Job Description
ARCTIC CAT IS HIRING!
STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER opportunity available now. Join our dynamic team developing and delivering top quality snowmobiles, ATVs and side by sides. This is an onsite position located in Thief River Falls, MN.
Responsibilities
Identify suppliers, create bid packages, and run the RFQ process.
Lead negotiations and award business by identifying cost performance and VMI/SOI initiatives within the supply base in close coordination with the strategic sourcing teams.
Manage make vs. buy analysis to determine optimal supply chain decisions.
Conduct landed costs analysis on RFQ packages prior to negotiation and final awards.
Train personnel on pricing, delivery, warranty, payment terms, and various legal terms to protect the business. Foster talent development by supporting career path planning, management of performance objectives, engagement, training, and onboarding of new hires. Drive adherence to standard work and best practices; foresee issues and mitigate impact to business.
Communicate production readiness across the organization to provide excellent internal customer support to manufacturing, production, and assembly teams.
Ensure SCM operates in alignment with program budgets, last price paid and ‘should-cost’ parameters when procuring parts/systems.
Collaborate with engineering and finance to revise requirements and scope to enable effective competition.
Contribute to a culture of respect, dignity and inclusion, where everyone, feels heard and understood, empowered and valued.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field required. We feel this education provides critical knowledge and will ensure career growth over time. Extensive, relevant experience may be substituted for formal education.
Related Experience Required, Including People Management Experience.
Software knowledge: MS Office Suite, ERP system experience required, SAP preferred.
Company Description
One Focus. Off-Road.
At Arctic Cat, our snowmobiles, Side by Sides and ATVs are part of our everyday lives for work and recreation. Whether we are on a mountain, in the forest or on the farm, we push our machines to the limit in the name of progress. As we develop new technology, we retool our factories, expand our engine assembly operations and make healthy investments in R&D. Arctic Cat wheels and skis are always pointed to the untamed world, committed to getting riders there and back in one fully satisfied piece.
If you share our passion for getting off-road, join us! Apply today for immediate consideration.
One Focus. Off-Road. At Arctic Cat, our snowmobiles, Side by Sides and ATVs are part of our everyday lives for work and recreation. Whether we are on a mountain, in the forest or on the farm, we push our machines to the limit in the name of progress. As we develop new technology, we retool our factories, expand our engine assembly operations and make healthy investments in R&D. Arctic Cat wheels and skis are always pointed to the untamed world, committed to getting riders there and back in one fully satisfied piece. If you share our passion for getting off-road, join us! Apply today for immediate consideration.
