Senior Manager, Indirect Sourcing
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Job Location:
Mooresville, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We believe being healthy should not require tradeoffs. SCN BestCo is a leading innovator developer and manufacturer of Vitamin Mineral & Supplement (VMS) Over-the-Counter (OTC) and prebiotics/probiotics in enjoyable forms such as gummies lozenges and chews. With over 50 years of excellence our team leads the way in changing how consumers make healthier choices. With unique food science expertise and proprietary processes weve pioneered many firsts. Our passion to create new to the world products has guided and continues to be core to our mission of making health and wellness more enjoyable. Come join us and become a part of our winning formula!
As Senior Manager Indirect Sourcing leads the visibility control and optimization of company-wide indirect expenditures. This role is responsible for analyzing spend patterns establishing governance and procurement processes improving compliance and driving cost efficiencies across all non-production spend categories. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills procurement process expertise and stakeholder influence to build scalable controls and ensure disciplined spend management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities |
- Design implement and enforce procurement policies and approval workflows.
- Standardize purchasing processes to reduce maverick spend and improve accountability.
- Provide guidance and training to budget owners on procurement best practices and policy compliance.
- Influence cross-functional teams to adopt standardized processes.
- Establish compliance monitoring process and reporting for stakeholders.
- Analyze enterprise-wide indirect spend to identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements.
- Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and reporting to provide leadership with actionable insights.
- Perform category-level deep dives to uncover trends leakage and consolidation opportunities.
- Track savings and report financial impact.
- Lead implementation and optimization of contract spend with group purchasing organization (GPO) partners.
- Lead sourcing strategies across key indirect categories.
- Negotiate vendor agreements and optimize supplier performance.
- Travel up to 30% to company sites and vendors.
People Leader Responsibilities |
This position carries out People Leader Responsibilities in accordance with the Companys policies and applicable laws.
Responsibilities include:
- Recommend personnel actions (pay adjustments promotions transfers terminations).
- Conduct performance reviews and manage individual performance of direct reports if applicable.
- Communicate personnel actions following Human Resources and Department Head approval.
- Ensure safety and quality standards are enforced and met.
- Partner with human resources to interview/screen potential new hires.
- Organize training and development opportunities for direct reports.
- Update processes and procedures.
- Oversee team/employee development.
Required Qualifications |
Education & Experience:
- Bachelors degree in supply chain Business Finance or related field or commensurate combination of education and work experience.
- 8 years relevant experience such as procurement strategic sourcing and/or spend management.
- 3 years experience directly managing a team of sourcing professionals.
- Experience implementing procurement governance and controls.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities (KSAs):
- Proven success in indirect spend analysis cost reduction and process implementation.
- Thorough knowledge of indirect purchasing channels and P2P workflows and processes.
- Strong financial modeling change management analytical interpersonal leadership and teamwork skills.
- Knowledge of traditional indirect spend KPIs and metrics and how to measure them.
- Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP JDE & Oracle.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word Outlook PowerPoint) with expertise in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables lookups sumifs etc.).
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions percentages ratios and proportions to practical situations.
- Must have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with internal staff and management. Ability to read analyze and interpret general business periodicals professional journals technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers clients customers and the general public.
- Must be able to demonstrate practical problem solving and troubleshooting skills. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written oral diagram or schedule form.
Preferred Qualifications |
- Masters degree or MBA.
- Experience in manufacturing logistics or multi-site operations.
- CPSM CIPS or similar certification.
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
About Company
BestCo is a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative pharmaceutical dosage forms for the OTC (Over-the-Counter) Drug, Vitamin and Supplement marketplace.
