Supply Management Specialist-Procurement

Job Title: Supply Management Specialist

Location: Waterloo, IA

Duration: 1+ Year

Job Description:

• You will act as the primary liaison for raw casting movements between the Foundry and Drivetrain Operations and external machined casting suppliers.
• Your role will involve managing daily inventory reports sent to external suppliers, creating demand forecasts, and preparing past due order reports for key external Foundry operations.
• This position requires active engagement with both internal and external stakeholders.

Major Duties:

• Execute, in a supply chain of low complexity, planning activities within a defined framework/system that mainly affect own organization/unit.
• Carry out a range of supplier management activities either to support others or to fulfill the requirements of the role.
• Collate and analyse data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.
• Find the most effective ways to respond to routine functional inquiries. Involves following procedures and precedents.
• Conduct complex analyses, quality tests, and inspections that require a high level of independent judgment.
• Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work and support in generating new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards.
• Obtain authorization from a supervisor or manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure.
• Resolve complex queries from internal or external customers or suppliers by providing information on policies and/or procedures, referring the most complex issues to others.
• Produce, update, and provide best practice support on complex Microsoft documents, databases, and other departmental systems, advising colleagues as needed and using expertise to help improve processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate the movement of raw castings and serve as a liaison with external suppliers.
• Analyze daily inventory reports and provide insights to suppliers.
• Develop demand forecasts and overdue order reports.
• Collaborate with machined casting suppliers and other commodities.