Sourcing Lead Job New York New York USA,Supply Chain/Logistics

Location: New York

About The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

About The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.

At The Met, every staff member – from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond – lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity.

Respect: Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.

Inclusivity: Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.

Collaboration: Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.

Excellence: Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.

Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve.

About The Department

Supplier Strategy & Operations (S2O) leads the optimization of purchases across the Museum to sustain an environment of world-class value through strategic thinking, efficient Intake to Pay (I2P) process, technology integrations and exceptional customer care. This is accomplished by utilizing industry best practices, which manage risk and administer sourcing functionality to proactively direct buying activities and protect the interests of the Museum.

Through this process, S2O:

Leads The Met in embracing a culture where sourcing and negotiations are standardized across the organization in a center-led model;
Acts as a financial steward and consistently, proactively delivers savings & cost efficiencies back to The Met;
Is known as the Subject Matter Experts regarding strategic sourcing;
Oversees Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier Diversity & Inclusion;
Ensures our business processes are sustainable, manage risk and administer the right level of control and efficiency.

General Statement Of Responsibilities & Duties

The Capital Projects Sourcing Lead is responsible for leading sourcing, contracting, and supplier management activities which support construction, facilities, infrastructure, and other capital projects. This role partners with project managers, facilities, design, engineering, and finance stakeholders to deliver best-value sourcing solutions while ensuring cost control, risk mitigation, compliance, and timely quality-based project delivery. The role also supports reporting, process improvement, and other strategic sourcing priorities as business needs require.

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RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

Drive sourcing best practices to maximize ROI on engaged spend.
Develop and implement long- and short-range sourcing strategies for complex and high-risk items.
Develop and maintain qualified supplier pipelines and contingency options for critical trades and services.
Monitor construction market conditions, supplier capacity, labor and material escalation, and critical lead times.
Drive category-specific business intelligence needs and share information with stakeholders as necessary.
Effectively communicate and collaborate with the requesting departments to clearly understand their requirements, providing early input into the sourcing process, research and recommend supply options and source candidates.
Independently manage large RFP projects by working with internal stakeholders and suppliers per the defined process, from pre-qualification of suppliers, bidder communications, project…