Company Profile
80 years and countless innovations later, JCB is the world’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of construction and agricultural equipment. At 22 plants spanning four continents—and countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil—JCB manufactures a range of more than 300 products including Loadall telescopic handlers, backhoeloaders, excavators, wheel loaders, compact excavators, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, Accessaerial work platforms, rough terrain forklifts, and Fastrac tractors.
JCB people are at the heart of our business and as a family-owned business we answer to our customers, not a group of shareholders. That freedom allows us to concentrate on developing the latest technologies and incorporating them into our equipment. We focus on what our customer needs on the jobsite – a machine that holds up in the toughest environment and increases their productivity.
At JCB, we stand behind our products – and our name.
Position Purpose
Reporting directly to Purchasing Manager, the role is primarily responsible for ensuring Supplier Performance is in line with the business expectations and when necessary, assisting stakeholders in establishing and managing to resolution issues relating to part availability. Also responsible for supporting the manufacturing location’s operations team in achieving their KPI’s and business objectives in particular relation to supplier capacity, incoming quality and supplier related warranty issues. The role will be required to have an in depth understanding of the supply base and be able to influence it accordingly to consistently receive the required level of service. The role will provide the link between the category management team and the business and will therefore be able to support any given change management programme that is being implemented.
Major Tasks, Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities
- Providing local input into the creation of category strategies.
- Assists category teams with developing a category execution
- plan and drives a system to monitor and manage supplier
- performance through KPI’s.
- Deliver robust implementation plans in line with the sourcing
- strategy. These plans should support, but not be limited to:
- Effective early supplier engagement.
- Cost Saving projects.
- Tendering.
- Contracting.
- Capacity management.
- Supplier performance targets.
- Monitors progress of strategies and modifies in line with the
- changing business environment.
- Works with the team to develop commercial contracts to
- deliver the needs of the business.
- Liaises with the business functions to ensure the implementation
- of the strategy.
- Works with stakeholders to ensure implementation of supply
contracts.
- Works with the category team and SDE’s to monitor supplier
- performance against agreed framework.
- In extreme scenario’s will co-ordinate and manage group
- allocation decisions and priorities.
- Ensure that the supply base supporting the manufacturing site
- and / or category are communicated appropriately with regards
- to forward planning and significant volume fluctuations.
- Manage supplier performance escalations from the Materials
- Team and have responsibility for closing Supplier Delivery 8D’s
- for relevant categories.
- Deals with suppliers and customers on rectification of
- performance issues in relation to quality issues.
- Support the launch activities required within the category and /
- or manufacturing location to ensure the supply base meets the
- timing, quality and cost expectations of a relevant programme.
- Represent Purchasing in the Top 10 Warranty reviews and close
- out supplier related issues within the required KPI’s.
- To act on alerts created from the continuous risk assessment
- process and to ensure Business Continuity plans are in place
with appropriate suppliers.
Minimum Qualifications
- Category & Supplier Management in a Global organization
- Cost and pricing management
- Performance & Change management
- Contract management
- Financial awareness
- Purchasing in an Engineering and production environment
- Holding and building relationships within a global and matrix
- organisation
- Engineering, Materials and/or Programme Management
- understanding
- Graduate or Apprenticeship qualifications
- Preferably CIPS qualified
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Proven change management skills
- Demonstrate effective multi-functional team working
- Ability to manage changing business requirements
- Influential dexterity
- Conflict resolution ability
- Practical Problem Solving
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Competencies
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software
- Comfortable in an in-person office environment
- Technical competence is a plus
- Must be customer service oriented, flexible, and have a high energy level
- Must have excellent follow-through skills
- Must have a professional, polished, and sophisticated demeanor and be comfortable in most social settings
- Must be open to domestic and international travel
- Desire and proven ability to learn and grow
Job Conditions
- Both office environment and occasionally manufacturing/factory environment
- Subject to noise and temperature changes
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
JCB is an equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. JCB complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. EEO EMPLOYER/VET/DISABLED.
JCB Inc. is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, JCB offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our website at https://www.jcb.com/en-gb/about/careers.
Disclaimer: This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
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