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We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.
All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.
Job Summary
Nidec is the world's No.1 comprehensive motor manufacturer featuring a full product line of high efficiency motors for industrial applications in water treatment, mining, oil and gas, and power generation, and for commercial applications such as pool and spa, condensers, cooling towers and large refrigeration units.From keeping us comfortable in our homes to pumping clean water to making our cars more safe, electric motors are an indispensable part of our daily lives. At Nidec, our 140,000+ worldwide employees are on the forefront of developing new motor technologies.
Nidec's Motion & Drives business specializes in power-dense, standard and custom servo motors, fractional and subfractional gearmotors, as well as a wide array of motor controllers. Our focus is on emerging markets such as robotics, automation and many others.
Job Description
Responsibilities include:
- From NPD project inception, determine appropriate and effective methods to organize all necessary BOM (Bill of Materials) costing data to meet the needs of the Procurement Team as well as other project team members and stakeholders
- Working closely with the engineering lead for each assigned project, assess readiness to quote individual components.
- Kick off the quoting process for each project within the internal procurement team, making sure project details and special requirements are well understood by the rest of the team
- Analyze project costing details regularly, alerting the NPD Project Managers of any significant or unexpected updates
- Report discrepancies found in your data analyses to the appropriate project team members, proactively solving problems found by data analysis
- Perform continuous risk management to raise concrete or potential risks to the appropriate level of the organization in order to secure proper support and overcome challenges
- Successfully engage in several projects at once with an understanding of activities that should be prioritized
- As needed, engage suppliers directly to make sure project requirements are well understood and met
- Develop intuitive reports, dashboards, and other visual aids using the data sources and tools available to make the entire project team and procurement team more efficient
- Proactively research and learn new technologies to improve the overall efficiency of the organization.
- Incorporate lessons learned into continuous process improvement actions either within Procurement or elsewhere in the business
- Manage process improvement projects as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or related field.
- 2 years or more experience analyzing large datasets, preferably in a new product introduction or supply chain capacity.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skillset is required (Vlookups, Pivot Tables, IF Functions, etc.)
- Experience with New Product Development (NPD) and/or stage-gate processes highly preferred
- Experience using Microsoft Power BI (or similar tool) to link various data sources and create visual representations of data, or willingness to learn
- Experience providing innovative reporting solutions to turn data into actionable information
- APICS or other Supply Chain Certification is not required, but is a plus
- Experience sourcing materials or products, preferably in a manufacturing environment, is a plus.
- Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required, proficiency in Spanish is a plus.
Additional Job Details
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
No Soliciting
Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.