Sourcing Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION: The scope of this role includes executing the endtoend Sourcing process spend and market analysis running RFxs negotiating contracts and pricing and supplier management. business stakeholder partnering.He/she should have deep sourcing and vendor management experience within the category space be able to operate at ALL levels of the organization and move seamlessly from tactical to strategic.

Responsibilities:

• Supplier strategy selection execution and compliance Lead the business negotiation process with internal partners and suppliers. Manage contract to completion. Develop negotiation approach fallback positions acceptable terms and conditions through to closure. Identify and manage all violations and exceptions to existing supplier contracts.
• RFI RFP RFQ services Own and lead the supplier interface for all RFI RFP and RFQ services. Partner with appropriate internal stakeholders. Manage the end to end process from creation to selection to contract implementation.
• Measure manage and improve supplier actual performance against negotiated SLAs and quality metrics.
• Competitive benchmarking Identify key benchmark suppliers in RFx efforts. Measure report and action cost productivity as a function of market pricing.
• Cost Modeling Own and provide industry and actual unit and service cost data which feeds into TCO and RFx evaluations.
• Preferred Supplier Management Identify qualify and formalize which suppliers should be aligned with preferred supplier status based on segmentation modeling.
• Category Sourcing Develop and own the category sourcing plan. Ensure all internal business requirements are met.

Technical Expertise:

• Technology & product scanning/Market Intelligence Support efforts to identify latest trends in technologies and industry offerings.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple sourcing categories including but not limited to Real Estate Workplace Marketing Benefits Employee Services and other.

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in Sourcing / Procurement / Supply Chain.
• Demonstrated sourcing experience leading RFxs conducting supplier management and managing a sourcing category with a focus on Marketing/Meetings & Events preferred.
• Familiarity with standard procurement concepts practices and procedures.
• Leader with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Possess a positive attitude excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Demonstration of critical thinking ability to question the output of a financial model and consider options for improvement.
• Proactive result oriented with a cando attitude in meeting critical deadlines.
• Undergraduate Degree in Supply.