Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Define supplier strategy including management and optimization of supplier panels. Lead negotiations and allocate needs to specific suppliers. Negotiate terms and conditions and transmit information to Procurement. Manage claims. Includes commercial sourcing management such as data analysis negotiations support etc. This may also include purchasing activities.
• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise within their discipline. May require strong commercial awareness and is expected to influence the development of strategy within own area including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements risk and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
• Impacts the teams ability to achieve service quality and timeliness of objectives. Work is subject to functional policy objectives. Regularly advises management in the function and/or in the business. Has a supportive role in decision making about important subjects. High levels of evaluative judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Required Qualifications

• Masters degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s).
• Minimum of 5 years of significant experience in the Sourcing & Commodity Management.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document plan market and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.

The salary range for this postion is $125000.00 $208300.00 USD Annual. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience their education and the work location. In addition this role has variable compensation incentive of 15 . Available Health and Welfare benefits may include Prescription drug dental and vision coverage; saving account options (such as a Health Care Flexible Savings Account Health Reimbursement Account Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account); and an employee assistance program. Additional Benefits include a defined contribution 401(k) plan employee life insurance optional dependent life insurance employee accidental death or dismemberment insurance coverage shortdisability optional longterm disability pretax transportation/commuter program paid holidays paid time off parental leave a layoff plan for salaried employees tuition refund program use of CareLoop adoption assistance optional identity theft prevention insurance optional person legal assistance and optional personal excess liability insurance.