Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in, we have an exciting opportunity for a Category Specialist on our Global Suppy Chain Solutions team.
Your Day-to-Day:
This position is responsible for performing key activities to assure supply continuity across specific commodities. This position takes direction from the Director of Category Management and works cross-functionally to deliver cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. Support for monitoring active projects, updating status, eliminating roadblocks, and escalating issues as appropriate.
Who You Are:
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Conducts business analysis of spend from PowerBI and other tools. Provides insights into the drivers of spend history and implications to future spend projections using SIOP plan.
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Tracks business performance against metrics of payment terms, on-time delivery, productivity, inflation, price variance, commodity changes, and other business critical metrics to share with Procurement Leadership.
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Supports Procurement Program Managers (PPM), Commodity Managers (CM), and Senior Procurement Leaders in development of various program presentations including supplier relationship management, transformation progress, QBRs, Deep Dives, weekly High/Low lights reviews, and preferred supplier analysis.
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Day to day support across PPM and CM teams solving business issues and analysis, as needed.
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Lead MDI (manage for daily improvement) activities to drive continuous improvement with Procurement Teams
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Perform competitive analysis with RFI, RFP, and RFQ development including assess results, document recommendations, and assist in communication of results to vendors and internal stakeholders
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Works closely with Senior Leadership to develop analytic tools to support Category Strategy, Category Leadership, and Procurement initiatives.
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Research, track and communicate industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage, and increased productivity
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Track receipts and payment price of certain commodities regularly to ensure critical supplier invoices are paid on time.
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Develop a productive working relationship with peers on other teams: Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Procurement
As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:
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Bachelor's Degree in Business or Supply Chain, Data Analytics or related discpline.
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0-3 years experience. New Graduates encouraged to apply
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Quantitative Analysis: skillful in using quantitative analysis to understand business issues.
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High Level of Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint. Ideal Candidate will have proficiency in MS Access, Project, and Visio
Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
- Safety and Quality
- Integrity and Trust
- Customer Focus and Innovation
- Speed and Passion to Win
- Teamwork and Accountability
Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
- 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
- Paid Vacations and Holidays
- Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
- Educational Reimbursement Program
- Employee Referral Program
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.
EOE of Minorities / Females / Vets / Disability.
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