Strategic Sourcing Manager
About The Position
Kinperium-Hiniker LLC (Hiniker) is a Minnesota based manufacturer with roots in the agricultural equipment industry since 1970 and in snow removal equipment since 1995. The company is known for its sturdy cultivators, efficient shredders, and niche equipment, as well as its trusted snow and ice equipment. In 2024, Hiniker expanded its offerings with the acquisition of Daniels Plows. The company is currently seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager with strong and demonstrated experience in manufacturing and warehouse environments. This position is located onsite at the facilities in Mankato, MN. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for managing assigned spend categories, developing enterprise-wide procurement strategies, and contributing to the financial performance of Hiniker LLC. This role involves performing and preparing cost-benefit and forecasting supply analysis reports for management review, and negotiating and executing favorable contracts with selected vendors or suppliers.
Requirements
- Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Excellent Microsoft EXCEL skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of business management, supply chain, and strategic sourcing.
- Excellent contract and negotiation skills
- Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
- Minimum of 3 years procurement or materials management experience, required.
Nice To Haves
- Emphasis with Operations Management, Supply Chain Management is preferred.
- Commodity Spend management and sourcing, preferred.
- Minimum of 1 year management experience, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Execute strategic sourcing process based on spend category analysis of total cost of ownership, service and quality factors, to meet business partner service levels and end customer expectations.
- Conduct Spend category market research and cost estimates to prepare for negotiation, budgeting and planning.
- With internal stakeholders, partner on best end-to-end supply chain solutions with total cost; business partner service level requirements; and end customer expectations consideration.
- Determine proper sourcing strategy for a material/commodity/service (contract, spot buy, strategic source, e-sourcing, etc.) and the associated benefits of the chosen strategy.
- Identify, evaluate, and verify the capabilities of suppliers in a specific spend category and how those capabilities relate to customer requirements.
- Develop, practice, and conduct supplier negotiations and prepare supporting data for the negotiation.
- Develop, document, and implement plan working with new supplier and key internal business partners to implement material/commodity/service changes with no interruptions to end users nor customers.
- Ongoing evaluation of procurement improvement evaluation and total cost savings recommendations.
- Enter and release purchase orders and reschedule existing orders for stocked materials based on action messages or supplier schedules as prescribed by the material planning process.
- Keep up with developments in the industry involving vendors and suppliers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
