Job Title
Support the day to day execution of strategies for assigned categories and focus on reducing organizational spend to improve savings and enhancing relationships with business stakeholders and suppliers. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
Responsibilities
Tactical Sourcing
- Tactical Sourcing
- Design and execute sourcing events for pertinent category
- Utilize available e-sourcing and optimization tools efficiently
- Develop different award optimization scenarios to minimize total cost of ownership
- Respond to supplier and stakeholder questions (e.g. category, supply, event, price, or specification)
- Support the execution of supplier financing programs maintaining a holistic view of early payment and accounts payables programs
- Prepare planning guide to facilitate the completion of the negotiation and support where needed
Sourcing Analysis
Conduct opportunity assessments, benchmarking, and should cost modeling to develop sourcing opportunitiesPrepare category improvement projections and conduct post-implementation variance analysisIdentify total internal costs associated with supplier price, delivery, operations and qualityQuantify the overall total ownership cost of each product or service to identify cost savingsContract Management
Work with the contract management team in the administration of contract data, addendums, item master sheets, and additional supplier documentationSupplier Relationship Management
Support category managers in the development of supplier performance / continuous improvement targets and related scorecardsWork with the SRM team in the administration of supplier assessments, score cards, and other analytics to manage supplier performanceBenefit Tracking
Partner with the KPI & Benefits team to develop a tracking mechanism to report and communicate the savings achievedAdditional Support
Support other initiatives / projects in the company that may affect organization's performance and collaborate with necessary stakeholdersSupport talent development framework and proven experience in creating / maintaining training curriculumMust be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodationQualifications
Minimum
Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, CPG, or similar1-year professional experience in procurement activitiesAbility to identify, quantify and effectively communicate business risksSelf-starter, ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while delivering solid action-oriented results quicklyAnalytical skills with the ability to identify, quantify and effectively leverage data to support business decisions, communicate opportunities and / or raise business risksAbility to monitor compliance with established guidelines, policies, procedures, and regulationsAdvanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Vizio)Ability to synthesize analysis into compelling oral and written communications and presentationsDesired
CPM / CPSM, CSCP or equivalent certificationExpertise in Microsoft Office, data visualization tools1-year professional experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Retail