Sr. Specialist, Sourcing - OEM

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries.

We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries.

We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Requisition  :21437

Employment Type : Full Time

Job Category : Warehouse/Distribution

Work Location : Maple Grove, MN (OEM BU)

The OEM Business Unit is dedicated to developing real production fastener solutions for our customers by supporting them with custom engineering, valuable product insight, and a global portfolio of suppliers. This job entails the collection of current market information insuring accurate and competitive pricing is provided on all quotations.

• Customer Focused, Be Curious and Open Minded, Passionate Team Player, Say/Do, Get to Yes!
• Provides Sourcing expertise and collaborates with business and operations leaders to drive competitive pricing and process improvements.
• Strategically sources products and services, discussing and recommending preferred supplier options, as well as working on strategic sourcing projects through execution.
• Partners with manager on sourcing project implementations with minimal disruption to operations.
• Applies strategic sourcing best practices and industry knowledge, leveraging analytics tools to pursue value generation targets.
• Collaborates with operations and suppliers to optimize the procure-to-pay process and establish supplier relationships.
• Assists in the day-to-day operations of the sourcing department.
• Collaborates with departments to provide insight on competitive pricing and quotations.
• Assist with all sourcing-related functions.
• Regularly provides detailed status updates and communication to Supply Chain and business stakeholders.
• Ensures compliance with OEM sourcing and contracting policies, procedures, risk management programs, and ethics.
• Helps maintain data integrity in all systems and ensure required documentation is received and required process steps are completed.
• Provides accurate and timely pricing information on all quotations.
• Matches customer items with correct global suppliers.
• Reviews of customer item descriptions and prints to ensure all details are clearly communicated with suppliers and sales.
• Enter supplier prices, lead-time, deviations, etc. into a quote system and maintain all supporting documentation.
• Manages the quotation and follow-up process in support of the organizational goals and customer expectations.
• Grows product sales and margins by making accurate pricing decisions through strategic supplier selection, applying product knowledge and leveraging the Sourcing team's industry experience.
• Educates Inside and Outside Sales Associates on the value of pricing decisions based on the selected supplier.
• Coordinates activities between Account Managers, Outside Salespeople, other functional areas of the business and Suppliers to meet…