Tactical Purchasing Specialist

If you are a Supply Chain professional, Emerson has an exciting offer for you! As a Tactical Purchasing Specialist, your primary responsibility will be to ensure material availability at Isolation Valve (ISV) Plants by maintaining a 95% Request Date Service Level (RDSL), managing exceptions, and achieving a 95% Purchase Requisition (PR) to Purchase Order (PO) conversion within the Turn Around Time (TAT) to support the Global ISV Supply Chain organization. Your key responsibilities will include extracting Open PO Reports and converting PRs to POs, collaborating with suppliers for PO acknowledgements and confirmations, updating ERP systems with confirmation dates, communicating with the plant regarding specific PO queries, monitoring supply and demand to decide on items for release to replenish stock, implementing exception messages in SAP, Oracle, and plant ERP systems, liaising with suppliers for deliveries and maintaining promise dates and order confirmations, collaborating with Global Stakeholders for Material Availability, leading Supplier Relationship Management processes to improve supplier RDSL, completing Material Master Set up and associated activities, converting requisitions to POs for MRO Items, validating supplier lead times, coordinating Material Master Data Audits, preparing management reports for customers and suppliers, raising supplier delivery issues to PIC Manager and Planning team, staying updated on parked/blocked invoice reports, resolving discrepancies, negotiating with vendors for cost and delivery requirements, and supporting inventory turns. To excel in this role, you must hold yourself and others accountable, embrace new challenges with urgency and enthusiasm, build strong customer relationships, and deliver customer-centric solutions. You will need a minimum of 5 to 10 years of professional experience in Purchasing/Procurement/Supply Chain or Casting, Forging, Machining, knowledge in strategic sourcing methodology, supply chain management, contracting, procurement, and supplier management skills, experience working with ERP systems like SAP or Oracle, strong problem-solving and analytical skills, expertise in data analysis and management, self-motivation, and excellent digital literacy. Preferred qualifications that set you apart include a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field, experience in Project Management and Project Management certification. The working hours for this role are flexible, ranging from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM, 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM, or 4:30 PM to 1:30 AM. At Emerson, we value every employee and prioritize creating a workplace where everyone is respected, empowered to grow, and encouraged to innovate. We believe in fostering an environment that promotes collaboration, diversity, and inclusivity to drive growth and achieve business results. Our commitment to ongoing career development, inclusive culture, and employee well-being includes offering competitive benefits plans, various medical insurance options, Employee Assistance Program, flexible time off plans, paid parental leave, vacation, and holiday leave. Join us at Emerson and make a lasting impact with diverse teams working together towards shared success.,