Sourcing Manager – Replenishment

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Commodity Specialists to manage supplier delivery performance
• Guide and support team in their roles as primary escalation points for our site materials teams
• Partner with site materials management, planning teams, and suppliers to achieve root cause and corrective actions on any repeat or systemic delivery issues
• Develop and deploy standard work and performance dashboards to improve procurement processes
• Coach and develop team to ensure goals are accomplished
• Serve as main sourcing leadership escalation point for operational sourcing issues
• Leverage commodity management teams to resolve commercial issues
• Support transfers of work by assuring proper purchasing setup
• Represent sourcing in internal business reviews
• Engage regularly with category management teams and leadership

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA desired, CPIM, ISM, NAPM, CPSM or APICS certification preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years' experience in sourcing (Sourcing Manager I) or 7+ years’ experience in sourcing (Sourcing Manager II)
• Minimum 1-3 years' experience in supervising (Sourcing Manager I) or 3+ years’ experience in supervising (Sourcing Manager II)
• Demonstrated leadership skills including interpersonal relationship building
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word
• Experience with ERP planning systems;
  Experience with SAP is a significant plus
• Proven supplier negotiation skills
• Ability to adapt easily to change and work in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of total time