Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Cost Engineering

Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

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.

Preferred Candidate Identified

Estimated annual base pay: $141,600 (minimum) - $177,000 (midpoint) - $212,400 maximum) 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, including floating 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:
• Home / Auto Insurance discounts
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave
  
  

Are you ready to make your mark? If you’re a Manager Strategic Sourcing – Cost Engineering, we have an exciting opportunity for you. The role is accountable for all aspects of the cost engineering function, including expertise in category, sourcing, supplier, and cost management. The role is also accountable for all aspects of continued growth and development of Woodward's cost engineering tools, processes, and procedures.

What You Will Be Doing

• Provides required leadership, direction, coaching, mentoring, and performance management to the members of the Cost Engineering Team.
• Provides leadership for establishing, communicating, and achieving alignment of category strategies with Business Group goals and objectives while maintaining focus on corporate level goals and major technology trends in the industry.
• Provides direction to all Category and Sourcing Managers and other supply chain resources in developing long range plans, setting priorities, and execution of activities to achieve desired results.
• Leads and ensures alignment and conformance to Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Company policies, procedures, and practices - and coordinates with other commodities.
• Understands and uses advanced market indicators (forecast of indices, labor, geopolitical, emerging markets, technologies, etc.) and ensures integration into strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative supplier strategies aimed at the development of a long-term viable supply base.
• Directs the development of financial impact (productivity, etc.) to business segments for integration of annual profit planning, on-going annualized forecast, and LRP.
• Accountable for execution of plans to fulfill financial commitments to the business groups.
• Accountable for developing and managing key supplier relationships to realize mutually beneficial win-win outcome.
  
  

What We Are Looking For

• US – master’s degree in arts/sciences (MA/MS) Preferred.
• US – bachelor’s degree in arts/sciences (BA/BS) Required.
• 5 years’ Experience of leadership work required. 10 years’ Experience of related work required.
• 5 years’ Experience of sourcing work in a global setting required.
• Purchasing (CPM, CPI, APICS, etc.) and project management certifications preferred.
• Understanding of global commercial and economical markets, supply base, and geopolitical situations, and technologies
• Ability to effectively communicate at the enterprise and executive levels, written and verbal inside and outside the company.
• Capable of communicating effectively with multi-cultural groups within their cultural landscape
• Ability to effectively think and communicate creative and innovative future states with a 5–10-year planning horizon.
• Proven ability to diffuse difficult negotiation (internal, supplier, or both) situations and drive to solutions.
• Proven ability to lead groups (internal and external) through difficult situations - drive consensus to maximize support and results.
  
  

Application window is anticipated to close 30 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).

Woodward is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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