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Los Angeles, CA
Manager Strategic Sourcing
Los Angeles, CA
Nolan, Cremin and Hermiston
Los Angeles, CA
Manager Strategic Sourcing
- Proactively develop and implement sourcing strategies in post-production and production related commodities to provide cost savings, time efficiencies, improved product quality, etc. across the various Business Units/Departments at SPE
- Coordinate and drive strategic supplier management
- Drive alignment between T1 and T2 vendor management
- Coordinate Print Alignment process, lead update calls, track process
- Work on supply base and allocation related topics, e.g. support blueprint definition
- When necessary support specific sourcing projects
- Data analyses and conclusion derivation
Los Angeles, CA
Manager, Strategic Sourcing
Los Angeles, CA
Conroy Inc
Los Angeles, CA
Manager, Strategic Sourcing
- Assess, develop and segment supply base to consolidate and optimize supply base and relationships and manage supplier performance
- Manage supplier identification and onboarding process for all sites including risk management, supplier setup, COI contract management
- Supplier Performance:Monitor, measure, and report on contract obligations and supplier performance and provide issue escalation support
- Develop industry overviews and supplier profiles for each assigned category. Create cost component worksheets for supplier clean-sheet cost buildup
- Manages the negotiation and contract development process for assigned resins suppliers in the global resins team
- Drives continuous cost improvement to improve gross margin
- Developing and refining should cost models as part of sourcing process. Building and execute Strategic Sourcing plans for assigned categories
present
Los Angeles, CA
Manager, Strategic Sourcing Gap Tech Software
Los Angeles, CA
Kozey Inc
present
Los Angeles, CA
Manager, Strategic Sourcing Gap Tech Software
present
- Contributes significantly to the achievement of defined category performance targets and assists in driving the performance of associated vendor
- Provides input and support for continuous improvement programs within the department
- Partners with leaders to develop plans for implementation and change management for projects
- Developing a change management plan to support changes associated with each category
- Highly motivated; demonstrates a "can-do" approach in being proactive with work assignments
- Vendor and relationship management for key GapTech vendors
- Some familiarity with Asset Management
Education
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
University of Kentucky
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Skills
Skills
- Able to demonstrate a highly developed subject matter expertise for various relevant categories
- Deliver total cost of ownership reductions, as well as year-over-year productivity improvements while maintaining or improving product quality and supplier service levels
- Ability to deliver professional and effective communications, verbally or in writing thorough presentations that are persuasive, and result in positive impact on the business
- Know the supply market and sourcing savings opportunities as they relate to assigned sourcing categories Develop and maintain network across Western Union globally and specifically with all levels of the GoTech (IT) and Service Provider Governance organizations
- Work with business unit and function decision makers to decide on sourcing methodologies and strategies, factoring in market conditions and costs Assist BU and function leaders in implementing category strategies
- Facilitate and lead cross-functional teams with key stakeholders to develop effective cost reduction and risk mitigation strategies as well as implementation plans while maintaining and improving internal client satisfaction
- Category strategy and negotiations for multiple areas of spend within technology spend categories, including IT managed services, technology consulting, system implementation, software license agreements, data center and telecom
- Personal characteristics of particular importance are; approachability, responsiveness, enthusiasm, adaptability and flexibility
- Develop Category Strategies which outline and define the markets and supply strategy to assist internal Business Units decision makers on the appropriate sourcing methodologies based on market conditions and cost components identified by the category strategy
- Work with A/P, Purchasing, Legal and internal business units and other appropriate groups to determine areas of opportunity for process improvement, risk mitigation, aggregation of purchases, total cost reduction, etc
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Resume Examples & Samples
- Coordinate TWDC strategic sourcing initiatives that consider all business drivers and their impact on operations, customers and competitors Evaluate total supply chain management analyses to identify opportunities to improve quality and service and reduce total cost of ownership Manage strategic sourcing processes, including market assessments, RFP and bid strategy development Manage optimal Supply Chain functionality including Expediting and goods receipt Assist in supplier negotiations and contract development for goods and services Interface with all Client groups (MTO, Operations, Entertainment, etc.) to fully understand key drivers of sourcing group Develop and maintain outstanding relationships with the Clients, Stakeholders and Partners Leverage synergy opportunities across functions and businesses Manage staff and drive internal skill/capability development to broaden and build their skill sets and capabilities Provide appropriate rationale and context to drive commitment Translates strategies into specific priorities, objectives and action plans Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers Demonstrate best practice supplier management and sourcing/supply chain practices across TWDC Create an environment that encourages creative thinking, innovative methods and positive change
