You are passionate about making an impact and always act with integrity. You continuously push yourself to achieve new goals and are not afraid to question the status quo by proposing creative solutions to problems. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, Emerson has an opening for you as Commodity Manager. 

You will be responsible for the strategic direction of the respective commodities for Measurement Solution. This position drives cost containment, supplier development, and supplier performance initiatives.  The role is also the focal point for engineered to order projects as they pertain to the commodity.  The Commodity Manager will work closely with the Procurement, Engineering, Quality, and Planning departments.

We look forward to seeing your application!

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be: 
* Develop a strategy for the commodity and put policies in place to ensure strategy is implemented and maintained; assess supplier capability, capacity, cost structure, and performance against targets; prepare and evaluate electronic RFXs
* Negotiate long-term agreements with a focus on cost containment, speed, quality, and payment terms improvement; maintain relationships with preferred suppliers; resolve supply issues and develop supply chain risk mitigation and contingency plans
* Review parts and product with suppliers as necessary to develop and initiate containment and cost reduction opportunities; coordinate efforts between suppliers, Supplier Quality Engineering and Manufacturing/Design Engineering departments as necessary to support cost containment and cost reduction project implementation
* Develop and maintain systems and processes necessary to maintain and drive supplier- suggested cost reduction; analyze technical data, designs, preliminary specifications, manufacturing limitations and supplier facilities
* Coordinate efforts between suppliers, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Procurement to facilitate material substitutions, standardization, rework and salvage of purchased materials
* Develop effective relationships with business group management to ensure that business unit benefits from group leverage opportunities
* Deliver results for key performance metrics (Day Payables Outstanding, Net Material Inflation, and Parts Per Million)

Who You Are: 
* You align words and actions to model reliability. You stay on top of new communications technologies. You try different solutions for problems and learn from the results.
* You are fact-based but open minded, curious and have a technical mentality. You adapt well to change and are team-player but performs well as a single contributor. You communicate in a clear, open, and respectful manner.