Commodity Manager

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Douglas Dynamics is North America’s premier manufacturer and up-fitter of work truck attachments and equipment. Our belief is that our employees and culture are just as important to the company as serving our customers. We place a high value on building a team and working environment where individuals can succeed professionally and personally. As a team member at Douglas Dynamics, you can expect to make a difference through your work, to have a direct impact on the achievement of a very meaningful mission to serve our customers, to advance your career, and to have room for fun and fulfillment in your daily life.

We encourage you to consider joining our team, where we offer top notch benefits, multiple avenues for advancement and a great working environment.

Our focus is to ensure we succeed by executing the right things. These are our core values and how we win in the marketplace. The winning behaviors are what each Douglas Dynamics employee does to support the success of our company. They are the expectations of all of us to help ensure we focus on winning as an organization the right way!

Our winning behaviors are:

• Be Customer & Results Driven
• Anticipate the Possibilities
• Collaborate & Care
• Communicate Responsibly
• Develop Self & Others
• Get Better Every Day

• Partner to evaluate supplier performance and work towards continuous improvement by defining strategic direction and utilizing supplier performance metrics.
• Build relationships and measure success with suppliers to assure communication of DD expectations and to identify and correct/improve supply deficiencies.
• Coordinate and assist in implementation of lean/JIT inventory management systems including Kanban’s, stocking plans and other pull systems and milk-run delivery methods.
• Collect and analyze data sets from multiple sources to facilitate decision making in support of strategies. Prepare RFP/RFQ documents and administer processes to achieve best total cost for DD. Drive continuous improvement of total cost and achievement of margin improvement for mutual benefit.
• Comply with Standards of Work (SOWs) for GSS to support organizational objectives and leverage best practice across the company. Participate as a SOW auditor and preparation of appropriate corrective actions that will assure compliance.
• Communicate results and status on a consistent basis to assure transparent progress between suppliers, GSS, Engineering, Sales, Marketing and the Business Units. Negotiate and administer major formal supply agreements and contracts focusing on mutual margin improvement and elimination of waste in the supply chain.
• Develop, implement and communicate detailed three-year strategic plan for the commodity, including, but not limited to commodity drivers and influencers, DD competitive suppliers in the commodity, spend and cost trends, supplier performance, supply segmentation and optimal supply chain size. Secure external information through publications, meetings and seminars to serve as the DD subject matter expert in said commodity. Benchmark DD performance within defined commodity.
• Utilize problem solving skills to eliminate supplier deficiencies and implementation of corrective actions to eliminate root cause failures. Facilitate replacement product and return of defective materials and appropriate financial credits/inventory adjustments. Coordinate with appropriate resources and the ECN process to assure product specifications and BOMs are accurately maintained.
• Present appropriate training materials for continuous education of supplier organizations and their suppliers. Leverage supplier resources to educate the DD organization as well.
• Support new product development in conjunction with Engineering, Operations and other departments, including new materials and manufacturing technologies, to meet product launch mileposts. Research suppliers and evaluate products as required.
• Consistently conduct business in an ethical and professional manner when interacting with internal personnel,…