In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be: Provide commodity leadership for America’s commodities by proactively developing and implementing near-term and long-term commodity strategy through team engagement, aggressive management, and proactive follow-through.  Lead local team in locating, evaluating, negotiating, and selecting suppliers and potential suppliers to gain the best quality, cost, and delivery of purchased material consistent with required standards.  Proactively manage cost reduction and other related cross-functional projects to achieve specific goals.  Establish and manage a supplier segmentation strategy to support supply base performance improvement.  Guiding the purchasing and planning teams by monitoring supplier performance and addressing supply and/or quality issues. Support enterprise commodity objectives by actively participating in enterprise initiatives.   Monitor, track, and react to critical market forecasts and condition changes.  Manage supplier tooling and capacity in line with commodity objectives.  Negotiate and enforce contracts, payment terms, and terms and conditions of purchase that support commodity, savings, and cash objectives.   Reduce the overall number of suppliers required to support commodity objectives.   Manage component and assembly pricing structure and resolve discrepancies.  Support engineering and product management with new product launches, product improvements and changes, and product rationalization.  Maintain accurate records in accordance with policy and procedure.  Develop, implement, and manage metrics to track overall success and effectiveness of commodity performance.  Resolve high level, significant supplier performance issues.  Conduct business in a manner consistent with Emerson Purchasing policies and procedures including Company Business Conduct Guidelines.  Performs other related duties as assigned. 

 

  Who You Are: You formulate a clear strategy and map the aggressive steps that will clearly accelerate the organization toward its strategic goals. You persist in the face of challenges and setbacks. You adjust communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse partners. You take a proactive approach to shape and influence partner expectations. You analyze multiple and diverse sources of information to define problems accurately before moving to solutions. 
  For This Role, You Will Need: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or Operations or another related field. 10+ years of procurement experience in a high-paced, multi-location environment. Determined, results oriented, and motivated to work effectively without direct supervision. Knowledge of purchasing systems and principles including experience with low-cost country sourcing, auctions, VA/VE, and other leveraging tools. Analytical skills coupled with intellectual curiosity for root cause and countermeasures. Authorized to work in Mexico. Fluent in Spanish and English Able to travel 20 % of the time Excellent communication with different level of hierarchy at suppliers and internally Experience in a matrix environment and with remote hierarchy Ability to organize and handle large amounts of information with strong organization skills and Ability to work with high pressure, to define the right priorities High persuasion skills with supplier escalations and negotiations Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (pivot tables & PowerPoint) and Oracle
  Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart: Tech savvy, with emphasis on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JDE/SAP/QlikView, Portal, Insight, IBEE, and Team Center. Strong project management and team leadership skills with the ability to develop strong support for change with all levels of internal and external organizations. MCIPS / APICS membership, equivalent or qualified by experience. Comprehensive knowledge of selected commodities.  Critical thinking and ability to be forward looking, envision the potential and long-term goals.
  Our Culture & Commitment to You:

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing and know that to do your best you must have flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs.  Our culture prioritizes work-life balance and offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave. At Emerson, we are committed to fostering a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that encourages innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers. This philosophy is fundamental to living our company’s values and our responsibility to leave the world in a better place.  Learn more about our Culture & Values and about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emerson. Our training programs and initiatives focus on end-to-end development, from onboarding through senior leadership. We provide a wide range of development opportunities, including face-to-face and virtual training, mentorship and coaching, project management, and on-the-job training.