Commodity Manager jobs in Bloomington, IN

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ElectriCom, a Utility Construction company, was founded in 1960 in Paoli, Indiana. ElectriCom has experienced continuous growth since its inception. The company takes pride in focusing on family values both in the workplace and with its customer base. ElectriCom seeks employees with the ability and desire to work for a progressive company. ElectriCom offers a competitive package for both wages and benefits. Employees who show quality performance will have the opportunity for advancement and further development of skills.

The company is experiencing significant growth. As a result, material spend, and complexity is increasing and ElectriCom needs to manage its materials and warehouse more effectively moving forward. The Supply Chain organization is being developed within ElectriCom and will incorporate and expand the support and function of the existing Purchasing Department. Change in the capability and scope of the function is to be expected, and the Commodity Coordinator should be skilled and comfortable working within a fast growing and dynamic business environment. This full-time position location will be located at either the ElectriCom home office in Paoli, IN or the ElectriCom Regional Center Jeffersonville, IN (Louisville) locations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide updated material pricing or establish new quotes to support the ElectriCom bidding process.
• Update pricing and delivery information in the Vista (Viewpoint) materials management system
• Proactively maintain delivery tracking and expediting process and provide delivery notification to internal users in a timely manner. Address delivery vs. required date disconnects to support the on-time delivery of materials to operations sites/field sites.
• Provide updated delivery and material cost information to the Project Management team on a monthly basis in order to permit accurate job cost forecasting updates.
• Support and/or perform weekly/monthly/quarterly Inventory audits
• Ensure that Purchase Orders are placed and transmitted in a timely manner.
• Assures that commodities/items/services are delivered to the quality, cost and delivery performance levels required.
• Evaluate forecast and external supplier stocking/forward buy levels as applicable.
• Assure that all incoming and outgoing material is accurately accounted for in the Vista (Materials/Construction) System.
• Update inventory adjustments in Vista for Remote Warehouse(s) upon receipt of material transfer/use sheets.
• Ensure that internal end-user requirements are known and met.
• Ensure that all operations, customer, and safety requirements are met for ordered items.
• Ability to listen to stakeholder’s needs and propose solutions, as well as receive feedback on proposed solutions.
• Ability to connect and communicate in a cross-departmental fashion using plain and concise language.

COMPANY BENEFITS

• Competitive Benefit Package including Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) w/ Company Contributions & Match
• 401K w/ Company Match
• Company Paid Life & AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Virtual Doctor Service through Teladoc
• Company Paid Long-Term Disability
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability after 3 years employment
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance & Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Vacation Time/PTO and Paid Holidays

• Work Experience: 3 years or greater of relevant experience in a construction or manufacturing environment or in a warehouse or shipping department.
• Intermediate level Microsoft Excel knowledge, including formula creation and the ability to create and modify supplier spend reports to permit effective bid and supplier inflation analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in utility construction industry is not required but learning and embracing the industry is a must.
• Experience with supply base and spend categories is not required but learning the industry cost and supply dynamics will be required. Key commodities include fiber-optic cables, plastics HDPE parts/extrusions, electrical hardware, resins.
• Travel to remote warehouses or suppliers may be required. Less than 15% travel anticipated.

ElectriCom is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ancestry, nationality, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or on any other basis prohibited by law (except where an attribute is a bona fide occupational qualification).