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Tennant Company New Product Development Supply Leader in Golden Valley, Minnesota
New Product Development Supply Leader
With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.
The New Product Development Supply Lead is responsible for providing global supply chain leadership within product development from product strategy phase of a project and taking it through the post launch phase.
Working in coordination with Product Engineering and Global Strategic Commodity teams, you’ll identify supply chain requirements for the development and global launch of new products given quality, cost and schedule targets. You’ll provide direct material support for new products in supplier selection, early supplier involvement, commercial negotiation, as well as the procurement of prototype and production parts. This position will also support deployment of product development projects globally using Tennant’s product development phase gate process and support the development of organizational processes to improve program execution, speed, and effectiveness.
If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment within a cross-functional development team environment to conceive and implement programs of strategic importance to Tennant, then this is the role for you.
Responsibilities
Proactively engage with strategic suppliers in early supplier involvement initiatives and coordinate cross functional team activities.
Conceptualize, develop, and implement procurement strategies for purchased components to support assigned projects and ensure global strategic supply strategies are followed for all product development projects;
Lead request-for-quote process, negotiate volume-based pricing, create purchases orders and manage lead times and deliveries of purchased parts and assemblies to support proto-type builds, demo unit builds, and start of production.
Lead the resolution of blocking items related to supply chain during product development.
Support project team in executing supplier assessments, part qualification & approval process
Support project team in defining the supply chain capital tooling requirements
Support project / material control team in defining inventory model on purchased parts
Facilitate completing supply chain product development phase gate deliverables and keep project team updated with supply chain statuses
Own and lead supply chain strategic initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Technology, Engineering or related fields
Minimum 5 years of work-related experience
Minimum 3 years of experience working in a cross-functional, new product development team environment
Ability to read, interpret and understand 2D engineering drawings and specifications
Demonstrated ability in applying project management skills and principles and successfully managing multiple tasks concurrently
Knowledge and exposure to the concepts of Lean and material flow
MS Office, SAP or related ERP experience
Required Interpersonal Skills
Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, both internally and externally, while maintaining a client service orientation
Collaborates effectively by using tactful, diplomatic approaches
Demonstrates critical thinking and sound judgement
Results oriented with strong negotiation, problem-solving, and analytical skills
Strong oral and written communication skills
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, military service, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, gender identity or expression, parental status, political or any other non-merit based factors protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.