Category Specialist, Raw Material - Remote

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC • Cranberry Township, PA

6d • $54,000 - $67,500 • Remote

About The Position

As a Category Specialist, Raw Materials you will perform activities to assure supply continuity across specific commodities. You will work to deliver cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. Support for monitoring active projects, updating status, eliminating roadblocks, and escalating issues. You will report to the report to Manager, Category Management and work remote. This role is100% remote role.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Proficient in MS Access, Project, and Visio

Nice To Haves

• We prefer up to 1 year experience in supply chain or category management, but we do not require experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct business analysis of spend from PowerBI and other tools. Provide insights into the drivers of spend history and possible effects to future spend projections using SIOP plan.
• Track our performance against metrics of payment terms, on-time delivery, productivity, inflation, price variance, commodity changes, and other business critical metrics to share with Procurement Leadership.
• Support Category Managers (CM) in development of several program presentations including supplier relationship management, transformation progress, QBRs, Deep Dives, weekly High/Low lights reviews, and preferred supplier analysis.
• Daily support across CM teams solving business issues and analysis.
• Lead MDI (manage for daily improvement) activities to improve with Procurement Teams
• Perform competitive analysis with RFI, RFP, and RFQ development including assess results, document recommendations, and help communicate results to vendors and company partners
• Work with Leadership to develop analytic tools to support Category Strategy, Category Leadership, and Procurement projects.
• Research, track and communicate industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage, and increased productivity
• Track receipts and payment price of certain commodities to ensure critical supplier invoices are paid.
• Develop a productive working relationship with peers on other teams: Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Procurement

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical benefits which could include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options
• Wellness Programs designed to support employees in maintaining their health and well-being including Employee Assistance Program providing support for our employees and their household members
• 401(k) with Company Match Contributions to support employees' retirement
• Paid Vacations and Company Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements to promote work-life balance
• Educational Reimbursement and Comprehensive Career Programs to help employees grow in their careers
• Global Recognition and Service Programs to celebrate employee accomplishments and service
• Employee Referral Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees