Specialist, Material Costing and Awards in Toronto

Summary

The Specialist, Material Costing and Awards receives, processes, negotiates & submits material cost solutions for new business opportunities (bids & awards) & manages appropriate validation of customer re-pricing.

Detailed Description

• Manages supplier RFQ process for specific Commodity group(s) across multiple projects to ensure all costing due dates are achieved.
• Leads component level supplier negotiations to establish competitive cost solutions.
• Drives supplier growth scorecard performance improvement.
• Commodity expertise – in-depth knowledge of key commodity price drivers & sensitivities, performs general pricing & supply market trend analytics.
• Supplier expertise - understands key suppliers and develops effective supplier relationships.
• Develops & executes commodity strategy including competitive benchmarking, delivering a commodity strategy enabling the overall program strategy, supplier analysis, development & selection.
• Able to identify and justify alternate component solutions.
• Able to provide competitive cost estimate for complex parts (Bid only).
• Provides insight and recommendations to support proposed solutions to key stakeholders.
• Updates material prices database, analyzes components for competitiveness and customer compliance, reviews with management.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills to enable ongoing incremental results.
• Ability to proactively resolve issues & problems internally and externally.
• Relentless focus on continuous improvement.
• Delivers flawless execution with an effective management system.
• Significant skills required in multi-tasking and time management.
• Ability to effectively project manage, influence and motivate a diverse group of team members, potentially based in multiple countries.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Excellent negotiation skills. Able to work assertively cross-functionally and with other sites to achieve objectives.
• Supply Chain experience - Commercial aptitude & awareness at component, commodity level or industry level.
• Able to compare products and identify feature and technical differences.
• Read and can understand technical drawings.
• Supplier Knowledge - Preferred Supplier Listings / Associated alternatives / Component Part Numbering / Franchised Distribution.
• Strong technical experience with associated commodity.
• Strong systems skills, including common office platforms such as MS Office and Access.
• Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data.

Physical Demands

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment. Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required. Overnight Travel: Occasional > 5% of the time.

Typical Experience

3 – 6 years experience (aligned to position seniority) in purchasing, commodity or engineering environment.

Typical Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field (Commerce or Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Supply Chain Management designation would be an asset.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.