Sourcing Engineer

time left to apply End Date: April 30, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

job requisition id R25-245

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us

When you join Rockwell Automation, you become part of a diverse, inclusive, and global community with experience with innovation and a place where you can partner with great minds and inspiring people.

We know our employees are important to our success and future. You will develop a rewarding career as a top priority because when you succeed, we succeed.

• Work on and lead projects, including supplier transfers, exits, part transfers, and localization projects, sourcing reviews, RFQ and RFP, productivity projects, critical supply recovery, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement throughout the supply chain.
• Responsible for the coordination, implementation, control, and completion of specific projects both domestically and globally - including their associated alignments with company-wide commodity and manufacturing strategies and preferred sourcing models.
• Build project observing global sourcing project management processes.
• Present Project Progress and Status to partners and management team.
• Manage procurement activities in Shanghai plant: delivery expedite, blocked invoice resolution, supplier management, business review with vendors, lean supply chain implementation, procurement process improvement.
• Manage NPI project schedules, progress, and costs to ensure that expected results are delivered on time and within budget.
• Improve sourcing plans, ensuring cost-effective procurement and building supplier relationships.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of projects.
• Help define project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Define project tasks and resource requirements.
• Always monitor and report on progress of the projects to all partners.
• Manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.
• Achieve all project goals and objectives on time and successfully implement solutions to realize project goals.
• Conduct project evaluations and assessments of results.
• Expedite with suppliers to secure delivery from suppliers and troubleshoot delivery issues.
• Lead supply chain implementation tasks/projects to make breakthroughs in supply management.
• Support and manage major/critical supply recovery and assure continuity supply with no stock-out.
• Find root causes of supply issues and find solutions to solve issues systematically.
• Manage suppliers' On-Time delivery performance and find ways to improve.
• Conduct tasks in accordance with applicable health, safety, quality, and environmental regulations (state regulations, ISO 9000, ISO 14000, etc.) as well as Rockwell Automation policies and procedures.

NPI Projects:

• Source Strategy Development: Identify cost reduction opportunities, analyze market trends, and develop sourcing strategies for assigned commodities to achieve cost and quality targets.
• Supplier management: Conduct supplier evaluations, negotiate contracts, manage supplier performance, and address quality issues to maintain optimal supplier relationships.
• RFP Process: Lead the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, including defining requirements, evaluating bids, and selecting qualified suppliers.
• Cost Optimization: Implement cost-saving plans like tender bidding, value engineering, and supplier collaboration to increase total cost of ownership.
• Risk Mitigation: Find and address potential supply chain risks, including geopolitical factors, supplier capacity constraints, and quality issues.
• NPI Project Management: Manage sourcing projects from initiation to completion, including timelines, budgets, and milestones, ensuring delivery of procurement needs.

Functional

• Familiar with procurement activities and has solid knowledge of supply chain management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects/assignments.
• Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management.
• Ability to analyze causes of issues and find solutions to solve issues systematically.

Interpersonal

• Ability to manage conflicts and other barriers properly.
• Ability to express own opinion and align with partners.
• Passionate about supply management and project management.
• Have urgency and priority and take ownership.
• Communicate with partners (SQE/Product Quality/Engineer) both within China and overseas.
• Build and maintain a diverse personal network of internal and external relationships and resources, and use it to achieve our goals.

Business

• Accept role requirements (travel, flexible working hours).
• Excel at execution; monitor progress and redirect efforts, resources, and rewards to ensure goals are achieved.
• Hold self and others accountable for keeping commitments, maintaining standards, and achieving business goals; does not tolerate mediocrity and addresses poor performance.
• Balance adherence to defined standards, methods, and procedures with attention to opportunities for process improvement; help others do the same.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Technical/Engineering background required. Minimum Bachelor's Degree qualification.
• Minimum 8 years working experience in procurement, manufacturing engineering, project management, or operations management.
• Experience in project management in the area of supply chain is required.
• Experience with NPI strategic sourcing, supplier management, and contract negotiation.
• CPIM, CPSM, or PMP similar certification.
• Experience in transferring products from high-cost countries to low-cost countries.
• Ability to improve across other teams to achieve project targets.
• You will be reporting to a Sourcing Manager. You will be based in Chennai.

• Health Insurance including comprehensive In-patient coverage along with Top-up plans for voluntary coverage upgrade.
• Out-Patient benefits including clinical consultation, prescribed medication, telemedicine, health screening, dental & vision.
• Life and Accident Protection – covering death and disability due to natural cause, illness, and accident.
• At Rockwell Automation, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just right for this or other roles.
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Rockwell Automation's hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 28,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.