Sr Category Specialist - Electrical/Electronics
About Pierce, an Oshkosh companyAt Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Category Specialist - Electrical and Electronics role will be a senior level position within the supply chain category management and new product development functions. The spend under management for this position will exceed $75M annually across our key Vocational businesses which includes McNeilus, Pierce, ARFF and Aerotech. This role will be responsible for developing and executing category strategies for electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems to support business objectives. This role will frequently use internal and external data to provide category usage, trends and company/customer supply chain impact. The Senior Category Specialist will regularly conduct benchmarking, market intelligence and supply base research to identify and capture value for the business. This role leads one or more spend categories and may function as a working leader. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.Data gathering and information.Subject matter expert on spend category.Lead RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs for assigned spend categories.Identify and assist in qualifying new suppliers.Execute supplier consolidation and dual-source strategies where appropriate.Conduct quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with key suppliers.Identify and implement cost savings initiatives by working with key stakeholders and suppliers to meet Vocational strategic sourcing team’s goals.Frequent use of data analytics tools to conduct spend and category data analytics.Advanced and independent critical thinking to formulate business cost/value opportunities within category/commodity.Knowledge of suppliers and supply markets.Knowledge of supplier relationships management and engagement.Understand supply market trends and how they impact the business.Interprets and understand engineering technical drawings.Responsible for part taxonomy.Understand category and connection of the global marketplace.Manage supplier engagement, preferencing and supply agreement/contracting strategies.Identify, communicate, and manage supply chain risk.Lead the validation and governance of category/commodity prices including total cost of ow...