Sourcing Specialist Ii

Toro Company Plant 1 located in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico is a division of The Toro Company since ****, we pride ourselves on providing garden and landscape maintenance.We produce cordless irrigation systems, blowers, equipment to assist with tree maintenance, lawn mowers, garden vehicles, trenchers.In general, irrigation systems and outdoor solutions.With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come discover what makes Toro Company the best place in town to build a career.**Overview**:The Sourcing Specialist II position is an essential role in the sourcing department.The Sourcing Specialist II's major responsibilities are reducing costs, cultivating strategic supplier relationships, improving quality and delivery metrics, and supporting continuous improvement projects.The Sourcing Specialist II also ensures collaboration across the supply partners and category team to help the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) achieve its goals of Operational Excellence and Sustainability.This role blends tactical and strategic capabilities within the global sourcing department and significantly impacts the day-to-day operations of The Toro Company (TTC).This role is highly engaging and can also provide opportunities to explore future career paths within our dynamic Sourcing Department.**What will you do?**:In order to grow and build a successful career at The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:**Day-to-day**responsibilities**:- ** Take a proactive approach to enhancing the supplier relationship through excellent communication to ensure the supplier has alignment with ISC's goals.**:- ** Support development and implementation of supply agreements, Long Term Agreements (LTA), and collaborative**partnerships.**:- ** Support Category Manager in cost negotiations and contract implementation with strategic**suppliers.**:- ** Manage purchase requisition queue and ensure purchase orders are placed with suppliers offering fair pricing, outstanding quality, and excellent**service.**:- ** Supports multiple areas of the parts procurement process within TTC's MRP/ERP system.**:- ** Champion the TTC's Escalation process and requests from TTC's manufacturing plants on supplier deliveries and escalations as**required.**:- ** Resolve invoice discrepancies and authorize payment on invoice holds as**appropriate.**:- ** Lead and support various intradepartmental process improvement projects including lean activities, productivity improvements, lead time maintenance and others as assigned.**:- ** All other tasks and projects as assigned.**:**Work environment**:- ** Typical office environment as it pertains to lighting, temperature, and noise level when in administrative / operations offices.**:- ** Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse, and to handle other computer components.**:- ** Able to travel both domestically and internationally, approximately >10%.**:**What Do You Need?**To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following mínimal requirements:- **Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations or Engineering & 2+ Years of experience.**:- ***Ability to obtain a Supply Chain Management certification valued.**:- ** Highly Self-motivated, ability to work under pressure, manage and prioritize multiple objectives concurrently, attend to details, and meet deadlines in a dynamic**environment.**:- ** Proven ability to analyze situations and accurately take effective actions.**:- ** Proficient skills in Microsoft Suite, MRP/ERP, Ariba and SAP®**:- ** Understanding of manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and market dynamics for assigned**commodities.**:- ** Electrification Components Knowledge & Experience.**:- ** English language proficiency.(Please submit your resume in English)**:- ** US Visa**:- ** #LI-Onsite**:**Preferred Qualifications**:- ** Working cross function.**:- ** Marketing Management**:- ** Knowledge: construction, irrigation, RLC**:- ** Planning experience**:**What can we offer you?**:At Toro Company, we're always working to make sure our employees know how valued they are.In addition to a competitive salary, great benefits - The Toro company offers the employees of our Juarez Plant, in addition to the benefits by law:- ** Café**:- ** Scholarships**:- ** Dental Policy**:- ** Medical Insurance**:- ** Life Insurance**:- ** Medical Department**:- ** Volunteering**:- ** Competitive salary**: The salary range encompasses skills, experience, education, and location.It's not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; Compensation decisions depend on the circumstances of each case.