Category Manager II, Supply Transformation

Category Manager II, Supply Transformation – The Toro Company

Who Are We?

With roots dating back to 1914, The Toro Company was built on a tradition of quality and caring relationships. Today, the company is a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment including turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility construction, rental and specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Through a strong network of professional distributors, dealers, rental stores and retailers in more than 125 countries, we proudly offer a wide range of products across a family of global brands to help golf courses, professional contractors, underground construction professionals, groundskeepers, agricultural growers, rental companies, government and educational institutions, and homeowners — in addition to many leading sports venues and historic sites around the world.

Your Opportunity:

As a Commodity Category Manager II, you will transform TTC supply base through vision, market research, strategy, and rapid execution of sourcing events, negotiations, contracts, and supplier transitions. Deliver best in class supply chains for targeted commodities that are highly competitive in total cost of ownership (TCO) with industry leading quality and delivery performance.

Sponsorship:

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a school/employment or any other visa, regardless of expiration date, now or in the future.

Work Location:

• This role will be based at the Bloomington, MN Toro’s International Corporate Headquarters. Fully remote is not available at this time.
• The current team works 3-days on campus, with optional 2-days remote.
• Typical office environment as it pertains to lighting, temperature, and noise level when in administrative/operations offices.
• This position will work closely with key channel partners and must collaborate among a wide variety of internal teams including marketing, retail and sales channels, business segments and more.
• Travel 5% on average, up to 10% during peak, domestic and international, an related expense reporting duties.

What Will You Do?

Key Responsibilities:

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:

• Lead commodity strategy development for assigned commodities that incorporates customer requirements, product requirements, market conditions, business risk, and supplier capabilities to identify short term, midterm, and long term action plans to transform supply base.
• Execute defined action plans to deliver bottom line savings for the business and ensure top level performance.
• Deliver significant improvements in cost productivity, spend under contract, and supply consolidation.
• Communicate on a continuous basis with internal customers to understand business objectives, expectations and specific requirements.
• Challenge internal stakeholders to prioritize and focus needs vs. wants to consolidate suppliers across a multidivisional enterprise.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of market conditions, trends, sources of supply and supplier capabilities for materials, equipment and services within assigned commodities.
• Host kickoff events to set expectations with current and potential suppliers in assigned categories.
• Lead sourcing negotiations with all levels of supplier contacts to establish terms of contracts, memorandum of understanding and schedule agreements.
• Define and track appropriate metrics for total cost reduction, provide data and input to business and corporate metrics and forecasts.
• Establish sources and alternate sources of supply to enhance means of meeting purchase requirements and achieving best total delivered cost, quality, service, and technology.
• Develop, maintain and strengthen long-term supplier relationships.
• Provide work direction to buyers and analysts as needed.

Other Job Dimensions?

• Interfacing with commodity buyer, supplier quality engineer, advanced sourcing managers, product managers, engineering, legal, manufacturing facilities and suppliers. This position is responsible for…