Senior Manager, Procurement

Aligns with internal stakeholders to identify their needs and requirements. Identifies potential service and product suppliers who can deliver best value to Client and satisfy project goals and objectives. Manages the supplier sourcing process for both products and services. Engages, analyzes, and evaluates supplier responses (e.g., RFP) according to category data, market data, should-cost models, and other analytics for accuracy, competitiveness, and completeness.

Conducts negotiations with suppliers to ensure lowest total cost of ownership while achieving mutual goals, benefits, and objectives. Manages supplier contracts including reviewing and executing contracts, and ongoing relationship management activities.

• Leads teams to identify internal stakeholder needs and requirements based on understanding of procurement processes, systems, and business needs.
• Manages multiple teams and projects cross-functionally; develops, supports, and contributes to the category strategy based upon their expertise in their category.
• Leverages deep technical expertise to identify trends and define future solutions by contributing to discussions on the short-and long-term strategic direction with senior stakeholders about market and supplier trends that enable teams to conduct cost modeling and negotiations.
• Guides multiple teams to implement high-impact go-to-market procurement strategies across cross-functional business units.
• Manages and oversees the creation of detailed supplier selection criteria specifications to obtain products or services that are aligned with stakeholder needs and project goals across cross-functional business units.
• Guides teams to apply established methods, training, and processes for sourcing mechanisms, reviewing supplier feedback and responses; communicates clear expectations and outcomes for selecting appropriate suppliers.
• Guides team members to create supplier relationships (e.g., initiation, negotiation of commercial and other legal terms, contract fulfillment); oversees supplier activities to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
• Makes decisions that have implications across sites as well as global implications; decisions reflect broad knowledge of functional areas and strategies.
• Works with high-level representatives from other functions to develop, integrate, and/or execute large initiatives.
• Reviews assigned projects and determines the level of analyses and associated work that needs to be conducted in order to address these project deadlines and assigns projects throughout the team accordingly; reviews performance data and determines if escalation of issues to senior leadership is needed.

• Works independently with little supervision.
• Provides supervision to direct reports.
• Decisions are moderate in nature. Errors are detected and corrected with relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships. May require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. Role may require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.
• Works within the prescribed budgetary objectives of the department. Erroneous decisions, failure to achieve results may cause delays in schedules and result in the re-allocation of some resources.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Most tasks do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework.
• Exceptional creativity is needed to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/ processes without established objectives or known parameters.
• Deductive and inductive problem solving is required; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.
• Participates in the organization's planning process, interpreting business strategies, establishing strategic plans and objectives for multiple areas and functions. Decisions may affect entire organization.

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