Indirect Procurement Manager

Overview

Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure. Since our founding almost a century ago, we’ve been committed to improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place–one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time. Come join our journey!

Meet the Recruiter:
Amber Smallwood

Responsible for leading strategic sourcing efforts for $200M of PECNA’s indirect spend for their DeSoto, Kansas site and managing a team of 1-2 resources. Tasked with leading negotiations with major suppliers, leading competitive bid processes across all applicable spend categories, and generating cost savings on an ongoing basis. Spend categories would include but not be limited to Building Supplies, Human Resources, Corporate Services, Logistics, IT, Marketing, and Professional Services.

• Execute strategic sourcing projects utilizing best practice sourcing methodology to deliver exceptional total value in partnership with key stakeholders across the business
• Gather stakeholder and subject-matter expertise and insights and market intelligence to ensure sourcing solutions meet business needs
• Assess supplier capabilities and identify new suppliers
• Analyze supplier proposals and facilitate fact-based supplier selection process
• Prepare and present business cases and should-cost models, perform complex data analysis and build financial models such as ROI, NPV, supplier scorecards, savings tracking, make vs. buy decision models
• Analyze and summarize RFP responses and results and prepare recommendations for Senior Management
• Develop negotiation strategy and lead negotiations to maximize total value and minimize risks
• Establish contract terms and conditions and coordinate with legal to execute contracts with suppliers that optimize the partnership.
• Develop transition plan to new supplier and support implementation
• Ensure savings are delivered in a timely manner and expected benefits are realized

• Develop category strategies based on rigorous analysis of spend data, supply market dynamics, category intelligence, and business requirements
• Partner with the business to build influence and challenge the status quo. Identify and obtain buy‑in for category strategies and value opportunities
• Identify and capture profit improvement opportunities beyond sourcing, such as demand management, process improvements, insource vs. outsource, innovation, etc.
• Actively drive value beyond cost – e.g., growth, innovation, risk management
• Regularly monitor the market for category leading practices and demand and supply shifts such as supply consolidation, technology innovations, etc.

• Establish and manage the governance processes with suppliers and outsourced partners for categories in scope
• Implement strategies to best manage the supplier base for categories in scope, reviewing suppliers against contracted obligations and service levels and business expectations
• Provide feedback on performance, seek continuous improvement and innovation
• Work with suppliers and key stakeholders to manage supplier performance and develop new capabilities
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and third‑party providers
• When performance issues emerge, identify root causes and work with internal and external stakeholders to drive efficient resolution

• Address any P2P service or delivery issues directly with the provider
• Assist users in submitting non‑catalog purchase requisitions
• Resolve order and invoicing issues with users, suppliers and Accounts Payable
• Direct users to preferred suppliers or P2P catalog purchases as applicable
• Own usage of the Procurement Team’s PCard for such transactions as needed
• Generate and analyze reports on POs and invoices to track performance and identify efficiency improvement opportunities

• Create and implement a high‑performance culture within Procurement
• Promote a customer focused, results driven, and accountable team
• Develop talent to insure continuous improvement of operations
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