Sourcing Specialist

Uponor is rethinking water for future generations. Our offering, including safe drinking water delivery, energy-efficient radiant heating and cooling and reliable infrastructure, enables a more sustainable living environment. We help our customers in residential and commercial construction, municipalities, and utilities, as well as different industries to work faster and smarter.

The Sourcing Specialist will manage both Strategic and Key suppliers, Purchases Commodities and goods where the financial impact is moderate, as well manage suppliers under the direction of a Category Manager that have high dollar and high risk to the business. Maintains overall supplier relationships, meeting the goals of the supplier program. The planning and execution of effective supply plan to the suppliers, setting inventory levels, and addressing the gaps. The sourcing specialist is responsible for ensuring all aspects of the procurement process are performed in a timely and accurate manner from evaluating sources of supply, coordination of specific documents, ECO process, Credit / Debit processes, purchase order creation, working with Supplier Development for Monthly meeting topics.

This role is considered a HYBRID position. The ideal candidate will be located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with periodic onsite work at our North American manufacturing headquarters in Apple Valley, MN.

What will you do?

• Monitors Supplier delivery and Perfect order delivery, Reviews and reports on Root Cause for both incoming and outgoing KPI's. Sets and reviews planning parameters in Oracle to ensure delivery leadtimes are correct

• Set cross-functional meetings with suppliers to review performance. Manages meeting notes in Supplier Management software and communicates supplier delivery performance, forecast changes, and Purchase order accuracy.

• Keeps Category Manager and / or Department Manager informed of supplier status, and any potential risk or concerns

• Responsible for maintaining accurate key planning attributes in Oracle such as safety stock, lead times and order quantities.

• Manages inventory levels to support corporate objectives for customer service and days-of-stock.

• Seeks out opportunities to contribute to the business success through proactive involvement in team initiatives.

What will you need?

• A bachelor's degree is preferred or a minimum of 1-5 years' experience

• Must have a strong oral and written and interpersonal skills for dealing with internal customers and external suppliers

• Master level ability to organize and prioritize work, as well as, meet stringent deadline with minimal resources is required

• Oracle or equlivant ERP system experience a plus but not required

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

• N/A

What will you get?

Competitive salary and benefits

Four weeks PTO + 10 paid holidays

401k match up to 4%, fully vested on day one of enrollment

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