Sr Supply Assurance Analyst

The Timken Company in; North Canton (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Timken Company is seeking a Sr Supply Assurance Analyst (Finance) to transform OE and after-market demand into supplier orders. You will operate SAP to align supply with demand, manage component flow, and support inventory targets across plants and suppliers.

Ideal candidates have a manufacturing procurement background, SAP and Excel proficiency, and strong analytical skills. This role emphasizes collaboration, process improvement, and achieving service and financial targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business administration, or related field with 4+ years of experience.
• Procurement experience in manufacturing supply chain.
• Knowledge of bearing component production processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Analytical problem-solving experience.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Results-oriented with strong attention to detail.
• SAP functionality experience.
• Knowledge of finished goods.

Responsibilities

• Manage component flow to production plants, including ticket creation, deliveries, and inventories.
• Create SAP purchase orders and generate open-order/inbound status reports for visibility and control.
• Review customer demand in SAP and translate requirements into quantities and locations.
• Coordinate with plants, suppliers, and sourcing to adjust orders and capacity to meet demand.
• Address supply issues within capacity constraints and resolve shortages with facilities.
• Generate and analyze reports to track KPIs and support continuous improvement.

Skills

Procurement experience in supply chain

Bearing component production knowledge

Analytical problem solving

Excellent team skills

Results-focused

Knowledge of finished goods

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or related discipline

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Sr Supply Assurance Analyst (Finance)

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world- improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Purpose

This position exists to convert original equipment (OE) customer and after-market demand into orders for suppliers of components, both internal and external. The Sr Supply Assurance Analyst is required to operate with the SAP system and solve relatively complex problems associated with matching supply to demand, achieving customer service, and inventory targets. The position requires that the individual has a working knowledge of SAP, component production, and work with outside vendors. The individual has the expertise to recognize major discrepancies with the system data (supply or demand related) and request and assist with the resolution.

Essential Responsibilities

• Component Flow and Operational Execution
  • Manage the flow of components to finished-goods production plants, including ticket creation, exception handling, receiving (including consignment), creating delivery notes and inbound deliveries, and participation in physical inventories.
  • Create purchase orders in SAP and generate open-order and inbound status reports to maintain visibility and control of supply.
• Demand Interpretation and Production Support
  • Use SAP to review customer demand and translate requirements into appropriate production quantities and locations by understanding supplier operations and plant schedules.
  • Support virtual machine job scheduling, pull required reports, and troubleshoot scheduling or report issues to keep planning and purchasing processes on track.
• Supplier Coordination and Capacity Management
  • Coordinate with plants, suppliers, and strategic sourcing to review and adjust supplier orders and capacity to meet demand targets.
  • Identify when to request more or less capacity from strategic sourcing and execute necessary adjustments.
• Problem Solving and Supply Assurance
  • Address supply issues within supplier capacity constraints and work directly with manufacturing facilities, plant schedulers, and suppliers to resolve raw-material/component shortages or disruptions.
  • Provide project support for Supply Assurance by pulling reports, analyzing data, and coordinating implementation efforts across teams, suppliers, and plants.
• Inventory, Service, and Financial Performance
  • Maintain statistical safety stock levels to mitigate variability and meet service performance metrics (Availability to Request, On-Time Delivery to Promise, Stock-In rate).
  • Drive financial targets for component and raw-material inventory - optimizing inventory investment relative to demand volume while meeting service goals.
• Data and Master Data Management
  • Manage data quality by reviewing and resolving data errors that affect purchasing targets; train new team members on error maintenance and best practices.
  • Perform master data maintenance and deployment workflows for USSC and USCY (start workflow, create material numbers, maintain BOMs) and other master data changes that affect purchasing at additional plants.
• Reporting, Analysis, and Continuous Improvement
  • Generate, analyze, and distribute reports to track KPIs (service, inventory, and purchasing performance); recommend corrective actions to balance cost, service, and risk.
  • Lead or support continuous improvement and deployment activities (workflows, data updates, process changes) to improve supply assurance and purchasing accuracy.

Education/Skills

• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration or Relative Discipline with 4+ years of experience
• Procurement experience in supply chain within a manufacturing organization
• Knowledge of bearing component production processes
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Analytical problem-solving experience
• Excellent team skills
• Results focus oriented
• SAP functionality skills
• Knowledge of finished goods

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.

We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

• Over a century of knowledge and innovation
• A culture of top performance
• A global, diverse environment
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
• A conviction to improve communities around us
• Competitive salary and benefits