Category Associate

At Oshkosh, we build, serve and protect people and communities around the world by designing and manufacturing some of the toughest specialty trucks and access equipment. We employ over 15,000 team members all united by a common purpose. Our engineering and product innovation help keep soldiers and firefighters safe, is critical in building and keeping communities clean and helps people do their jobs every day.

JOB SUMMARY:
The Category Associate role is an entry level support position for the supply chain category management and new product development functions. This role supports the organization by gathering and manipulating spend and commodity data, in support of sourcing strategies and category management. The Category Associate conducts research and begins to understand how categories are internally organized and relate to the business.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.
- Data gathering and manipulation.
- Knowledge of data analytics tools; data analytics in a specific commodity/category.
- Critical thinking skills forming to connect the category data to the business.
- Develop knowledge of supplier through mentoring.
- Develop supplier relationships management and engagement methodology.
- Develop an understanding for supply market trends.
- Connect with engineer/technical drawings and beginning stages of understand technical grammar and learning the language of the business/category/commodity, reading of technical drawings.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field.
- OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to travel 10-20%.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Internship experience or previous experience in supply chain.
- Category sourcing experience within the manufacturing industry.
- Ability to effectively communicate.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional follow through and attention to detail.
- Strong time-management and prioritization skills, able to multi-task and prioritize competing requirements and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where requirements are constantly changing.