Construction Services Category Management; Vegetation

Overview

Vegetation Management Strategic Sourcing (multiple roles) is a hybrid position, working from your remote office and Oakland or San Ramon, CA. This is a permanent position.

The Vegetation Management Strategic Sourcing role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies that align with the goals of the Vegetation Management portfolio across all business lines and broader enterprise objectives. This role leads strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier governance to drive performance, cost savings, sustainability, and supplier diversity. The position works closely with internal stakeholders to ensure sourcing activities meet operational needs and capital projects while identifying opportunities for process improvements, standardization, and increased value.

This is a highly collaborative role that strengthens sourcing outcomes and enhances the client experience within the portfolio.

Our client collaborates with internal clients and suppliers managing more than $12 billion of annual company spend to develop mutually beneficial total value solutions for goods and services. The department provides the following services to internal clients: procurement of goods and services, strategic sourcing and cost savings, category management, supplier relationship management, execution and outreach, compliance management, ongoing procurement field support and management of the source to pay cycle.

• Establish a high-performance team to develop strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimizes diversity spending and total cost of ownership for key lines of business.
• Works with Strategic Sourcing teams, managing 2+billion in SS spend.
• Ensures the overall governance of the contract approval process from contract creation through contract award.
• Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories.
• Develops short and long term strategies for all spend categories within portfolio.
• Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development.
• Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies.
• Monitors and maximizes customer satisfaction using standardized client service level agreements.
• Manages continuous improvement-based relationships that deliver mutually beneficial results.
• Establishes service level agreements to hold suppliers accountable for performance.
• Approves purchase orders and contracts from $500,000 to $10 million
• Works with Sourcing Supervisors, Category Leaders and Sourcing Specialists.
• Develop work processes and procedures aligning to organizational requirements
• For Manager & Senior Manager Level roles - will lead Strategic Sourcing teams, managing 2+billion in SS spend.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college)
• 8 years of total sourcing or related industry experience; some positions may require technical/category experience
• Strategic Sourcing experience.
• 10 years of total sourcing experience or related industry experience.
• 5 years of supervisor experience.
• SAP/SRM proficiency.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree
• Utility industry experience
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills