Supply Management Ofp Specialist

John Deere John Deere · Industrial · Dubuque, IA +1 · Supply Chain Management (CA)

This role is for a Supply Management OFP Specialist at John Deere, focusing on commodity management, supplier relationships, quality, delivery, and cost. It involves developing and supporting procurement teams, managing supplier performance, and negotiating supply agreements. The position requires experience with SAP, supply chain analytics, and Microsoft Office, along with strong analytical and interpersonal skills. It is an onsite role in Dubuque, IA.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and support ongoing relationships with assigned suppliers to monitor and improve quality and delivery performance; lead efforts to address and improve chronic supplier performance issues
  2. Support the factory shared goals of on-time service delivery, material availability and asset management
  3. Develop and monitor supplier and part inventory plans to mitigate supplier risk while maintaining goal- level assets; support negotiation of supply agreements with specific suppliers as necessary

Skills

Required

  • Supply Management experience
  • SAP and Supply Chain Analytics tools
  • Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Team collaboration
  • Conflict resolution
  • Negotiation
  • Problem solving
  • Organizational skills
  • People skills
  • Communication skills
  • Relationship management skills
  • Analyzing information
  • Business decision making
  • Ability to travel domestically or internationally up to 25%

Nice to have

  • 2 or more years of experience in Supply Management
  • 2 or more years of experience with SAP and Supply Chain Analytics tools
  • Project Management experience
  • Experience participating in a cross-functional team
  • Planning experience
  • Logistics experience
  • Inventory Management experience