Leader Portfolio Management Job Northern Kentucky USA,Supply Chain/Logistics

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Summary

The Portfolio Management Leader manages a team of strategic category managers responsible for optimizing procurement spend for a portfolio of categories or major projects having significant impact on organizational and business unit goals and objectives.

Develops and implements supply chain strategies, targets and schedules to achieve goals and objectives for cost management, supplier management (including supplier diversity and process improvement).Partners with senior executives and senior business unit stakeholders to understand business unit spending needs across categories and guides category management team to develop category strategies that meet business unit needs.

Influences business unit spending decisions to align with category strategies and optimize spending.

A four-year Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or other job-related discipline from an accredited college or university
Plus four (4) years materials or services procurement experience with significant exposure to strategic supply chain management issues.
In lieu of bachelor's degree, professional certification (e.g., CPM, CPSM) plus 8 years of significant, closely-related materials/services/supply chain experience
OR Associate's degree in business or related discipline, professional certification (e.g., CPM, CPSM) plus six (6) years of significant, closely-related materials/services/supply chain experience.

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or

Qualifications:

Prior leadership or supervisory experience.
MBA or master's degree in related discipline.
Professional certification (e.g., CPM, CPSM).
Proficiency in multiple categories and supply chain programs, techniques, tools, concepts including Total Cost of Ownership.
Working knowledge and understanding of procurement and work management systems.
Exceptional verbal and written communication, negotiation, interpersonal and presentation skills. Using Microsoft Office applications.

Major Accountabilities

Manages the development and implementation of supply chain strategies for a portfolio of categories to achieve targeted supply chain results for cost management, supplier management including supplier diversity and process improvements.

Drives category management methodology to achieve maximum life cycle value from major spend categories.

Facilities buy-in of procurement objectives and strategy at the senior stakeholder level.

Influences spending decisions by challenging business unit assumptions and providing recommendations supported by data driven insights.

Leads category management team in determining strategy and resources for supporting procurement requirements of complex major projects including planning, integration and execution of the entire project and compliance of agreements.

Acts a Procurement's primary interface role to senior internal customers to gain understanding of internal customer supply needs and work with category managers to ensure stakeholder needs are met.

Coordinates with business unit leadership to develop long-term sourcing needs and strategies.

Assists business units in producing forecasting and planning; in validating forecast vs. actuals.

Summarizes and communicates "big picture" capex and opex strategies for category managers.

Oversees the adoption/adherence to executed contracts by business and managing contracting/supplier disputes.

Develops and executes processes to maximize value.

Coordinates supply chain processes to…