Commodity Engineer

As a Commodity Engineer at Emerson, you will be responsible for managing the iCenter Nashik Materials Commodity profile to achieve World Wide Supply Chain objectives for Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Flexibility.

• Establish and implement clear strategic sourcing plans based on the agreed commodity strategy and all supply chain activities.
• Prepare quotation packages that are thorough and complete, understanding the cost elements of material, labor, and margin, and presenting a clear and concise analysis of the proposals.
• Apply competitive tension to the supply chain via E-sourcing and direct negotiations, demonstrating command of the Emerson corporate procurement tools and utilizing them routinely to manage commodity performance.
• Develop and maintain cost model tools to track and implement BOM cost changes.
• Pursue lowest-cost component solutions to optimize BOM costs and challenge suppliers to do the same, ensuring contractual benefits are maximized and managing the implementation and manifestation of such solutions into the final price.
• Link business requirements to supplier capabilities and performance, performing periodic reviews to ensure they are in sync concerning cost structure, order mechanics, forecast management, quality, flexibility, lead times, and third-party logistics.
• Ensure system integrity via full setup and maintenance of ERP system records for all lead time, price, order policy, and replenishment profiles.
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of industry and market dynamics through close working relationships with suppliers, trade organizations, and self-education.
• Implement flexibility solutions in the supply chain, such as connected replenishment, consignment, reduced lead times, strategic component buffer inventories, etc.
• Manage and mitigate material supply chain liabilities within the framework of established contracts, negotiating the settlement of disputes between business leads and suppliers.
• Work cross-functionally to support and identify new areas of business need and process improvement pertinent to proposals and projects, engaging with stakeholders from Technology, Product Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, World Area Operations, and Global/Regional Proposal teams.
• Directly support both Proposal and Project Execution teams in the development of RFQs, supplier identification, category expertise, and sourcing methods.
• Develop and administer Purchasing agreements with local suppliers, leveraging Country and global agreements.
• Develop and maintain a valid and robust supply line for all materials required in Cabinets, including special buyouts.
• Manage Supply Chain to meet on-time delivery objectives (90%+).
• Report key measures, including supplier Performance/quality/Service and total cost performance.
• Strong drive to resolve Supplier Performance issues, setting expectations, training, monitoring, feedback, audits, and same-day resolution.
• Ensure compliance with local legislation/safety standards for contract workforce from integrators or outside agencies.
• Ensure a safe environment and adherence to safety requirements for any assembly work carried out at our integrators, regularly reviewing safety trends/misses and accidents at integrators.
• Balance the workload across multiple resources, assigning suppliers and project work to specific Buyers.