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Site Supply Lead Date: Oct 9, 2024
Location: Duffield, VA, US, ********
Onsite or Remote: Onsite Position
Komatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, forestry, forklift, and industrial machinery markets, maximizing value for customers through innovative solutions. With a diverse line of products supported by our advanced IoT technologies, regional distribution channels, and a global service network, we tap into the power of data and technology to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance.
Major Responsibilities: The position is responsible for independently managing, analyzing, scheduling, and facilitating the supply of components that support the production and service of equipment at the assigned site. The incumbent is the direct link between supply of materials for the assigned site's production, working alongside quality, service, finance, and engineering organizations.Manage the entire production life cycle through facilitating current shortages, engineering changes, and customer changes to support machine and component on-time start and on-time completion to customer commit date.Facilitate assigned assembly plant meetings to review current production schedule, current component assemblies, and future planned schedule for the facility as the single point of contact between Operations and Supply Chain.Analyze and identify changes in scope of work for assembly plant and suppliers during contract reviews and project management meetings on high-profile and newly released engineered machines and components.Review current supply chain capacity to support proposed late customer and/or engineering changes in collaboration with Contracts Management, Engineering, and Operations regarding acceptance.Participate and/or facilitate in cross-functional meetings to support global requirements of parts, components, and/or projects. Review the critical parts list requirements with Procurement (Buyers & MRPC's) to expedite/confirm delivery. Report-out on weekly Production calls on action taken.Facilitate and/or establish cross-functional teams, as required, to develop local supplier(s) to further support the specific production facility schedule.Collaborate with the buyer(s) and material planners on the establishment of stocking programs to support operations.Elevate with Planning and Provisioning personnel the need for additional and/or adjusted planning on components or products that show historical fluctuations in demand.Identify and initiate cost improvement activities to provide the company with the best total cost of ownership value. Participate in Business Transformation/Tiger Team/Projects related to Sites (Velocity, Data Integrity, ATO, etc.)The business system is used fully to maximize utilization and efficiency. Additionally, investigate, analyze, and recommend streamlined process improvements.Provide supervision and mentoring to other Supply Chain personnel to improve their skills in Purchasing techniques and strategies, and to encourage/champion initiatives.Ability to independently create training documentation and facilitate training sessions. Nature of Position Komatsu Mining Corp. produces machinery and systems for the extraction of underground mineral deposits. The position is responsible for independently managing, analyzing, scheduling, and facilitating the procurement of commodity groups that support the production and service of this equipment.
Relationships This position requires substantial interface with global peers, management, and director-level positions at various Komatsu locations. The position will interact on a regular basis with the senior management of the supplier base.
Background This position requires the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering plus five to ten years of experience in an industrial procurement organization. The position requires a broad and in-depth knowledge of purchasing, manufacturing, materials and inventory management, quality, information systems, finance, and engineering drawings.
Predominate Tasks Supplier and customer management:Arrange, prepare, and facilitate meetings with assembly locations, engineering, quality, contract management, and suppliers.Negotiate supply and delivery agreements.Perform technical analysis of suppliers' equipment, materials, and services to determine suitability.Perform and manage risk analysis.Ensure that intellectual and other proprietary property information is kept in the strictest confidence when interacting with the supply base.Contact and develop new sources of supply as required to meet organization needs.Facilitate resolution of receiving issues with location and buyer support.System-related management:Benchmark best practices within assembly plants.Analyze and manage all machine and purchased component shortages to improve on-time delivery as well as on-time machine shipments.Create a process to control the repeat parts shortage offenders.Job OverviewKey Job ResponsibilitiesQualifications/RequirementsAdditional InformationKomatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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