- 5 years experience in leading/managing a strategic sourcing team in the Cruise Industry. Strong leadership and sense of urgency Outstanding communication & presentation skills Detailed and structured cost/financial analysis Ability to collaborate with all DCL and SS&P team members and at all levels within the organization Ability to build & manage cross-functional teams Ability to manage diverse stakeholder interests and expectations Strong project management experience Ability to assess market trends Knowledge of best practices in strategic sourcing Demonstrated knowledge of the global market drivers that control and influence product prices, availability and supply chain Excellent working knowledge of the Cruise Line Industry Strong understanding of Cruise Line categories, such as Marine, Deck, Engine, & Island Ops. Experience in unique Cruise Industry regulation and requirements Strong knowledge of the domestic US, European and international supply base Experience working in a Client focused, service oriented and value added environment
- 10+ years experience in leading/managing a strategic sourcing team in the Cruise Industry. Internal/external business consulting experience desired Knowledge of the AMOS marine and technical system Knowledge of Ariba project management system Knowledge of SAP
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Manager / Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Support adhoc analysis for executive and group stakeholders. Summarize and communicate findings to leadership
- Own and manage vendor relationships. Intercede with vendors to resolve performance and to bring about improvement where needed
- Pursue venture areas to determine if potential savings exist; possible GSC involvement
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Gap Tech Software Resume Examples & Samples
- Builds relationships and effectively partners across varied functions with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, agencies and colleagues to influence change
- Proactively identifies and recommends category sourcing options and partners with leaders to implement them
- Contributes significantly to the achievement of defined category performance targets and assists in driving the performance of associated vendor
- Drive completion of multiple simultaneous projects by proactively considering new alternatives and driving critical thinking to optimize results
- Provides input and support for continuous improvement programs within the department
- Leverages industry associations, peers and stakeholders to identify best practices for maintenance renewals and strategy
- Communicates proactively with stakeholders
- Participates in or leads competitive RFPs as necessary
- Partners with leaders to develop plans for implementation and change management for projects
- Strong background in Software licensing & contracting
- Some familiarity with Asset Management
- Vendor and relationship management for key GapTech vendors
- Developing a change management plan to support changes associated with each category
- Ability to recruit, direct, manage, train, coach and develop staff (potential direct reports and contractors)
- 1) Skills
- Strategic agility and ability to solve complex problems considering various options & solutions
- Strong organizational skills with special attention to details
- Ability to focus on execution and delivering against shifting priorities and heavy workload
- Ability to interact with all organizational levels and demonstrate a professional presence
- Ability to cultivate a cohesive team
- Experience negotiating/contracting with large software vendors such as Microsoft, CA and Oracle
- Experience managing through software audits
- Demonstrated comfort level with ambiguity
- Experience planning and leading negotiations
- Ability to travel as required from San Francisco to Pleasanton for collaborative opportunities
- Vendor Management for GapTech suppliers
- Knowledge on emerging trends in the software deployment models and licensing options
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, business administration, supply chain management, or relevant work experience
- MBA, or advanced degree preferred
- 3) Minimum experience
- 8 to 10 years of professional experience in management consulting, strategic sourcing, supply chain or relevant work experience
- 4-5 Software sourcing experience
- 3-5 Project management experience
- 2+ years of experience managing direct reports
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Packaging Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Builds effective relationships and successfully partners across varied functions with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, agencies and colleagues to drive results and lead and influence change
- Coaches and develops team on both technical and soft skills
- Manages rigorous analysis in order to scope and prioritize new sourcing opportunities within project area(s)
- Leads team to achieve defined category performance targets and drive the performance of any associated vendors
- Leads the continuous improvement process for programs within purview and offers ideas and assistance on programs across the department
- Continues to develop deep category knowledge and regularly leverages industry experts, associations, peers and stakeholders to identify and benchmark best practices for project area
- Leads the development of business cases and cost/benefit analysis to be presented to stakeholders
- Manages competitive RFXs, as necessary, and manages negotiation strategy development, overseeing or conducting the competitive negotiation process as needed
- Leads the creation and implementation of programs to assess and promote supplier performance and development (e.g., establishing quarterly and annual goals, conducting quarterly business reviews, formal scorecard measures)
- Five to seven years professional experience in management consulting, strategic sourcing, or supply chain
- Five to seven years of packaging experience in Point of Purchase at retial level, Distribution Centers, and/or manufacturing environment
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain management, or related discipline; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Ability to manage, motivate and develop others
