Sourcing Supervisor - The Toro Company

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a school/employment or any other visa, regardless of expiration date, now or in the future. Who Are We? 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. The Sourcing Supervisor is a highly visible and impactful team leader, collaborating within the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) to help achieve its goals of Operational Excellence and Sustainability. A major responsibility is the management and oversight of key sourcing roles, ensuring those roles have the necessary training, skills, and knowledge to achieve departmental success. Another major responsibility is seeking out opportunities for improvement not only within the category team, but the sourcing department. Excellence in this role requires a self-starter mentality, a passion for coaching and developing talent, and an unwavering commitment for continuous improvement. What Will You Do? In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for: Promote a collaborative, team-oriented approach with direct reports in an effort to continuously improve quality, increase delivery reliability, and reduce supply chain related risks. Guide team in execution of sustainable strategies for moderate to highly complex vendors/categories that include spend analytics, market considerations and strategic importance, etc. Onboard and manage the training of new category team members(?) Ensure team has tools, skill sets, and process knowledge to accomplish category goals. Provide leadership to commodity and operations buyers in their professional development and foster an environment of continuous learning and improvement. Mentor commodity and operations buyers in negotiations. Drive excellence and in procurement KPIs, performance management and process adherence. Promote collaboration of commodity and operations buyers with internal and external customers and suppliers. Support and oversee multiple projects managed by category teams. Seek, identify, and drive opportunities for continuous process improvement and automation. Drive and lead data integrity improvement and maintenance within the commodity teams. Identify and launch procurement projects and initiatives to analyze effectiveness, and drive results and compliance in line with ISC goals. Routinely interact with internal customers to improve deliverables, and service. Effectively collaborate with sourcing leadership toward achieving sourcing department goals. Participate in long-range planning processes and the establishment of annual sourcing and development objectives. Network with industry groups and strive to remain current with industry trends, identifying best practices, and leading implementation efforts. Track errors linked to sourcing and guide direct reports in problem solving. Support category team in supplier transitions. Lead and advise in supplier exit processes. Ability to troubleshoot unique issues that arise of moderate to advanced complexity. All other tasks and projects as assigned. Job Dimensions: Typical office environment as it pertains to lighting, temperature, and noise level when in administrative / operations offices. Able to travel both domestically and internationally, approximately 5%. Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse, and to handl…

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