Woodward, Inc

Sourcing Manager (Level I and II)

Woodward, Inc • $72K — $136K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in procurement or supply chain management.
  • Strong negotiation skills with a proven track record of favorable contract outcomes.
  • Ability to analyze financial data and develop cost-reduction strategies.
  • Familiarity with legal terms and contract compliance processes.
  • Proficient in problem-solving and decision-making in a supply chain context.

Responsibilities

  • Assess potential suppliers to ensure alignment with company strategies and quality standards.
  • Negotiate terms with suppliers to secure favorable agreements and manage risks.
  • Select suppliers that align with category strategies and reduce procurement risks.
  • Manage spend portfolios, ensuring financial performance and supply chain understanding.
  • Analyze cost structures to implement strategies that enhance value and reduce risks.

Benefits

  • Annual cash bonus opportunity for all members.
  • 401(k) match of 4.5%.
  • Annual stock contribution of 5%.
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one.
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays and vacation/sick time.
  • Paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
  • Employee Assistance Program with mental health benefits.
Full Job Description
Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Estimated annual base pay:

Level I: $72,000 (minimum) - $93,000 (midpoint) - $115,000 (maximum)

Level II: $85,000 (minimum) - $110,000 (midpoint) - $136,000 (maximum)

All Levels are eligible for the benefits below:
  • All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
  • 401(k) match (4.5%)
  • Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
  • Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
  • 12 paid holidays.
  • Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
  • Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
  • Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
  • Member referral bonus
  • Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
  • Voluntary benefits, including:

o Home / Auto Insurance discounts

o Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Key Responsibilities:
  • Supplier Assessment: Assess potential suppliers to ensure they conform to category, supply chain, and product strategies and meet the company's quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
  • Contract Management: Negotiate favorable terms and conditions with suppliers to ensure security of supply, commercial appropriateness, and risk management to generate mutually beneficial agreements that will deliver value for both parties.
  • Strategic Sourcing: Select suppliers to provide direct material within a given category of suppliers who substantially conform to the category strategy, provide commercial favorability and reduce risk.
  • Portfolio Management: Manage the portfolio of spend for a given category to include financial performance, plan for every part, and understanding of total supply chain.
  • Commercial Strategy: Analyze total cost structures and implement strategies to reduce procurement risk (financial and otherwise) while maintaining quality and delivery performance to generate best total value for a given category.


Key Skills:

Level I:
  • Collaboration: Proactively shares knowledge and resources with the team. Meaningfully contributes to accomplishing team goals.
  • Legal Acumen: Understands legal terms and processes. Uses this knowledge to draft contracts or assist compliance in contract processes.
  • Financial Acumen: Uses financial principles to reduce cost; understands broader financial context and uses that in decision-making processes. Includes organizational financial figures in workflows.
  • Learning: Understands various resources for information. Quickly and proactively acquires knowledge and competencies through a variety of ways.
  • Negotiation: Uses some negotiation strategies; able to assist in negotiations. Understands appropriate targets and outcomes for negotiation; uses information to tailor approach. Uses leverage besides cost savings in negotiations.
  • Problem Solving: Able to define problem and determine potential causes. Finds appropriate solutions to problems or knows who to reach out to for help. Able to root cause for problem identification.
  • Communication and Influence: Identifies those who should be persuaded to support a desired course of action. Proactively synthesizes and shares information with stakeholders. Persuades others with logical, data-driven arguments.
  • Information Navigation: Explores and synthesizes different sources of information for stakeholders. Understands different sources of information and can distill information to share with stakeholders in a digestible way. Able to identify inaccurate information.
  • Intellectual Curiosity: Contributes to innovative solution creation. Explores new solutions to problems and constructively challenges assumptions held by stakeholders. Brainstorms new, creative solutions.
  • Value Orientation: Builds end-to-end value thinking. Manages projects and goals with little assistance. Establishes performance standards and measurements for work. Delivers on value proposition.

Level II:
  • Collaboration: Proactively shares knowledge and resources with the team. Meaningfully contributes to accomplishing team goals.
  • Legal Acumen: Works with legal and compliance team to ensure contract due diligence. Assists in contract development.
  • Financial Acumen: Frames work in terms of financial principles (cost, revenue, etc.). Creates and manages financial reports. Able to use finance analytic tools.
  • Learning: Acquires knowledge through experiential learning, as well as other methods, and shares findings or reflections with others.
  • Negotiation: Leads negotiations using appropriate strategies. Negotiation results in positive outcomes for the business and supplier. Thinks creatively to optimize deals with suppliers.
  • Problem Solving: Creates or finds appropriate and effective solutions to problems. Uses a systematic approach to solve problems. Effectively implements solutions.
  • Communication and Influence: Shares information effectively, is able to affect decisions across different audiences using specialized approaches. Sells own ideas by tying them into the values, needs, aspirations and goals of others.
  • Information Navigation: Able to distill wide sources of information to stakeholders; uses a wide network of resources and contacts to find appropriate information. Root causes inaccurate information, such as old data or hallucinations produced by AI.
  • Intellectual Curiosity: Crafts innovative solutions. Constructively pushes against long-held assumptions in the function.
  • Value Orientation: Manages projects and goals with little assistance. Establishes performance standards and measurements for work. Delivers on value proposition.


Application window is anticipated to close 7 days from original posting date.

This information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).

About Woodward, Inc

Woodward, Inc. is an independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets. The company's innovative fluid, combustion, electrical, and motion control systems help customers offer cleaner, more reliable, and more efficient equipment. Woodward is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, and serves customers worldwide.
Learn more about Woodward, Inc
Size
7,200 employees
Market Cap
$5.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$228.5 million
Founded
1870
5 Year Trend
+2.6%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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