- Demonstrated ability to deal head-on with issues and challenging situations
- Ability to influence senior leaders and direct business partners across multiple brands to achieve business results
- Strong analysis and problem solving capabilities, i.e. risk and financial modeling skills
- Ability to plan and lead negotiations
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Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing, Gaptech Resume Examples & Samples
- Builds relationships and effectively partners across varied functions with key internal stakeholders, external suppliers, agencies and colleagues to influence change
- Proactively generates category sourcing options for assigned IT categories (outsourcing, professional services, contingent labor) and partners with leaders to implement and manage them
- Responsible for achieving defined category performance targets and driving the performance of any associated vendors
- Provides input and support for continuous improvement programs within the organization
- Leverages industry experts, associations, peers and stakeholders to identify and benchmark best practices for project area
- Develops, evaluates, and presents business case and cost/benefit analysis to stakeholders
- Communicates proactively with all stakeholders
- Participates in negotiation strategy development and leads the competitive negotiation process
- Conducts competitive RFXs as necessary
- Develops plans for implementation and change management for projects
- Minimum three years of professional experience in management consulting, strategic sourcing, or supply chain
- General understanding of supplier base, market trends, pricing models and contract structures in the IT outsourcing / professional services / contingent labor categories
- Risk and financial modeling skills
- Ability to learn and become a subject matter expert quickly
- Excellent planning and prioritization skills with the ability to multitask and maintain performance by adapting to change
- Demonstrated skill in planning and leading negotiations
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Develops and implements supplier relationship programs that cut across multiple WB business divisions and coordinates shared KPIs
- Able to demonstrate a highly developed subject matter expertise for various relevant categories
- Must have extensive knowledge and relationships with suppliers, materials and service providers
- Must have proven project management experience, excellent communication skills, advanced computer literacy, ability to analyze and resolve complex issues, and a team building work style for a fast-paced environment
- Must have demonstrated skills to lead project in international and multi-cultural environment
- Proficiency in developing complex RFPs and conducting complex bid analysis required
- Strong supplier management/performance measurement monitoring experience
- Must be knowledgeable of, and experienced in, application of Strategic Sourcing best practices
- Ability to deliver professional and effective communications, verbally or in writing thorough presentations that are persuasive, and result in positive impact on the business
- Advance analytical skills and demonstrated application of category-specific best practices
- Must have strong leadership quality, be a visionary, and be customer service oriented
- Must be a flexible, team player with high energy
- Must have demonstrated ability in defining, developing, and implementing strategy and programs
- Must have experience coaching and developing team members
- Practices a high degree of professional integrity and ethical responsibility in all business activities
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Communicate, influence and exectute with multiple facilities to assist in the prioritization and management of strategic sourcing decision
- Create and respond to requests for information, requests for proposal, and requests for quotation
- Develop and implement strategic plans for process improvements in support of continuous improvement and lean initiatives
- Direct and develop strategies for the supply chain team in support of the CPFR (Collaborative Planning Forecasting Replenishment) processes with major OEM customers. May include Consignment and SMI (supplier managed inventory) programs
- Must drive performance and metrics associated to meet world-class levels in supplier Quality, Cost, Delivery and Service, (QCDS)
- Must drive performance and metrics to ensure optimal inventory goals and objectives are met
- Direct and develop process and procedures, work instructions and training in support of current ISO objectives
- Coordinate the efforts of Supply Management Programs with goals of improving the QCDS of the supply base and work closely with Purchasing, Raw Material Inspection, Engineering, Process Engineering and Quality on process change and develop plans for improvement and supplier partnering agreements
- Coordinate and support multiple levels of procurement activities
- Review, analyze, develop and negotiate multiple types of procurement contracts in various areas of business
- Review and compile inventory costing records, such as purchase price variance, (PPV), scrap and rework costs; develop related reports
- Continued improvement to ensure departmental goals and metrics are established to meet company objectives
- Must demonstrate proficient computer skills using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Excel
- Strong verbal, written, negotiating and analytical skills
- Must demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and communication skills to work across functional and organizational lines
- Must possess the ability to prioritize, organize and multi-task in a flexible, fast paced and challenging environment to effectively meet deadlines
- Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and excellent negotiation skills within a global environment
- Must possess meeting facilitation experience, including structured negotiations, fact finding discussions, interview, and presentation with various organizations
