Job 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 SUMMARY:
The Category Associate role is a 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.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive 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.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in similar role.
• Ability to travel 10-20%.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Category sourcing experience within the manufacturing industry.
• Ability to effectively communicate.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional follow through and attention to detail.
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills, able to multi-task and prioritize competing requirements and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where requirements are constantly changing.
• Experience and proficiency with various web-based software applications including Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.

Skills Required