Tallahassee, FL

Job Summary:

Responsible for assuring the continuous supply of assigned components to meet customer on-time delivery goals, minimize the total landed cost of material and optimize company’s cash flow.

Essential Functions, Key Tasks, & Responsibilities: (include the following, other duties may be assigned)

• Evaluates and acts upon the MRP requirements and Kanban levels for assigned commodities. Generates and adjusts purchase orders and/or shop work orders to support production schedules.
• Effectively communicates areas of concern to appropriate departments, individuals and/or suppliers. Inputs, maintains, and adjusts records or transactions to ensure system validity.
• Effectively communicates forecasted requirements to external suppliers. 
• Objectively measures and communicates supplier performance to support supply chain continuous improvement efforts. Interfaces with Suppliers, Quality, Strategic Sourcing, and Engineering to quickly resolve quality, delivery or cost issues. Maintains department Visual Boards and 5S. 
• Drives increased inventory turns, reduced cycle times, and improved Customer OTD by developing, implementing and managing pull-based material replenishment processes, including, but not limited to Kanban cards, vendor managed inventory and supplier consignments. 
• Support resourcing and out-sourcing projects by proactively planning materials to ensure uninterrupted flow of product to customers as required.
• Provide effective support to new product introduction teams, proposal development and subcontracting opportunities as they develop.
• Ensures quick resolution of shipping discrepancies, receiving errors, and invoice errors.
• Works to eliminate excess and obsolete parts and rationalize similar parts.
• Consistent with Operational Excellence focus, participates in Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen events that will eliminate waste and result in significant benefits (Growth, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) throughout the Supply Chain. 
• Engenders a spirit of cooperation throughout the supply chain to insure responsiveness to the customer.

Required Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• 2+ years of related experience
• Direct experience working with suppliers from low cost regions (India, China, Eastern Europe, etc.)
• Direct experience implementing lean concepts (Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen Leadership, 5S, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Business or technical field
• CPIM, CSCP, APICS, Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma Green Belt certifications

Other Competencies:

• Excellent analytical, problem solving/decision making skills; ability to make timely, effective, fact-based decisions. Includes a strong working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and scheduling software.
• Proficient in ERP systems (SAP preferred) and Microsoft office suite software (Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word, MS project, etc.).
• Prior experience implementing and managing a Kanban or pull system approach to component flow.
• Knowledge of supplier and component qualification processes.
• Knowledge of supplier performance management practices, including supplier scorecards and performance metrics.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to perform and produce results in multifunctional teams in a dynamic work environment.
• Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships and influence up, down, and across organizational lines.

Job Summary:

1st shift, 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday

A key member in the Sales & Marketing team working under the guidance of the Director of Product Management and will have a wide range of responsibility and oversight of compressor products.  This broad role includes responsibilities which traverses other areas such as project management, sales support, product marketing and ERP system (SAP) maintenance. This will include new compressor products as well as aftermarket and service offerings.  Product Managers work cross functionally in a strategic as well as tactical capacity to ensure the profitable growth of the company.   

Essential Functions, Key Tasks, & Responsibilities:

Product and Project Management

• Act the key representative for Sales & Marketing on projects including NPD and non-NPD
• Support product qualification and market validation efforts with customers
• Develop promotional tools to support the customer introduction process and sales ramp up
• Provide support through leading departmental projects
• Submit and justify NPD and non-NPD project requests/submittals through proper definition of product specification and business cases

 Sales and Technical Support

• Support to Sales, FSEs, and Applications Engineering covering all products in your scope
• Inform on all major engineering changes and coordinate communication to key customers through the various regional channels
• Manage spare parts kit definitions and instructions

 SAP Responsibilities

• Maintains Product Store Technical Detail and Catalogs in SAP
• Manages Customer Administration and Access for Product Store
• Responsible for maintaining all Global Product Pricing in SAP
• Responsible for maintaining all Customer Discounts for Products in SAP
• Manages the Product Definition and Offerings through the Variant Configuration system in SAP
• Manages Product Hierarchy for Oil-Free Compressor Products
• Customer Account Management in SAP

 Marketing Responsibilities

• Collects Voice of the Customer (VOC) and market data to help with identifying and prioritizing projects

• Create, maintain and communicate technical literature, bulletins, and guidelines
• Technical product benchmark (performance, application)
• Technical competitive analysis to feed marketing/sales activities (strength, weakness)
• Defining product pricing strategy and development of customer price guides
• Provide support and strategy for Trade Show Displays and arrangements
• Develops marketing collateral to reinforce company's message of innovation and leadership with Oil-Free Compressor technology through creation of videos, promotion on social media, and other means. 

Required Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• A candidate will need to have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or combination of other technical degree and experience. 
• Good knowledge of key IT tools (MS Office, SAP - Business Intelligence Warehouse)?
• Relevant work experience on products which are systems having integration of software, electrical or electro-mechanical elements. 

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 Years of experience specifically with HVAC Systems
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a team
• Global mindset and excellent communication skills to efficiently communicate across all levels in the organization.
• Good time management and project management skills to organize and plan effectively in developing effective systems and processes.

 Other Competencies:

• Judgement and decision making
• Managing employee development/performance
• Operational excellence
• Self-directed/self-driven
• Promoting team work
• Written and verbal communication
• Ability to travel (if applicable)

Responsible for CMM Programming, part setup, validation of CMM programs and CMM operations. Responsible for inspections of prototype, PPAP inspections, receiving inspections, and Engineering inspection activities. Required to program and utilize other measuring equipment such as form testers, manual CMM, Height gages, and Vision systems. Maintain quality records and data entry in SAP for Inspections. Utilizes all gages, tools and measuring equipment. Perform Quality audits, initiate containment and generate NCRs for nonconforming product. Perform MSA studies and statistical data to maintain ISO compliance. Train others in measurement applications.

Essential Functions, Key Tasks, & Responsibilities: (include the following, other duties may be assigned)

• Programming and operating CMMs for new and existing components
• Will support inspections for incoming and in process components and maintain the Quality Inspection System records.
• Utilizes all gages, tools and measuring equipment required for Inspection support.
• Maintains training matrix.
• Evaluation of non-conforming product/materials that are not within specifications. Assist in coordinating non- conforming product to the proper areas awaiting disposition.
• Advanced knowledge of hand held inspection tools, micrometers, calipers, thread gages. (able to train others)

• Advanced understanding of engineering drawings including basic GD&T. (able to train others)
• Observe all safety rules and maintains proper housekeeping using 5S techniques.
• Understand and comply with policies, procedures and instructions to ensure product quality, customer satisfaction, attainment of business goals and environmental well-being.