Advisor-Sourcing

* Bachelor’s degree in finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related field.
* 7-10 years of sourcing, negotiations, and relationship management experience.
* Degree in related field such as business administration, finance, supply chain management, or related discipline; with bachelor’s degree, a minimum of 7-10 years related experience required of progressive RF(x), sourcing, negotiating and contracting experience, including extensive experience developing and executing strategic plans.
* With master’s degree, a minimum of 7 years’ experience related experience acceptable. Must possess excellent communication and relationship building skills at multiple levels of the organization. Ability to prepare and present presentations and financial analysis to leaders.
* Ability to facilitate teams to successful resolution of challenging issues. strong influencing skills to lead to best practices, standardization, and support of culture. Mentors and coaches peers to aid associate and team development and ensure departmental and organizational objectives are met.
* Must be a skilled negotiator with a proven ability to move negotiations forward to a best and final offer in the designated time frame for the project; must be skilled at presenting in a live environment and achieving agreement with others, with a demonstrated ability to maintain grace under pressure in difficult negotiations. Ability to manage relationships and possess understanding of service level agreements and KPIs.

Demonstrated success at building and maintaining efficient and effective relationships.
* Must possess a solid understanding of Strategic Sourcing, Contracting, and Value Analysis fundamentals, competitive bidding, negotiations, supplier and contract lifecycle management, business case development, leading and facilitating teams, change management skills, financial analysis, building positive relationships, redlining agreements, and ability to read, analyze and negotiate high-level contracts.
* Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Excel and PowerPoint; data analysis, business case development, Workday ERP system. Extensive experience developing and executing strategic souring plans.
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