In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Conduct detailed spend analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Support the development and execution of sourcing strategies in collaboration with Category Managers.
• Research market trends and benchmark supplier capabilities, in order to develop an impact assessment in support of the category strategy.
• Assist with monitoring supplier performance and compliance.
• Prepare reports and dashboards to track category performance and present them to regional/project teams in calls/meetings with different world areas.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, and Legal team members to ensure alignment on sourcing initiatives.
• Manage sourcing events, including supplier identification, negotiations, and award recommendations.
• Perform necessary functions in given projects (project management, data management, supplier management).
• Conduct market analysis and finalize business requirements to initiate sourcing event in our platform.
• Develop baseline, costs and saving estimate for the sourcing event by working with Finance and Category Advisory Teams.
• Analyze list of approved suppliers to identify those who meet Emerson’s diversity requirement for the sourcing event. Finalize the list of suppliers that will participate in the sourcing event per the competitive bidding guidelines.
• Evaluate suppliers for diversity criteria and compliance, creating NDAs as needed.
• Collect and analyze supplier responses, check for quality against needed requirements. Conduct final negotiations with supplier based on strategy. Develop & Present Award Recommendations to Stakeholders, award business to supplier.

Who You Are:
You thrive on new opportunities and challenges and solve complex problems with enthusiasm and a strategic mindset. You make sense of complex, high quantity information to effectively solve problems. You build partnerships and collaborate well with other to achieve shared objectives.
For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• 4 years of experience in procurement operations, global sourcing, supplier management or strategic planning. Background in Indirect Procurement with exposure to Facility Management or MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) categories will be is a strong plus.
• Strong analytical skills, with proficiency in using Excel and Power BI.
• Experience with ERP (for example: SAP, Oracle) systems and e-sourcing platforms.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Openness to travel occasionally (