Indirect Procurement Manager Services
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Job Description
fairlife LLC is a Chicagobased nutrition company that creates greattasting nutritionrich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
With nearly $3B in annual retail sales fairlifes portfolio of delicious lactosefree real dairy products includes: fairlife ultrafiltered milk; Core Power High Protein Shakes a sports nutrition drink to support postworkout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.
A wholly owned subsidiary of The CocaCola company fairlife LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.
To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products please visit fairlife.
job purpose:
As fairlife continues to experience exponential growth as a company we are looking for an Indirect Procurement Manager to help advance the strategic sourcing and procurement operations within our Supply Chain Team. This role is directly responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects of developing and implementing sourcing strategies that align with fairlifes strategic objectives. The Indirect Procurement Manager will be tasked with developing and executing upon sourcing strategies across indirect categories with a focus on supplier selection relationship management and price negotiation. As Indirect Procurement Manager you will be expected to liaise with multiple stakeholders across various areas of the business internally and externally and support as a thought leader to drive strategic decision making. This role delivers value by ensuring fairlife partners and contracts favorably with high performing suppliers driving exceptional service quality and value for our business.
responsibilities:
- Plan organize direct and control activities related to strategic sourcing for indirect spend focused on service categories.
- Analyze spend to develop a productivity pipeline and execute robust category strategies that optimize the supply base.
- Own develop and execute category strategies within indirect services including but not limited to IT Hardware and Software Professional Services Consulting Services Logistics Services Leasing engagements and Wastewater Services.
- Manage the lifecycle of contracts related to comanufacturing own strategic and tactical relationships with all comanufacturers ensure vendor adherence to contracted terms support our internal Operations teams by tracking all performance metrics and supporting all escalations collaborating with CocaCola and manufacturers on improvement projects and initiatives.
- Identify support and implement cost reduction opportunities.
- Lead Request for Proposal (RFP) process to ensure consistent lowest total cost of ownership.
- Earn trust with key internal stakeholder teams to collaborate on requirements gathering while leading RFP development response review and supplier selection process.
- Develop and execute vendor service agreements in close collaboration with Legal Team; Develop and negotiate preferential terms.
- Manage vendor relationships track performance and communicate performance feedback.
- Identify supply risks in Indirect categories and develop risk mitigation strategies.
- Leverage functional experts through the sourcing process to assess market conditions identify spend leverage opportunities benchmark data and other related activities.
- Assist in the development and management of annual budgeting process.
- Analyze and forecast market inflation trends and work to address any price variances to budget.
- Monitor track and report on savings and key performance indicators for category.
- Resolve any unforeseen problems with suppliers relating to operations purchasing or quality/performance.
- Partners with key stakeholders and project teams across the organization identify and prioritize strategic sourcing opportunities for the broader service category.
- Other duties and category support as assigned and/or identified by the category manager.
skills/qualifications required:
- Bachelors Degree (Preferably in Supply Chain Procurement Finance or Engineering).
- 5 years of indirect services procurement experience (preferably IT in a CPG environment) or equivalent.
- Excellent negotiation skills verbal and written communication and a selfstarter.
- Strong project management background desired with experience in CPG environment.
- Strong knowledge of contract structures and preferred terms for with service agreements.
- Proactive business resultsfocused and proven ability to provide insights that generate value and drive savings.
- Selfmotivated; ability to execute and prioritize in a dynamic environment.
- Able to thrive in a dynamic and fastmoving environment; Eager to partner and create valuebased relationships with team members up down and across the organization.
- Ability to influence senior leadership teams at Plant level and Corporate Function level.
- Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment.
position location: Chicago IL
reports to: Indirect Procurement Director
travel requirements: 30
fairlife LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis ofrace color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on jobrelated factors.
In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us please email.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
