Mgr Aftermarket Category

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities Supplier Relationships: Serve as the main contact for key aftermarket suppliers, and manage their performance on quality, on-time delivery, lead time, and cost. Hold regular business reviews with strategic suppliers, and develop secondary sources to reduce supply risk. Resolve shortages, quality problems, and expedites before they affect customers. Contracts & Cost: Negotiate and manage supplier agreements, including pricing, payment terms, minimum order quantities (MOQs), lead times, warranty, and return provisions. Track contract renewals and price changes, and own annual cost-reduction targets. Provide cost and margin inputs to Sales Operations & Marketing to support aftermarket pricing decisions, including pricing for new products. Coordinate with Trailer manufacturing purchasing to use combined spend as leverage where it applies. New Product Introduction: Identify new products and product lines that expand the aftermarket portfolio, using input from the RAM team, dealers, fleets, and market research. Build the business case for each new item (demand, cost, margin, and supply source), then manage the launch through sourcing, item setup, initial stocking, and handoff to Sales and Marketing. Track how new products perform after launch. Inventory Management: Co-manage with Operations the stocking levels, reorder points, and safety stock needed to meet fill-rate targets while keeping inventory investment under control. Monitor inventory health, including turns, aging, and slow-moving and obsolete stock, and take corrective action such as returns to vendor, promotions with Sales, or write-down recommendations. Work with Sales and Customer Service on demand planning, seasonal needs, and dealer specials and promotions. Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop the Aftermarket Buyer, and set clear goals... For full info follow application link. Stoughton Trailers is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer Stoughton Trailers provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Stoughton Trailers complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Stoughton Trailers expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Stoughton Trailers employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/496E0D9D6F4D412C