Supply Management Specialist

John Deere John Deere · Industrial · Horicon, WI +1 · Supply Chain Management (CA)

This role focuses on supply chain management and integration for product delivery and order fulfillment, collaborating with engineering and suppliers on specifications and value solutions. It involves developing and implementing supply chain strategies, supporting negotiations, and ensuring cost, quality, delivery, and risk objectives are met for new product features and improvements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the supply chain integration activities in support of Enterprise Product Delivery (EPDP) and Enterprise Order Fulfillment (EOFP) activities
  2. Drive collaboration with engineering and suppliers on specifications and value portfolios solutions to support the ECM (Engineering Change Management processes) to execute timely design changes and implement new parts.
  3. Develop and implement supply chain integration strategies for assigned commodities that align with unit, program and enterprise strategies to meet cost, delivery and program targets
  4. Work closely with suppliers, engineering, cost management, and strategic sourcing to resource and implement new product features and continuous value improvements that meet cost, quality, delivery, and risk objectives
  5. Support negotiations, resourcing, and leverage strategies aligned to program cost goals

Skills

Required

  • Supply Management
  • Operations
  • Engineering experience
  • SAP
  • PDM
  • collaborative work in a fast-paced, challenging team environment
  • work effectively, influence without authority, and execute cross-functionally
  • travel domestically and/or internationally up to 25%
  • Knowledge of unit processes and operations

Nice to have

  • Cross-functional work experience in areas such as operations, manufacturing, material flow, supply management
  • Project Management experience
  • create and convey a business case that influences without authority
  • working effectively in an ambiguous and changing environment
  • electrical related commodities