- Must possess demonstrated knowledge of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII)/Master Production Schedule (MPS) process
- Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude, influence and work well with others
- Highly motivated and self-directed worker
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Proactively develop and implement strategic sourcing projects in marketing commodities
- Develop and manage Requests for Proposals, Quotes, and Information for large, strategic spend commodities including the collection of requirements, management of bidder communications, review and summarization of bid responses, stakeholder meetings, savings calculations, etc
- Negotiate and draft large enterprise wide agreements that minimize financial and business risk and provide optimal terms and conditions
- Initiate and manage cross-functional strategic sourcing projects
- Develop and manage internal relationships with marketing stakeholders throughout SPE’s various business units
- Required Experience
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Equipment Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Responsible for equipment inventory, repairs, and sub rentals
- Making sure studio is stocked with general expendables
- Work alongside vendors and in house studio producers to insure equipment lists are filled and delivered on time
- Breaking down studios making sure they are clean and Equipment room is well organized
- Must be familiar with Mamiya / Leaf, PhaseOne, and Canon camera systems along with a strong knowledge of Capture One software
- Must versed in Profoto, Broncolor, and Arri Lighting and all lighting attachments, grip, etc
- Responsible for billing of out-going and incoming deliveries as well as general office duties
- Make equipment and budget recommendations for clients
- Minimum 3 years of experience working in a photo studio
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team
- Knowledge of equipment coupled with ability to problem-solving and troubleshooting issues
- High-level of proficiency in Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom, Mac OS, and Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
- Ability to lift tools, supplies, equipment and other related items weighing up to 50 lbs occasionally, 20 lbs frequently
- Push/pull carts with relative weight of 75 lbs
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Analyze category spend to identify opportunities to reduce individual contract/sub-category spend utilizing all savings levers. Support business case development for larger initiatives
- Independently lead cross functional teams through the execution of strategic sourcing projects and facilitate inclusion of subject matter experts, (e.g., Legal, Vendor Governance, Risk) at appropriate times throughout the event
- Assist in developing project sourcing plans
- Develop and issue comprehensive RFPs
- Ensure adherence to sourcing and contracting policies, procedures and standards including the assessment, mitigation and monitoring of vendor risk
- Document and execute comprehensive vendor negotiation scripts that reflect and maximize Prudentials buying power, focus on service quality/performance and minimize risk exposure
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and internal business stakeholders including Legal, Risk and Vendor Governance associates
- Participate on various process improvement teams in an effort to enhance procurement processes as required
- Bachelors Degree required; Business, Supply Chain or Finance a plus
- 5-7 years professional work experience with at least 3 years in procurement and/or managing vendor relationships
- Proven ability to implement sourcing and procurement methodologies
- Category specific knowledge (marketplace, trends, key vendors, procurement methods) and demonstrated experience managing tactical or strategic sourcing initiatives in one or more indirect spend categories
- Excellent analytical ability to quickly gather facts, perform root cause analysis, draw conclusions and recommend appropriate course of action
- Strong relationship management skills with ability to partner and build professional relationships in a cross-functional environment
- Experience reviewing and evaluating standard terms and conditions and experience negotiating vendor agreements
- Strong organizational skills including the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and bring them to resolution
- Experience with Source to Pay lifecycle tools and processes; Oracle Purchasing Suite a plus
- Superior oral and written communication and interpersonal skills for interaction with team members, stakeholders and senior leadership
- Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Project and Visio
- Professional designation (CPM, CPSM) a plus
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Coordinate and drive strategic supplier management
- Drive alignment between T1 and T2 vendor management
- Drive alignment between strategic vendor management approach of different divisions where needed
- Coordinate Print Alignment process, lead update calls, track process
- Work on supply base and allocation related topics, e.g. support blueprint definition
- When necessary support specific sourcing projects
- Data analyses and conclusion derivation
- Sound knowledge of supplier base and sourcing processes
- Excellent apparel process knowledge and skill
- Very strong communication and presentation skills
- Advanced MS office Skills
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Undergraduate university degree with emphasis in the areas of business preferred
- Minimum of 3-5 years working experience
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Excellent change leadership and conflict resolution skills
- Strong relationship management expertise
- Solid understanding of commercial/business practices
- Strategy formulation
- Calculated risk-taking
- Direct experience in conducting/leading high-level negotiations
- Experience presenting and selling ideas at multiple levels, internally and externally
- (Desirable): Creating and leading cross-functional teams
