Highlights
Execute continuous improvement projects by determining and implementing optimal sourcing solutions for quality, cost, and delivery within the assigned supply base. You'll be responsible for optimizing sourcing options, aligning and negotiating with stakeholders, and leading supplier risk mitigation and resourcing projects.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Waterloo, IA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
| Website | http://www.sunrisesys.com/ |
Description
Job Title: Supply Management Specialist - Client Waterloo Works, Waterloo, IA
Job ID: 26-05017
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Duration: 24 Months on W2 Contract
Work Schedule: 1st Shift (8:00 am - 4:30 pm); No anticipated overtime
Job Description:
Work Arrangement: Onsite only; onsite interviews preferred
Dress Code: Business casual
Visa Sponsorship: Not available, now or in the near future
Position Summary
Join Client Waterloo Works as a Supply Management Specialist and drive impactful continuous improvement projects within a dynamic production environment. You'll be responsible for optimizing sourcing options, aligning and negotiating with stakeholders, and leading supplier risk mitigation and resourcing projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your expertise across multiple commodities in an established manufacturing setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute continuous improvement projects by determining and implementing optimal sourcing solutions for quality, cost, and delivery within the assigned supply base.
- Negotiate and build relationships across an extensive internal and external network to ensure project alignment.
- Develop expertise and exposure across multiple commodities.
- Lead supplier resourcing and risk mitigation projects.
- Maintain team communication and project management tools.
Requirements
- Ability to investigate, own, and resolve complex and ambiguous problem statements, driving them to resolution.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Strong relationship-building skills, both internally (with other functions) and externally (with supply base).
- Self-starter capable of gathering data/input, making decisions, and taking action.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, or a related field
- Open to recent graduates
Preferred Skills
- SAP experience
- Experience creating dashboards or visual reporting tools (Power BI, Data Analytics, SharePoint, etc.)
Additional Details
- Must be comfortable driving to other Waterloo facilities (within 20-mile radius) about six times per year using a personal vehicle.
- Occasional travel to suppliers, with rental car provided.
- Business casual dress required.
Contact:
Madhu Sudhan J: madhu.s@sunrisesys.com | 319-242-4032 | URL: www.sunrisesys.com
About Company
Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.
We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.
Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:
- Business, management, and technical fields
- Information technology consulting and software solutions.
- Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
- Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies
Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:
- Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
- Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
- Data processing and data migration
- Application re-engineering and platform migration
- Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.