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About the Role

This role executes a business strategy that delivers value through total cost of ownership solutions and ensures a reliable supply chain by managing risks and costs leveraging worldwide requirements. The position coordinates with engineering, manufacturing, and operations to add value and satisfy both internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

Serves customers (Operations, Engineering, Finance, Sales, and End Customers) and assures cost-competitive continuity of supply for existing parts, services, new product development, and introduction.
Develops, negotiates, and administers contracts for key suppliers and manages the supplier base.
Develops commodity strategies based on DFS volumes, Dover volumes, or volumes of future acquisitions.
Identifies areas of risk within the supply chain and implements appropriate mitigation measures.
Maintains knowledge of market industry trends within the area of expertise and communicates potential business impacts.
Monitors changes affecting supply and demand, tracks market conditions, price trends, and futures markets.
Monitors supplier market characteristics regularly, identifies opportunities resulting from market shifts, and takes advantage of such shifts.
Works with all functions and users to ensure internal customer needs are met.
Manages supplier performance (quality, delivery, total cost).
Maintains overall supplier relationships and establishes annual cost-out, quality, and on-time delivery targets with key suppliers.
Provides regular performance feedback to suppliers, conducts quality business reviews (QBRs), and drives corrective actions as required.
Enforces terms and conditions of purchase orders and other agreements, and compliance with legal requirements and Company policy.
Ensures parts are set up properly, supplier master, etc., and in the ERP system.
Resolves nonconformance issues, back-charges, and claims in a timely manner to minimize the Company's exposure.
Develops supplier spending reports to identify targeted improvements and leverage value for the company.
Seeks opportunities to expand diverse supplier spend.
Leads Continuous Improvement events with suppliers to improve total cost of ownership.
Manages cost and assets (cost, productivity, inventory).
Implements sourcing design changes to improve reliability in operations and reductions in costs.
Works with operations and business teams to design optimal source points and shipping arrangements.
Operates on a daily basis to meet reliability objectives for customer supply.
Works with the Operations team to maximize value across the supply chain and drive a culture of continual improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business.
5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or procurement roles.
Deep technical knowledge of plastic injection molding and castings.
Proven track record of leading complex, multi-million dollar contract negotiations.
Expertise in cost modeling (Should-Cost analysis) for molded and cast parts.
Strong understanding of tooling design, manufacturing processes, and lead times.
Skills to analyze supplier financial information and capability.
Knowledge of fueling industry and EV trends.
Ability to travel both locally and globally.
Strong problem-solving skills.
Access to best industry practices, industry trends, and supply/demand and a thorough understanding of products.
Excellent oral and written communication is required.
Influencing skills are preferred.
Proficient w/ MS Office – Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
Ability to travel up to 25%.
Ability to sit for extended periods of time (long international flights).

Skills

Plastic injection molding
Castings
Contract negotiation
Cost modeling
Should-Cost analysis
Tooling design
Manufacturing processes
Supplier financial analysis
Supplier capability analysis
Fueling industry trends
EV trends
Problem-solving
MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Influencing skills

Location

On-site

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

5+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

Eligible to earn a discretionary bonus based on performance metrics and other criteria outlined in our applicable bonus plan.

About the Company

At Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), we are taking fueling and convenience retail to the next level.
DFS is part of a legacy of leadership that spans back generations, made up of some of the most trusted, leading-edge brands in the industry.
As part of Dover Corporation and with our talented, innovative, outstanding people, we are doing great things and redefining what is possible in fueling and convenience retail.
Providing advanced fuel-dispensing equipment, including clean energy solutions, systems and payment, automatic tank gauging and wet stock-management solutions, DFS comprises the product brands of Wayne Fueling Systems, OPW Fuel Management Systems, ClearView, Tokheim, ProGauge, Fairbanks, LIQAL, AvaLAN, and Bulloch Technologies.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, DFS has a significant technology development and manufacturing presence worldwide, including facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.