Senior Analyst, Procurement

This role in summary

Whirlpool is seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Analyst, Procurement opening to join Laundry & Dish categories at Benton Harbor, MI. This role is onsite in the office 5 days a week.

The Procurement team identifies, researches and evaluates suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply. Recognizes and evaluate sales, promotional campaigns, and other opportunities to secure reduced prices. Assesses supplier's products to ensure that they comply with specifications and meet the organization's quality standards.

Your responsibilities will include

• Daily project management of established launch plans for assigned commodities, components and projects

• Participate in project, supplier, and cross-functional meetings

• Resolve launch readiness situations and prepare/ensure cost, schedule, and quality objectives are achieved

• Implement cost and quality changes to existing models to achieve performance and cost objectives

• Balance activities for multiple projects to ensure all priorities and key objectives are met

• Validate and issue capital and expense expenditures (tooling and equipment)

• Travel to suppliers for face to face reviews and readiness discussions

• Interact and visit the manufacturing plants as needed to work with the project team

• Develop and lead continuous improvement activities for key product management processes/systems

• Manage launch, cost, and quality projects throughout product life cycles to achieve unit cost targets, quality targets, and maintain program timing for assigned commodities

• Develop a detailed action plan for each supplier to meet project deliverables

• Coordinate internal deliverables to suppliers – demand planning, designs, quality, cost targets

• Track and evaluate supplier activities against their launch plan

• Monitor supplier quality deliverables

• Validate, kick-off, and track supplier capital & tooling

• Lead & coordinate day-to-day activities during the new model transition process for the supplier and cross-functional internal team – Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing

• Monitor and track key performance indicators for assigned commodities

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's Degree

• 3+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain or engineering

Preferred skills and experiences

• Demonstrated use of project management skills

• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and use conflict resolution skills

• Build strong relationships with internal process partners and suppliers

• Manage ambiguity via strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and business acumen

• Manage and execute multiple key activities and competing priorities

• On path to developing technical capability to become a subject matter expert

What we offer

Generous benefits package, Whirlpool employee discount, fitness & educational reimbursement programs, kitchenettes, and more! Saint Joseph/Benton Harbor locations: Beautiful, recently renovated office space, free coffee, biking/walking trails, and access to The Eddy - Early Childhood Center (depending upon availability - additional costs required).

Additional information

Whirlpool’s Ways of Working

Our goal is to provide an environment that helps you bring your best to Whirlpool every day. While employees in this role work in-person Monday through Friday. We offer flexibility and industry-leading time-off benefits that will help you balance what’s important at work and at home, including:

• Always On Flexibility - You will have the autonomy to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments as needed. 
• Two-Week Work from Anywhere - Minimum of one-week increments for a total of two weeks per year.