Associate Manager, Strategic Sourcing; Ocean Freight and LCL Ocean

Associate Manager, Strategic Sourcing (Ocean Freight and LCL Ocean)

Full-time

Location:

California - El Segundo

Company:
Mattel HQ, Inc.

Compensation: USD 110,000 - USD 118,000 - yearly

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It's our heritage and it's also our future. Because we don't just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day.

We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team:

The Global Supply Chain Organization is a competitive advantage for Mattel. Mattel's Supply Chain is continually evolving to support the amazing portfolio of Mattel products and is never boring! This position plays a critical role by ensuring that Mattel products are delivered across all continents with the highest service standards and cost-effective conditions. To accomplish this, the position requires developing and owning high level cross functional interactions with key stakeholders and managing strategic partnerships throughout the globe.

Additionally, this role will gain exceptional perspective and insight into Mattel's Supply Chain global network.

The Opportunity:

The Associate Manager, Global Procurement is an individual contributor role that reports directly into the Senior Manager, Global Procurement.

The Associate Manager will be assigned (by Senior Manager) certain Logistics categories, strategies and projects to manage to positive outcomes. The Associate Manager is responsible for the execution of sourcing strategies, with an equal emphasis placed on the ability to identify, analyze, and quantify opportunities, manage RFI and RFPs, handle vendor negotiations and contract management. This person will assist or may lead large cross functional teams driving cost, quality, service, technology, and innovation efficiencies through stakeholder engagement using data and spend analysis.

Functional area

s will include, but not be limited to Ocean Freight, Ocean LCL and other key logistics sourcing.

This role is vital to ensuring that Mattel continues to gain momentum towards truly becoming a World Class Strategic Sourcing organization which will drive further operational efficiencies across the globe via sustainable cost discipline and revenue growth platforms.

What Your Impact Will Be:

• Support Senior Manager in the Global Ocean Freight sourcing initiatives through providing market insights analytics and identifying Mattel's opportunities. The Associate Manager will manage day-to-day communications with internal and external parties, assist in forecasting process and supplier relationship management.
• Own and develop category strategies for LCL Ocean and other logistics categories, grounded in data, forecasts, and stakeholder needs.
• Lead full-cycle sourcing initiatives (RFI/RFQ/RFP) across globe for LCL Ocean and NA for other projects —managing the projects from strategy and execution to vendor selection and contract closeout.
• Support Senior Manager by helping to facilitate the Ocean Freight RFI/RFQ/RFP sourcing process through vendor award in Coupa CSO. The role will collaborate with a cross-functional Integrated Sourcing Team (IST) to develop RFP documents, contract boiler plates, contract tracking, and assist/manage supplier performance and contract performance.
• Create presentations and analytics regarding data and spend for the categories as well as identify savings opportunities.
• Build a general understanding of the market trends for the assigned categories and leverage that understanding to determine potential sources and capabilities of suppliers while informing key internal stakeholders.
• Partner with Finance and Logistics teams to accurately forecast annual category spend, align critical cost assumptions, and reconcile actual spend against financial targets.
• Share best practices with the Global Procurement Logistics team to…