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Develop business cases for expenditure requests and savings opportunities
- Manage across commodity categories including print production, data, and telecom
- Develop, negotiate and administer agreements for capital equipment and group wide supplies
- Monitor industry trends and advise management and relevant operating units, divisions of pertinent information
- Consult regularly with Corporate production and other GSC customers to determine future needs and initiatives
- Review Capital Purchase Requests to verify GSC pricing, optimal terms and conditions,
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Associate Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Develops recommendations to achieve aggressive cost savings and value-add goals within the categories under management. Work with line manager, to agree on savings targets that are consistent with team objectives. Agree and track savings with corresponding business partners. Report on savings to Manager as required
- Provide detailed commodity analysis to support procurement decisions from global category owners, including recent economic/market trends and developments and other external factors. Compare current practices with industry best practice and propose change strategies. Following the direction of the Manager, develop innovative commodity strategies to drive best value for the business
- Ensure the execution of sourcing strategies developed by global category owners in Asia through good coordination among different parties including local BP and global
- Creates and manages competitive RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, leveraging eSourcing tools and 3rd parties, where applicable
- Participates in negotiation strategy development and conducts negotiations either as part of core team or on individual basis (after review with line Manager)
- Ensure that the provisions of the China Non-merchandise Procurement policy are adhered to appropriately and that suitable contract provisions are in place with key vendors, providing support to business in agreeing and drafting contract terms and managing liaison with Legal when required
- Support business partners in their ownership of key vendor relationships, acting as a point of escalation to resolve issues
- Implements supplier development and evaluation programs (i.e. managing Supplier Business Reviews and follow-up action plans where necessary) upon alignment with line manager to ensure suppliers provide quality service and goods to the company
- Able to influence people up to board level and develop relationships with key business partners to form on-going partnerships
- Good financial analysis and reporting skills
- Excellent problem solving analysis; drive for results of complex business issues
- Proven project management experience
- A team player and self-starter
- Ability to think innovatively and flexibly
- Degree level preferred in business administration, logistics, finance or related discipline
- Procurement and/or Supply Chain Management Certification preferred
- Proven experience in dynamic organization with experience and exposure in advanced sourcing strategies 5 plus years professional experience
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Senior Category Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Collaborate with stakeholders (business partners and external suppliers)
- Initiate remedial action to capture all expected financial and non-financial
- Category management
- Excellent change-leadership and conflict resolution and advanced problem
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with stakeholder
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Manage expiring contracts, renewals and cancellations for all incumbent FM and construction-based suppliers
- Manage contract filing system including tracking methodologies and contact information
- Manage supplier identification and onboarding process for all sites including risk management, supplier setup, COI contract management
- Assess and build annual sourcing initiatives that provide detailed service commodity strategies that identify objectives, negotiation strategy, and milestone timelines; track and report progress on regular intervals
- Facilitate Statement of Work (SOW) development with real estate partners to include PM scheduling and supplier SLA’s
- Assess, develop and segment supply base to consolidate and optimize supply base and relationships and manage supplier performance
- Conduct supplier performance review meetings, manage supplier scorecards and resolve recurring supplier issues through corrective action plans
- Benchmark current rate structures, service programs and apply market intelligence to improve cost and efficiencies
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Participate in and lead procurement tasks related to PDS as part of the Jll/Bank of America Sourcing organization
- Implement sourcing initiatives for projects, execute objectives, strategies, category spend assessments, and milestone time lines
- Support e-commerce procurement initiatives as required
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Developing, leading, and executing sourcing strategies
- Responsible for communication, coordination and implementation of sourcing initiatives and contract negotiations to suppliers/contractors and operations team
- Provide management, detailed instruction and continuous follow-up to support the operations teams in standardized RFP/bid and contract processes
- Be proactive and manage internal and external customer expectations
- Ensure compliance to client sourcing and contracting policies and procedures as listed on the JLL OneView Portal P&P Manual
- Develop, implement and maintain a supplier diversity program in accordance with client and company requirements. Mentor/educate suppliers through meetings
- Analyze price proposals, financial reports and other data to determine the reasonability of price and supplier capabilities
- Ideal candidate has a degree in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management with knowledge and/or 3-5 years’ experience in Facilities Management (terminology, metrics, technology, etc.)
