Sourcing Consultant

Strategic Consultant For Supply Chain

Baystate Health, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare quality and safety, and home to Baystate Medical Center (BMC), and the region's only level 1 trauma center, providing services throughout western Massachusetts is looking for a Strategic Consultant for Supply Chain.

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or Business preferred.
• Masters preferred
• 8+ years of experience in Strategic Consulting or Procurement

• Fulltime 40 hours per week Monday-Friday
• Hybrid opportunity

• Onsite Springfield, MA or Holyoke, MA

• Excellent compensation high-quality, low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance
• Generous PTO with scheduled earned increases
• Continuing education support and reimbursement
• First Time Home Buyers Financial Packages
• Farm Share Memberships
• 403b retirement company match & annual company contribution increase based on years of service
• Free money coach advice from a certified professional
• Wellbeing programs that include but are not limited to mental, physical, and financial health
• Pet, home, auto and personal insurance
• Life insurance
• Reimbursement for a variety of wellbeing activities, included but limited to gym membership and equipment, personal trainer, massage and so much more!

This position is responsible for the timely and cost-effective strategic sourcing of complex goods and/or services. This position advises and guides business units regarding the application and integration of procurement philosophies and techniques to meet the needs of identified internal customer requirements using a global category view. This individual is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and purchasing complex categories by influencing teams with various levels of employees and management to leverage buying power and recommend appropriate procurement strategies and tactics to obtain desired results.

Extensive interaction with Business Units, Leadership, Finance, Legal, and suppliers is required to ensure that total costs are identified and optimal savings are realized in executing a contract. Goods and services are reviewed by this position and managed across the company for all locations.

• Dynamic influencing, communication, and facilitative skills across cultures and geographies.

• Strong understanding of technical, business, and commercial concepts.

• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills and external focus.

• Excellence in supplier negotiation and both internal and external communication.

• Proactive collaborator in a matrix organization.

• Desire to achieve assigned results in a fast-paced environment and be a change agent.

• Fluency with the 7-Step Strategic Sourcing Process, including tools and their application to the Process.

• Ability to build and lead teams attaining cross-functional consensus.

8+ years of:

• Experience in the facilitation and negotiating of contracts.
• Developing, initiating, and managing sourcing strategies with tactical processing capabilities.
• Building/leading/influencing effective cross-functional teams.
• Managing diverse stakeholder interests and expectations.
• Building strategic supplier relationships.
• Team interaction and project management experience.
• Effectively communicating (verbal and written) with a wide range of customers and team members.
• Application of supply chain management and business process reengineering practices.
• Process redesign and improvement.
• Knowledge of corporate services industry market trends and dynamics
• Demonstrated capability in strategically sourcing corporate services and/or commodities.
• Corporate services strategy development, process change management, and implementation.
• Facilitating day-to-day operational and strategic objectives.
• Personal Computing, including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
• ERP (Procure to Pay preferred), e-Procurement, and sourcing systems/tools.
• Identifying and implementing sourcing objectives and goals that support organizational strategies.
• Problem-solving, financial, and analytical process skills.

Required:

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Supply Chain or…