OUR HERITAGE BENEFITS YOUR FUTURE! Here at TWIN DISC, we have a proud history of developing and pioneering transmission and propulsion solutions for equipment that fuels the world. Over the years, we’ve built a strong company that is centered on innovation and employee ingenuity, making us an industry leader and respected throughout the markets we serve. As we continue our global expansion, we are looking for talented individuals to join our team. Due to continued growth, we have an opportunity for a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our operations team based in Racine, Wisconsin. Reporting to the Vice President of Operations, the Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for leading the sourcing team and ensuring that all aspects of the sourcing function are completed accurately, timely, and in compliance with internal policies and procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop sourcing strategies for product lines. Review supply base to ensure sourcing support to business strategies. Develop multiple sources for key products/components if needed
- Establish and maintain strategic supplier relationship. Manage major supplier initiatives to optimize costs, quality, delivery, sustainability and compliance
- Perform spend analysis. Direct the negotiation and RFI / RFQ process to ensure Best Cost-for-Quality. Liaison with other teams to project market costs and the financial impact to business
- Lead the vendor qualification process and act as main negotiator for supplier agreements/contracts. Manage and improve supplier performance through scorecard and business review
- Support new product development (NPD) projects by leading supplier selection, cost negotiation and capability enablement. Work with suppliers to ensure OTIF for load-in requests
- Manage sourcing team by establishing goals & objectives. Ensure cross-function support including Procurement, R/D, Brands and Finance
- Lead the production planning team in creating, developing, and maintaining the production plan in the most efficient in order to achieve the established targets on safety, service, cost and quality.
- Develop overall plan for capacity management for the near and long term.
- Minimize write-offs, improve service and cost efficiency for the site.
- Develop a planning team strategy and work on people development, performance evaluation and personal targets.
- Monitor supply constraints and escalate supply issues. Lead projects for more efficiency and reduced cost in production through efficient planning, batch size and cycle time optimization.
- Other Duties as required.
Position Skills & Requirements:
- B.A. or B.S. required; Master’s degree preferred
- Minimum 5 years sourcing experience in manufacturing environment along with planning and 3 years+ of supervisory experience
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Able to lead and/or work with cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Strategic and hands-on
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on an ongoing basis without company sponsorship
- Travel up to 20 %, including international
TWIN DISC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.