Senior Category Specialist

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions•Milwaukee, WI

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Company Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS), with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow. Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. They are the driving force behind our superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. Our commitment to our people and their professional development is a recipe for success that has fueled our growth for over 100 years, as one of today’s leading international suppliers of plumbing and water delivery solutions. Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation employs over 2800 employees worldwide, working from 24 locations across the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with sales offices available around the globe. We hope you’ll visit our website and learn more about Zurn Elkay at zurnelkay.com. If you’re ready to join a company where what you do makes a difference and you have pride in the work you are doing, talk to us about joining the Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation family! If you are a current employee, please navigate here to apply internally.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in business, supply chain, operations management, engineering or finance
5+ years of experience in a sourcing role with low cost country sourcing experience
Experience building Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and creating tools to analyze responses
Proven success in a change management and “stretch” environment
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite software, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Must have strong problem solving, strategic thinking, oral, written, interpersonal communication and presentation skills
Ability to understand the goals of the company, focus resources to meet or exceed these goals; lead change and drive projects to completion
Expert negotiator, including the ability to lead in contract negotiations and build strong supplier relationships
Willingness to travel up to 25%, both domestically and internationally required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree & CPSM preferred

Responsibilities

Provides global strategic leadership to find and qualify suppliers for direct material related to New Product Development and other sourcing projects.
Leads the cross-functional teams for activities related to sourcing while collaborating with Engineering, Finance, Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing, China Sourcing Team and Customer Service to execute all tasks within the project timeline.
Responsible for ideation, planning and implementing multiple sourcing and re-sourcing projects, for both domestic and international suppliers.
Manages supplier relationships, spend and performance analytics and drives cost savings initiatives.
Maintains the highest-level code of conduct and ethics.
Leads the sourcing channels and internal cross-functional teams to execute timeline and action adherence.
Identifies and provides justification utilizing total cost of ownership principles for sourcing and re-sourcing projects.
Sources assigned commodities, as well as develops global implementation plans to source new items and re-source existing items to optimize total cost suppliers.
Leads sourcing initiatives to ensure on-time delivery of project components, assemblies and/or finished goods by trouble-shooting outstanding issues.
Influences and collaborates on new product development projects guaranteeing on-time product availability.
Collaborates with global business units on the preparation of Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQ’s) and leads the screening and supplier selection process.
Evaluates bids, analyzes alternatives, develops negotiation strategy and makes recommendations for contract awards.
Negotiates and drafts supply agreements for domestic and international suppliers, including payment terms, deliveries, price, freight terms, currency exchange, raw material commodity fluctuation, inventory levels.
Manages relationships between internal and external parties to evaluate and execute recommendations of changes in supply base.
Publishes monthly commodity metrics and provides recommended action plans to the Global Supply Chain that promote continuous process improvement.