Buyer II or III, Product Development - Toro

Buyer II or III, New Product Development - 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.

As a Buyer you will be sourcing prototype components/services for new product development (NPD) teams comprised of sourcing, marketing, design engineering, center for technology/research/innovation (CTRI) and advanced manufacturing team members. Support product development team(s) throughout all phases of new product/part development by working with suppliers and engineers to determine design approaches and alignment of supplier capabilities in order to ensure cost, delivery and quality advantages.

• 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.

The job title will be based on academic and prior years of directly related experience.

• Buyer II: Bachelor’s Degree plus more than two (3) years related experience.
• Buyer III: Bachelor’s Degree plus more than four (5) years related experience.

• 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 10%, domestic and international, an related expense reporting duties.

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

• Communicate and work with existing Company production and non-production supplier base and internal development teams from prototype phase through production launch to ensure material supply well aligned to support development, pilot, and launch builds.
• Create, follow up, and maintain purchase orders throughout the development cycle, while expediting with suppliers to address any gaps in supply.
• Support and lead material readiness reviews with project teams and site materials teams and elevate to project-based NPD Sourcing Managers or company-wide Commodity Managers as needed to assure successful material alignment.
• Identify and maintain up-to-date knowledge of approved supplier capabilities, technologies and processes in order to assist in the matching of appropriate suppliers for new parts originating from product development teams.
• Partner with NPD Sourcing Managers and Commodity Managers on production award decisions and negotiation.
• Participate in the prototype “buy” process for fabricated components with NPD sourcing, advanced manufacturing, and engineering internal customer base.
• Research new technologies, materials, and suppliers that can be incorporated into Toro’s new product development model and serve as an internal resource, communicating findings to project teams.
• Consider and address potential design for manufacturability during the prototype request process, communicating to respective internal customer.
• Negotiate with suppliers and internal customers to provide the…