Category Specialist – Advanced Sourcing (Advanced Technology)

About JLG, an Oshkosh company

JLG began in 1969, when our founder, John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment, training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry. We are a global company, and our products—including mobile elevating work platforms, telehandlers, utility vehicles and accessories—can be found all over the world.

The Category Specialist – Advanced Sourcing (Advanced Technology) role is an intermediate-level individual contributor position within the Global Procurement & Supply Chain function at JLG Industries, Inc. (Access Segment). This role plays a key part in advancing JLG and Oshkosh Corporation’s technology leadership in the areas of Electrification, Autonomy & Active Safety, Intelligent Products & Connected Solutions, and Factory of the Future. Leveraging market research, category expertise, and cross-functional collaboration and alignment, the Category Specialist develops and deploys Category Strategies for the assigned workstream(s), ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and the Procurement Excellence strategy. By building strong supplier relationships, supporting cost management and optimization initiatives, and contributing to cross-functional sourcing projects, the Category Specialist delivers value across the product lifecycle while enhancing organizational resiliency. Through analytical rigor, curiosity, and a collaborative mindset, this role elevates Global Procurement & Supply Chain in driving innovation and growth to sustain JLG and Oshkosh Corporation’s competitive innovation advantage.

YOUR IMPACT

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

Servant Leadership

• Drive positive employee engagement using a People First mindset, ensuring team members feel supported, valued, and aligned to organizational objectives

• Provide Executive Leadership updates and presentations on key topics, balancing information sharing and guidance-seeking to ensure the Category Specialist is recognized as a subject-matter expert in their workstream(s)

• Provide mentorship and cultivate a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement that spreads across the Global Procurement & Supply Chain function

Advanced Sourcing & Procurement Excellence

• Partner cross-functionally (Engineering, Product Management, Operations, etc.) to align Sourcing Strategies with Global Product Development and Operational Footprint roadmaps

• Ability to quickly develop and leverage knowledge and networks for emerging product categories to anticipate trends, adapt to shifting economic pressures, and provide strategic input on use cases

• Lead global cost reduction and total cost of ownership improvement initiatives, leveraging Procurement Excellence principles to deliver year-over-year market-leading sustainable value

• Champion best-in-class sourcing practices leveraging experience, networking, research, analytics, cost modeling, market intelligence, and other methods to drive measurable positive impacts

• Foster co-innovation with supply base partners that accelerates time-to-market while securing meaningful Intellectual Property (IP)

• Negotiate and manage key agreements, such as Long-Term Supply Agreements with commercial and operational protections, Warranty Agreements with reverse logistics strategies, and Technology Development Agreements with clear deliverables, in partnership with Legal Counsel

• Leverage Supplier Relationship Management best practices to develop multi-layer cross-functional strategic partnerships that enhance performance and innovation

• Build and sustain a world-class supply base in partnership with Supplier Development and Supply Chain Solutions, consistently surpassing benchmarks in cost, delivery, capacity, quality, warranty, and program management

Program & Risk Management

• Lead critical technology selection and sourcing initiatives through Proof of Concept and Global Product Development processes, applying project management skills to ensure program success

• Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks for assigned categories, collaborating with Supply Chain Solutions and Global Operations to address the current situation while improving future continuity of supply

• Lead comprehensive supplier evaluations, leveraging financial, capacity, and quality audits, as well as other assessments, to identify risks and support informed decision-making proc