Sourcing Manager of Replenishment

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The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world‑class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in.

With 100 years of operation under our belt and a healthy tenure, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

As the Sourcing Manager of Replenishment, you will manage a team of Commodity Specialists that ensures reliable replenishment of supplier parts to our factory operations and serves as the primary sourcing escalation point from our site materials teams to manage supplier delivery performance.

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:

• Lead a team of Commodity Specialists to manage supplier delivery performance across multiple manufacturing locations in the U.S. and Mexico
• Guide and support the team in their roles as primary escalation points for our site materials teams in resolving and mitigating supply disruptions
• Partner with site materials management, planning teams, and suppliers to achieve root cause and corrective actions on any repeat or systemic delivery issues, including leadership of in‑person and virtual workshops at suppliers and our manufacturing sites as needed
• Develop and deploy standard work and performance dashboards to improve our procurement and replenishment processes
• Coach and develop team
• Ensure team has tools, skill sets, processes, and training to accomplish goals
• Serve as our main sourcing leadership escalation point for operational sourcing issues by engaging with suppliers at managerial and executive levels to secure supply continuity
• Leverage commodity management teams when necessary to resolve commercial issues or initiate supplier improvement and transition plans
• Support transfers of work by ensuring proper purchasing set up and supplier alignment to replenish new manufacturing locations for any site‑to‑site line moves and strong execution of any supplier‑to‑supplier moves
• Success Measures include:
  • On‑time delivery / service levels to request
  • Efficient & timely requisition to PO conversion
  • Supplier use of and adherence to portal processes
  • Well executed transfers of work (site to site & supplier to supplier)
  • Working capital optimization (VMI & MOQ implementations)
  • Compliance to sourcing policies and standard work
• Present on team performance in monthly and weekly cadence of reviews
• Develop and implement corrective action and mitigation plans where needed to deliver on KPIs
• Support sourcing teams in regular quarterly business reviews with key suppliers
• Ensure team is leveraging procurement tools including SAP & SAP Ariba with best practices for efficiency, execution, and accuracy of procurement data
• Analyze demand by facility, anticipate changes, and drive subsequent procurement activities
• Represent sourcing in internal business reviews to align supply & demand
• Engage regularly with our category management teams and leadership to influence sourcing strategies and help them build strong and resilient supply chains that are cost effective, high performing, and manage risk
• All other tasks and projects as assigned

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA desired, CPIM, ISM, NAPM, CPSM or APICS certification preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in sourcing (Sourcing Manager I) or minimum of 7+ years’ experience in sourcing (Sourcing Manager II)
• Minimum 1-3 years’ experience in supervising (Sourcing Manager I) or minimum of 3+ years’ experience in supervising…