Commodity Management
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies on assigned commodities with regional and global commodity leads.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (global Sourcing team, Engineering, Operations, Business Units, Quality, etc.) in executing these strategies.
- Participate and support Global Commodity Leads in managing global commodities.
- Source and qualify new suppliers especially in best-cost-country (BCC) in line with Rockwell commodities strategy.
- Drive relentless improvements in quality, delivery, and cost to meet Strategic Sourcing targets and initiatives.
- Keep abreast of design, product, and market requirements from Business Units and, in turn, share market and suppliers’ developments.
Supplier Management
- Track and implement action plans with external partners and internal stakeholders to continuously improve Strategic Sourcing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as well as support manufacturing locations regionally and globally.
- Conduct regular business reviews with strategic and critical suppliers involving relevant stakeholders.
Attract, Develop, and Retain Talent
- Coach and develop his/her team to build functional and leadership capabilities.
- Continually review and explore development opportunities. Provide constructive feedback to drive improvements and/or corrections.
- Facilitate and conduct information sharing to global commodity team and relevant stakeholders to enhance collaboration and adoption of best-practices.
Continuous Improvements.
- Continually review supply base - source & develop new and potential suppliers to support the business requirements.
- Conduct sourcing workshops to continuously build up the savings funnel to achieve year-on-year savings target.
- Identify strategic sourcing best practices and drive these best practices into the Rockwell strategic sourcing toolkit and sourcing strategies.
Thorough Familiarity with Company Policies and Procedures.
- Appropriately applies policies and procedures in compliance with government laws.
- Policies and procedures include, but not limited to: Standards of Business Conduct, Intellectual Property, Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000 & 14000, government regulations (e.g. health, safety, quality and environmental), and functional policies published on the Rockwell Automation information network.
