Supply Chain Leadership Development Associate

Position Summary Associates in the Supply Chain Rotational Program will rotate through a series of assignments, each approximately 6-12 months in duration, within the following functional areas: Sourcing and Procurement, Operations Planning, Materials Management and Logistics and Warehousing with an expectation of learning and applying Business Process Excellence related skills within each rotation. Initial rotation includes on-the-job learning and performance of assigned functions as a basis towards subsequent strategic and/or project assignments. Relocation will be required with rotations. This role is not**eligible for Visa Sponsorship or H1B Transfer. What You'll Do as a Supply Chain Leadership Development Associate Learn and apply best practices, processes, and perform in assigned roles associated with effectivesourcing strategy management including procurement, strategic sourcing and category and vendor managementthrough assignments in areas such as: - Execute orders through using the company's ordering process and system - Identify opportunities for savings and cost reductions. - Interact with suppliers, conduct supplier performance audits and reviews, focus on improving specific procurement metrics (OTD, RPPM, PPV, Continuous improvement, etc.) - Research and evaluate sourcing needs, develop and implement a category strategy - Analyze trends and current spend - Participate in conducting RFP process and supplier selection - Contract negotiation and/or prepare draft contracts, including working in conjunction with legal counsel on draft and necessary changes - Support implementation and/or maintenance of master agreements - Exposure to visiting key suppliers - Evaluate total cost of ownership and price justifications - Participate in Supplier Sustainability and Supplier Diversity projects - Perform supplier market research to identify potential suppliers and/or alternate suppliers. - Assess and identify supplier risk, including data risk. - Cost reduction and/or vendor optimization through assessing market opportunities, vendor consolidation, value analysis, negotiation, pricing cost reduction strategies and contract term optimization. - Using data driven rationale, recommend solutions for cost improvements, increased efficiencies, and/or improved processes - Work closely with Engineering and Scientist teams to support NPD projects Learn and apply best practices, operations and perform in assigned roles associated with effectivesales & operations planningthrough assignments in areas such as: Materials planning, production planning, scheduling & forecasting, inventory optimization/ management and material movement Work cross functionally with multiple teams within the organization including sales to determine Customer demand, i.e. Customer service representatives to ensure timely and accurate order delivery information; Operations to be informed on production needs, throughput and capacity, Engineering for new product development efforts and trials, and Finance to ensure profitability. Plan and execute tactical level processes required to secure and manage raw materials, packaging materials, and work-in-process materials, based on a forward-looking production plan and including scheduling and managing delivery, storage, staging, and movement of materials Schedule day-to-day manufacturing activities required to create and maintain detailed production/supply schedules based on the master scheduling Prepare capacity plan, communicate with production leaders Compile current input, historical data, and trend information to deliver rough forecast and market input for further refinement via the sales and operations planning process Use forecast and pla