Strategic Sourcing Manager - Data Center Cooling
Full Time
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Posted
Job description
Strategic Sourcing Manager
– Data Center Cooling
Business Divisions: Nortek Data Center Cooling
Time Type: Full Time
Classification:
Salary
Specific Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Business Unit:
Liquid Cooled Segment
Regular
Shift: Mon-
Fri 8am-5pm
Job Summary
The Strategic Sourcing Manager is a highly visible position that will develop, coordinate and manage sourcing plans that will create maximum benefits for the business. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will identify and implement significant cost reduction strategies; while improving quality, delivery and service from our supply base.
Why is this a great opportunity ?
- Fast-paced environment with opportunity for growth and development
- Large scope of responsibility and autonomy
- Future opportunity for advancement
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform commodity market analysis including supply base optimization (total landed cost, quality and delivery)
- Responsible for project content and strategy including project and sourcing strategy, spend segmentation, supply market analysis, supplier capability assessment, supplier recruitment and management, RFQ/P development, analysis of complex data, developing a business case for improved supply and managing projects across multiple sites
- Participates in assessment and prioritization of strategic sourcing opportunities to achieve divisional and corporate objectives
- Coordinate/Manage application of cross-functional/business unit, strategic sourcing process to drive results
- Manages relationships with internal and external stakeholders to create common goals, strong motivation and effective execution
- Supports performance tracking activities including sourcing savings, contract compliance and other measures
- Other Ad hoc duties as assigned by manager
- Supports “Lean Business Enterprise” initiatives for continuous process improvement and waste elimination
Job Qualifications
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or Supply Chain, or Engineering.
- A minimum of 5 years of commodity management experience within manufacturing.
- Proven success in meeting aggressive cost reduction, supplier negotiating and productivity targets.
- Strong Excel skills to create summaries from large amounts of data.
- Experience sourcing in low cost countries (China, India, Latin America and other emerging markets).
- ERP experience, preferably SAP.
- Lean/Six Sigma or other continuous improvement experience.
- Travel up to 15% - 20%, some international travel.
- Must be able to maintain a valid passport.
Preferred:
- MBA Preferred
- CPM and/or APICS
- 3 years’ experience in HVAC industry
- Electro-mechanical experience
Who we are
Nortek Data Center Cooling is a Madison Industries company. Madison Industries is one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world and has a robust portfolio of indoor air quality solutions. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value.
At Nortek Data Center Cooling, we’re shaping the future by Creating a Better Tomorrow Every Day! We are a premier HVAC company offering energy efficient and sustainable products and solutions that exceed customer expectations through our employees’ commitment to quality, customer experience and operational excellence.
Our success depends on YOU! As a member of the Nortek Data Center Cooling team:
- You are the lever to drive profitable growth and meaningful change.
- You are closest to customers/markets and understand our business.
- We move quickly. You can make the right decisions daily.
- You are where success begins and ends.
- Each of you can help make us better every day.
Equal Opportunity & Non-Discrimination – Nortek Data Center Cooling. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
Nortek Air Management and its divisions offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. To apply, please visit our career site at www.nortekair.com/careers
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