Cross Cultural: Able to interact effectively with people of different cultures and backgrounds. Technical Expertise: extensive knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Multi-Tasker: Ability to prioritize multiple stakeholders and competing priorities to meet critical business needs in timely manner
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