Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager

BGIS is currently seeking a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the team in (Remote) Charlotte NC or Atlanta GA.

BGIS is a leading provider of integrated real estate management services including facilities management project management energy & sustainability services strategic workplace consulting real estate services and capital planning. Its range of solutions supported by efficient systems processes and people enables it to create and optimize places that work for its clients. The team is dedicated to inspiring better business performance and helping clients focus on their core businesses.

The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager is accountable for the development and delivery of strategic sourcing plans for assigned categories. The position responsibilities include category planning and delivery and strategy development leading opportunities assessments competitive bids supplier performance measurement and management supplier contract development and implementation. The role also identifies and implements leverage opportunities across all accounts and achieves great efficiencies and cost savings. The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager leads others positively exemplifying BGIS values.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Category Management Planning & Delivery

• Engages stakeholders to understand business requirements.
• Develops recommends and implements category plans.

Sourcing Strategy

• Develops and implements sourcing strategies that maximize value and mitigate risks to BGIS and its clients.
• Leads the review and measurement of the effectiveness of the strategy.

Opportunities Assessment & Implementation

• Leads and performs opportunities assessment activities and drives leverage across all client accounts.
• Achieves improvements in operational efficiencies and cost savings as a result.

Competitive Bids

• Manages end-to-end competitive bid process for assigned categories.
• Negotiates with suppliers to secure optimum cost and maximum value.

Supplier Performance Measurement & Management

• Leads the identification and implementation of performance metrics to measure supplier performance.
• Leads supplier performance measurement and management.
• Accountable for supplier performance for assigned categories and reports on supplier sustainability.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Develops and maintains effective relationships with suppliers.

Supplier Contractual Agreements

• Leads the negotiation development implementation amendments and monitoring of supplier contractual agreements.

Strategic Sourcing Best Practices & Industry Trends

• Maintains in-depth and current category knowledge as well as knowledge of strategic sourcing best practices and industry trends.
• Provides category and strategic sourcing subject matter expertise.

Vendor Qualification & Set-up Process

• Reviews and approves vendor set up and vendor information changes.

Support

• Develops maintains standard templates for strategic sourcing documentations including but not limited to contract agreements scopes of work service level agreements and letters of agreements.

Special Projects

• Special projects as assigned.

REQUIRED EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES:

• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management Business Facilities Management Construction Management Engineering or equivalent field of study or equivalent work experience required.
• Five (5) years of experience in procurement or supply chain management or related field required.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite - Word Excel Outlook and Visio required; working knowledge of SharePoint required. Ability to quickly learn proprietary databases.
• Advanced ability to build and manage relationships with various stakeholders.
• Highly advanced influence persuasion and negotiation skills.
• High degree of business ethics and accountability.
• High degree of client service orientation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Working knowledge of typical mechanical electrical plumbing and life safety systems associated to Critical Environments preferred.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Supply Chain Management Professional Designation preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%.
• Physical ability to walk job sites in uneven terrain.
• Provide personal transportation for meetings and job visits away from the office; reimbursed.

Our company culture includes a robust mix of sound business practices and employee initiatives that promote personal and professional development work/life balance health and wellness and community involvement.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. We believe every employee has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race color religion gender national origin age disability ancestry creed marital status sexual orientation or Veteran or military status genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local state or federal law in the relevant jurisdiction. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to employment advancement assignment and training.

BGIS is committed to strengthening our diversity through recruiting and retaining minority and women professionals from all backgrounds. Our commitment is consistent with our recognition that it is the outstanding people within BGISwho have always been the source of our strength. We recognize that promoting diversity is an integral component of our continuing quest for organizational excellence.

This commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity is made equally as a social responsibility and as an economic and business necessity.

Anyone with questions or concerns regarding Equal Employment Opportunity should contact their direct supervisor or the Human Resources Department without fear of retaliation of any kind.

BGIS is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. BGIS has different pay ranges for different work locations within the United States which allows us to pay team members competitively and consistently in different geographic markets. The applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidates primary work location.

A candidates salary offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to relevant work experience knowledge skills abilities education certifications licenses and location.

BGIS offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision prescription coverage health savings account flexible spending account (both healthcare and dependent) 401(k) with a Company match Paid Time Off paid company holidays short term and long-term disability life insurance employee assistance program tuition reimbursement paid parental leave gym membership discount and team member referral bonus.

Our dedication to the principle of pay equity is steadfast. We believe in equal pay for work of equal value.

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