Goodyear-posted 3 months ago
Akron, OH
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

Provide operational support to the Commodity Manager, Category Manager, and Category Lead positions through leadership of the bid process, bid analysis & first-pass sourcing recommendations. Primary responsibility for coordinating Supplier Relationship Management globally, including handling of vendor onboarding, change requests, and data records. Maintain & update all price information records within MACOS/SAP be accountable for all integrity of this data in the regional operating systems. Responsible for commodity performance metrics, analyzing business intelligence & reporting supplier data trends.

  • Lead the bid process, including but not limited to pre-bid source identification, RFI release, RFP development, bid scheduling, bid validation & participate in supplier negotiations.
  • Support negotiations by providing bid analysis, productivity assessments & leverage opportunities.
  • Obtain commodity volume forecast.
  • Primary owner of supplier master data contained in price information records database (currently MACOS), contract compliance and Master Data Governance database (MDG).
  • Develop & submit business case for new source approvals.
  • Manage the MIS & Visual Data Board process to ensure data integrity.
  • Administer & maintain source plan through multiple regional systems.
  • Provide reporting on cost projections, risk estimates, productivities & working capital changes.
  • Prepare clean sheet analysis as required by Commodity Managers in support of assigned commodities.
  • Maintain all market intelligence records for assigned commodities in terms of product formulation, feedstock indicators (prices, volumes, etc.), worldwide manufacturers, technologies trends, freight & duty databases, exchange rates & competitive intelligence.
  • Provide market analysis & recommendations to commodity Managers for review & incorporation into commodity & supplier strategies.
  • Initiate & drive corrective actions as they relate to commodity strategies, supplier strategies & business continuity.
  • Be responsible for process related to payments, invoice exceptions & cost of quality recoveries (over $5,000).
  • No minimum years of experience. 1-3 years preferred.
  • Prior internship, co-op experience in purchasing, supply chain or related field preferred.
  • Fundamental knowledge of business processes.
  • Organization skills, strong Microsoft Access/Excel skills &/or other database programs.
  • Ability to work in a very fast paced environment.
  • Strong financial/statistical analysis, foreign language, manufacturing process, mathematical modeling, international experience, purchasing or technical expertise desired.
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