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We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

As Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing, reporting to the Director, Strategic Sourcing, you will lead a high-impact team responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies across key commodities, driving measurable improvements in cost, quality, delivery, and business continuity. You'll collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Business Units to align supply chain strategies with enterprise goals. In this role, you'll also coach and develop talent, manage strategic supplier relationships, and spearhead continuous improvement initiatives that shape Rockwell Automation's global sourcing toolkit and supply base. This is a critical leadership position with enterprise-wide visibility and the opportunity to influence Rockwell's long-term supply chain design.

This is a hybrid position that can be based out of our Milwaukee, WI or Mayfield Heights, OH locations.

Your Responsibilities:

• Commodity Management
  • Develop and execute sourcing strategies on assigned commodities with your team of commodity managers. You will also directly manage a few business-critical commodities
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (global Sourcing team, Engineering, Operations, Business Units, Quality, etc.) in executing these strategies.
  • Drive improvements in quality, delivery, and cost to meet Strategic Sourcing targets and initiatives. You are fully responsible for cost but are also clearly accountable for delivery, quality and business continuity.
  • Keep abreast of design, product, and market requirements from Business Units and, in turn, share market and suppliers' developments.
  Supplier Management
  • Track and implement action plans with external partners and internal stakeholders to continuously improve Strategic Sourcing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as well as support manufacturing locations regionally and globally.
  • Conduct regular business reviews with strategic and critical suppliers involving relevant stakeholders.
  Attract, Develop, and Retain Talent
  • Coach and develop your team to build functional and leadership capabilities.
  • Continually review and explore development opportunities. Provide constructive feedback to drive improvements and/or corrections.
  • Facilitate and conduct information sharing to global commodity team and relevant stakeholders to enhance collaboration and adoption of best-practices.
  Continuous Improvement (CI)
  • Continually review supply base - source & develop new and potential suppliers to support the business requirements.
  • Conduct sourcing workshops to continuously build up the savings funnel to achieve year-on-year savings target.
  • Identify strategic sourcing best practices and drive these best practices into the Rockwell strategic sourcing toolkit and sourcing strategies.

  Drive and own CI special projects that will have ISC and/or Enterprise-wide impact. for example: Simplify and Optimize RA's “component supply chain design”. This role will lead and drive a cross functional team to: 1) Ideate, 2) Incubate, 3) Pilot, 4) Debug and 5) Scale

  Familiarity with Company Policies and Procedures
  • Appropriately applies policies and procedures in compliance with government laws.
  • Policies and procedures include, but not limited to: Standards of Business Conduct, Intellectual Property, Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000 & 14000, government regulations (e.g. health, safety, quality and environmental), and functional policies published on the Rockwell Automation information network.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
• The ability to travel 20% of the time.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Master's degree in engineering, operations management, supply chain management or relevant technical field.
• Typically requires a minimum of 3 years direct management experience.
• At least 5 years of experience with strategic sourcing methodologies, tools, and best practices, such as market research, supplier evaluation, contract negotiation, risk management, category management, and supplier relationship management.
• You have drafted, negotiated and managed a variety of partnership and supplier agreements.
• At least 5 years in a cross functional leadership role mentoring multiple people.
• At least combined 5 years of experience in functional roles within Engineering, New Product introduction, Manufacturing, Production Material Planning, Procurement or logistics
• You have a background in a technology or industrial space with hardware products.
• You have an analytical mindset and you are comfortable processing data in spreadsheets and ERP systems.
• You think strategically and can synthesize the conflicting concerns of multiple stakeholders.
• International supplier management experience in Mexico/Asia / Europe is an asset.

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.