- Excellent Inter-personal skills, Organization skills, Strong Analytical skills, ability to participate and work in decentralized environment
- Hands-on role requiring the individual to be a self-starter. The ability to take direction and work within set parameters
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies in various technology product (e.g. desktop, laptop, server, storage, network and telecommunication), service (e.g. application development and maintenance, help desk, etc.), and cloud-solution (e.g. Software-as-a -Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service) categories to reduce TCO, cycle time and improve quality
- Project Management: Initiate and manage strategic sourcing projects across multiple business units across SPE or Sony. Manage projects and drive TCO reduction – from development of opportunity and planning to delivering results within timeline
- Negotiation: Negotiate and draft enterprise wide agreements that minimize financial and business risk exposure and provide optimal terms and conditions. Understand and negotiate business specific legal terms and conditions and explain them to clients in an easy to understand manner
- Tangible Results: Successfully own and deliver savings goals/targets from planning/inception through realization of benefits
- Manage and develop internal relationships with clients and stakeholders throughout SPE’s various business units and coordinate sourcing strategies, opportunities and requirements with other Sony entities (Electronics, Music, PlayStation, etc.)
- Provide senior level procurement support to internal clients (of all levels of experience and title) on supplier contracts
- Collaborate with other stakeholders such as Legal, and Risk Management
- Manage external supplier relationships and agreements in areas including
- Manage ongoing outsourcing contracts including involvement in client status meetings and contract performance measurement
- Monitor performance of suppliers and serve as a resource to resolve issues and problems
- Maintain active knowledge of market rates and spend for commodities and benchmark best practice capabilities against other firms
- Minimum of 5 years relevant technology sourcing experience, within a large corporate organization
- Knowledge of and experience in IT sourcing is required
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Building and leverage internal business partner relationships to effectively create value focused strategies that align with department goals
- Identifying opportunities within categories to create value for the organization. Leverage spend analytics and market intelligence to evaluate sourcing opportunities
- Developing and refining should cost models as part of sourcing process. Building and execute Strategic Sourcing plans for assigned categories
- Leading and project managing the development, distribution, and analysis of RFP’s and RFI’s
- Heading negotiations with vendors to achieve the optimal combination of quality, price, service, and risk mitigation to support business objectives
- Assist in problem resolution between users and vendors
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge in procurement practices & technologies and market trends related to assigned categories of goods and services
- 5 years’ experience in strategic sourcing, indirect procurement, consulting, or sales
- Experience working on business process improvement and/or strategy projects for a global company a plus
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Developing an overall transition supply chain strategy
- Supplier data gathering and spend analysis
- Implementation of JLL on-account employee programs such as uniforms, tools, and facility dedicated vehicles
- Creation of high-level account-specific sourcing strategy
- Creation of account-specific contract templates and procurement workflows
- Training new account team members on procurement best practices and standard operating procedures
- Sound judgment, initiative, resourcefulness, tenacity and the flexibility to operate independently in a fast-paced, unstructured environment
- Excellent interpersonal and team building skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including public speaking
- Broad knowledge and demonstrated level of competency in commonly-used JLL systems such as E1 Financials, OVWO, 360, Clarify, OneView Projects, OneView Analytics, SharePoint, Tracker, Hiperos, Corrigo and other account platforms
- Broad knowledge of JLL business lines
- Effective computer skills in MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project and Visio
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Supply Chain Mgt and/or 5+ years JLL strategic sourcing experience; MBA preferred
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Manager Strategic Sourcing, IT Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead strategy and negotiations for sourcing projects
- Lead reporting requirements for purchasing activities
- Conduct ad-hoc analysis on an as-needed basis
- Drive the development of category strategies within the broader context of the overall technology and sourcing strategies
- Build and nurture collaborative relationships with key internal business partners
- Build and grow ethical, transparent and partnership oriented relationships with external suppliers
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead and execute sourcing projects to include strategy development, preparation of RFP's, supplier negotiations, business case recommendations, project management, and contract execution
- Source projects for a multi-location and multi-divisional environment, including cross-functional team leadership of competitive bidding events and supplier management
- Proactively identify opportunities for workflow efficiencies and cost savings
