This role is responsible for developing and maintaining strategic relationships with key suppliers to ensure cost‑competitive and timely procurement of materials, supplies, equipment, and services while meeting all required quality standards. The position supports all ASBU operations across two manufacturing sites — Oshkosh, WI and Randolph, WI — with a total team of five. It plays a critical role in driving cost‑out initiatives in close collaboration with corporate sourcing. Additionally, this role ensures adherence to purchasing policies, procedures, and best practices while fostering continuous improvement across the supply chain.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Production Support
  • Work closely with Production and Inventory Control to ensure material requirements are met through production releases and MRP.
  • Order and expedite all materials to arrive by scheduled MFG start dates.
  • Identify and communicate any challenges with potential to delay MFG start with Project Management, Production, and Engineering.
• Strategic Purchasing & Cost-Out
  • Evaluate and implement purchasing strategies that align with business objectives and cost-out goals.
  • Partner with corporate sourcing to identify and execute cost-reduction opportunities across ASBU.
• Supplier Management
  • Develop strong partnerships with key suppliers.
  • Review performance of current suppliers and vet/select new suppliers based on risk, quality, price, reliability, availability, and technical capabilities.
  • Introduce and drive performance improvement measures with the supply base.
  • Hold Annual Supplier Scorecard reviews with top vendors.
• Inventory & Planning
  • Maintain planning and inventory methodologies such as supplier stocking programs, contracts and agreements, Kanban, and safety stock.
• Purchasing Operations Oversight
  • Oversee daily purchasing activities, including:
    • Expediting
    • Cost analysis
    • Negotiations
    • Purchase order management
    • Supplier scorecard reviews
    • Demand management
    • Invoicing discrepancies
    • Supplier setups
    • Purchase order authorization levels
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Foster communication between suppliers and internal teams (Engineering, Project Management, Production) to resolve material availability issues and approve alternate materials when necessary.
• Continuous Process Improvement
  • Promote continuous improvement of purchasing processes in line with organizational needs and changing market conditions.
• Data & Reporting
  • Maintain ERP data for item and supplier records.
  • Communicate major cost changes to cost accounting and engineering.
  • Track and report cost-out performance metrics.
• Supplier Audits
  • Perform regular supplier audits to predetermined quality standards, service, pricing, and payment terms.
• Professional Representation
  • Maintain a high standard of professionalism and positive supplier relations through day-to-day interactions.
• Other Duties
  • Perform additional responsibilities as needed to support ASBU and organizational objectives.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, and develop purchasing personnel.
• Operate with general direction, using independent judgment to achieve assigned objectives within department policy guidelines.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent of four plus years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience with purchasing multiple commodities (Raw Steel, Plastic, Custom Manufactured Components, Electrical Components, PTS Components)

Computer Skills

ERP experience (Visual and/or SAP is a plus)

Microsoft Office Suite

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Prioritize, organize, and delegate assignments.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email [email protected]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [email protected].

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