Project Manager, Supply Chain Enablement - The Toro Company

Who Are We?  

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. Through a strong network of professional distributors, dealers, rental stores and retailers in more than 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.

Your Opportunity:

The Project Manager, Supply Chain Transformation & Enablement is responsible for leading complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives across multiple aspects of The Toro Company’s global supply chain operations.

This role will lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of enterprise supply chain system implementations, with immediate focus on SAP Business Network / SAP Ariba. The Project Manager will apply formal project management methodologies (PMI/PMP standards) to ensure scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder objectives are achieved.

This position requires strong SAP functional expertise, disciplined project governance, structured change management capability, and the ability to influence stakeholders across a matrixed global organization.

Sponsorship:  

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a school/employment or any other visa, regardless of expiration date, now or in the future.

Work Location: 

• Candidates can choose their office: This role will be based at either the Bloomington, MN Toro's International Corporate Headquarters, or in Perry, Oklahoma at the Ditch Witch Divsion Headquarters. 

• Fully remote is not available at this time.  

• The current team works 3-days on campus, with optional 2-days remote.  

• Typical office environment as it pertains to lighting, temperature, and noise level when in administrative/operations offices.

What Will You Do? Key Responsibilities:  

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for: 

• Project Initiation & Governance:   Develop and formalize project charters, business cases, and success criteria. Define project scope, objectives, and measurable outcomes aligned to strategic supply chain priorities. Identify stakeholders and establish governance structure, communication cadence, and escalation pathways. Secure alignment and formal approval from executive sponsors and steering committees.

• Project Planning:  Develop and maintain comprehensive project management plans including Scope management plan, work breakdown structure (WBS), schedule and milestone plan, resource plan, risk management plan, communication plan, change management plan. Coordinate cross-functional dependencies across Supply Chain, IT, Finance, Compliance, and external suppliers.

• Project Execution – SAP Ariba (Near-Term Priority):  Lead end-to-end implementation of SAP Business Network / SAP Ariba across strategic sourcing, procurement (P2P), supplier collaboration and manufacturing operations enablement.  Facilitate requirements gathering, process design workshops, and system configuration alignment. Oversee supplier onboarding strategy including pre-onboarding communications outlining transition timelines, system expectations, support resources, training requirements.  Ensure deliverables meet defined quality standards and operational readiness criteria.

• Monitoring & Controlling: Track project performance against scope, schedule, budget, and quality baselines.Provide executive-ready status reporting and dashboard updates. Manage scope changes through structured change control processes. Monitor adoption, system utilization, and post-go-live stabilization metrics. 

• Change Management & Enablement: