The Toro Company is now hiring a Sourcing Specialist I. Apply now to learn more about this exciting career opportunity!
Who Are We?
The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.
The Sourcing Specialist I position is an essential role in the sourcing department. The Sourcing Specialist I position is an anchor point in the commodity team to ensure accuracy of purchasing data, managing sourcing workflows, and maintaining essential master data. The role works closely with the operational planning group, inventory analysis, supplier quality and their commodity team. The Sourcing Specialist I position ensures collaboration across the supply partners and commodity team to help the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) achieve its goals of Operational Excellence and Sustainability. This role blends tactical and strategic capabilities, overseeing supplier communications, RFQ processes, invoice resolution, compliance workflows, and sourcing documentation to enable efficient purchasing operations, alignment with commodity strategy and a meaningful impact on the day-to-day operations of The Toro Company (TTC). This role is highly engaging and can also provide opportunities to explore additional future career paths within our dynamic Sourcing department.
What Will You Do?
In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will:
Maintain the supplier relationship through excellent communication to ensure the supplier has alignment with ISC’s goals.
Understand, and support the category specific strategy. Understand how category strategy connects to ISC strategy.
Support Category Specialist and Category Manager in long term cost control strategies to fit specific strategic supplier partnerships and commodities.
Support lead time maintenance and reduction
Assist Accounts Payable and Sourcing in resolving blocked invoices tied to incomplete or incorrect data.
Support multiple areas of the parts procurement process within TTC’s MRP/ERP system.
Support the TTC’s Escalation process and requests from TTC’s manufacturing plants on supplier deliveries and escalations as required.
Assist supplier transitions. Participate in supplier exit process standardization and continuous improvement projects.
Support TTC’s Digital Transformation objectives.
Assist with the gathering of requested information for Total Cost of Ownership analysis to support the Category Team.
Support the deviation from specification (DFS) requests from suppliers. Assist supplier quality engineer when needed.
Ensures engineering change notices (ECN’s) are completed timely.
Ability to troubleshoot routine issues that arise in moderately complex situations.
Support various intradepartmental process improvement projects including lean activities, productivity improvements, lead time maintenance and others as assigned.
All other tasks and projects as assigned.
What Do You Need?
To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:
Bachelor’s degree preferred in Supply Chain Management, Operations or Engineering with 0+ years of professional experience.
Sourcing experience or relevant education normally gained by completing degree in supply chain or operations related field preferred.
Self-motivated, ability to work under pressure, manage and prioritize multiple objectives concurrently, attend to details, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
Proven ability to analyze situations and accurately take effective actions.
Basic skills in Microsoft Suite, MRP/ERP, Ariba and SAP®
Ability to maintain composure during rapidly changing situations, remaining focused on the relevant objective.
Capacity to work independently as well as within a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Understanding of manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and market dynamics for assigned commodities.
What Can We Give You?
At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQ location a variety of perks, including:
Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.
Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.
Flexible Work Arrangements – This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and work from home part-time, has promoted team-building and flexibility. #LI-Hybrid
Competitive Salary – The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Ranges may also vary depending on location. A reasonable estimate of the annual pay range is between $65,000-75,000. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. You may be eligible to participate in an incentive program, which rewards employees based on individual and organizational performance. Eligibility and award amounts are determined by company policy and performance metrics. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work app, formerly the Even app.
At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.
The Toro Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or other non-merit factors. We are committed to creating a welcoming environment for all employees.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree preferred in Supply Chain Management, Operations or Engineering with 0+ years of professional experience
- Sourcing experience or relevant education preferred
- Self-motivated and ability to work under pressure and prioritize objectives
- Proven ability to analyze situations and take effective actions
- Basic skills in Microsoft Suite, MRP/ERP, Ariba and SAP
- Ability to maintain composure during rapidly changing situations
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and market dynamics
What We Do
The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is a leading worldwide provider of innovative turf, landscape, rental and construction equipment. With roots dating back to 1914, The Toro Company was built on a tradition of quality and caring relationships. Today, the company is a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment including turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility construction, rental and specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. With a presence in over 125 countries, we proudly offer a wide range of products across a family of global brands to help golf courses, professional contractors, underground construction professionals, groundskeepers, agricultural growers, rental companies, government and educational institutions, and homeowners – in addition to many leading sports venues and historic sites around the world. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
