Category Associate - Hagerstown, United States - JLG Industries Inc

JLG Industries Inc

Verified Company

Hagerstown, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

About JLG, an Oshkosh company

JLG began in 1969, when our founder, John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment, training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry.

We are a global company, and our products—including mobile elevating work platforms, telehandlers, utility vehicles and accessories—can be found all over the world.

Job Description
The Category Associate role is an entry level support position for the supply chain category management and new product development functions. This role supports the organization by gathering and manipulating spend and commodity data, in support of sourcing strategies and category management. The Category Associate conducts research and begins to understand how categories are internally organized and relate to the business.
YOUR IMPACT
These duties are not meant to be allinclusive and other duties may be assigned.
Data gathering and manipulation.
Knowledge of data analytics tools; data analytics in a specific commodity/category.
Critical thinking skills forming to connect the category data to the business.
Develop knowledge of supplier through mentoring.
Develop supplier relationships management and engagement methodology.
Develop an understanding for supply market trends.
Connect with engineer/technical drawings and beginning stages of understand technical grammar and learning the language of the business/category/commodity, reading of technical drawings.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field.
OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to travel 1020%.STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS
Internship experience or previous experience in supply chain.
Category sourcing experience within the manufacturing industry.
Ability to effectively communicate.
Strong organizational skills with exceptional follow through and attention to detail.
Strong timemanagement and prioritization skills, able to multitask and prioritize competing requirements and meet deadlines.
Ability to work in a fastpaced environment where requirements are constantly changing.

WHY JLG, AN OSHKOSH CORPORATION COMPANY?- Moving the future forward is our priority and this includes your future. We encourage professional development and champion our employees' success through various skills and training opportunities.

Named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for six consecutive years, everything we do at Oshkosh is guided by our core values and the 15k+ team members around the world who embody them.- We put people first.

We do the right thing. We persevere. We are better together.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.