- Acquire and maintain a technical understanding of services/products sourced
- Build/establish relationships with key financial and operational personnel to ensure full understanding and support of sourcing initiatives
- Track and report savings, spending compliance and variances to present to senior management and business unit stakeholders
- Leverage e-Business tools, such as spend analysis, supplier intelligence, competitive bidding, and contract lifecycle management
- Contribute to enterprise commitment to diversity and environmental sustainability by researching relevant product innovations, potential suppliers, market trends and industry metrics
- 3-5 years’ experience in sourcing, purchasing or buying in a media, marketing, advertising, finance or operations environment
- Skilled with technology based systems including spend analytics and i-procurement tools
- Advanced knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Excellent oral, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to interpret specifications and use sound judgment to make business decisions
- Willingness to learn and understand sourcing best practices
- Subject matter expertise in Production, Broadcast, Media, or Marketing
- Proficiency in MS Access
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Assistant Manager Strategic Sourcing Professional Services Indirect Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Conduct in-depth financial and spend analysis to identify trends and discrepancies
- Conduct market and supplier analysis to identify market trends for opportunities to reduce cost
- Conduct RFP analysis to assist in determining award scenarios based on identifying the best supplier to provide the right product, quality and price
- Assist with the development of project implementation plans to assure a successful program roll-out and increased property compliance
- Assist in the development and implementation of solutions to identified issues
- Draft Statement of Works ( work closely with corporate legal)
- Work on cross function projects with all departments
- Maintain internal filing system and ensure that corporate legal have a copy of each executed agreement as they are completed
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Able to effectively communicate in English, in both written and oral forms including a strong grammatical foundation
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Supplier selection leadership: Facilitate cross-functional teams. Manage IT spend categories and influence the category / vendor selection strategy and approach, factoring in priorities, timelines, and business requirements. Consider and recommend appropriate options (benchmarking, RFI/RFP, utilization of existing partners, etc.). Review and provide cost / quality comparisons for different options for meeting identified interests, and drive the project team decision-making process
- Contract preparation and negotiations: Negotiate optimized commercial terms for key supplier agreements. Coordinate with all relevant business partners/stakeholders to ensure that Celgene interests are safeguarded and that specific business requirements are reflected in the final contract. Negotiate contract terms in liaison with legal department. Inventory, manage, and update agreements over the lifecycle of the relationship, as necessary
- Supplier Performance:Monitor, measure, and report on contract obligations and supplier performance and provide issue escalation support
- Vendor relationship management:Manage Integrated Partners and/or other key vendor relationships. Organize and facilitate supplier business review meetings. Monitor overall spend, potential use cases, and incremental / expanded opportunities. Identify, raise visibility, and implement value-generating opportunities. Capture and report on identified and captured economic benefits, process efficiencies, etc
- Communication: Communicate and demonstrate the mission, vision, objectives of Corporate Strategic Sourcing to key stakeholders and key supplier community
- Process Development:Support development and updating of department processes, tools, templates, and communication efforts. Participate in corporate franchise operations projects, corporate initiatives, and other enabling projects. Support departmental audits and remediation efforts
- Business intelligence:Monitor assigned spend category environment to keep current on providers and industry trends. Look for best practices and continuous improvement opportunities. Coordinate with Sourcing Insights team to obtain necessary information to drive category/ supplier level insights and identify opportunities
- Specific IT category knowledge and expertise (product distribution channels, pricing models, technical considerations, etc.)
- Experience in sourcing strategies and techniques (specific to IT spend categories)
- Good understanding of project management principles as well as sound knowledge of contract terms and conditions, benchmarking and market analysis
- Must possess good organizational and interpersonal skills as well as great attention to detail
- Appropriate level of subject matter expertise regarding groups, functions, franchises directly supported
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a strong emphasis in negotiating
- Ability to work in a multicultural team environment and interact with a wide variety of customers. Must be able to relate effectively to people at all levels of the organization
- Active driver, delivery-oriented
- Proven ability to multitask
- Excellent English language skills, additional languages are advantageous
- Computer skills (MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Project Management – Lead sourcing projects and initiatives by working closely with key stakeholders and the SHC Global Sourcing organization. Identify stakeholder expectations and ensure that the sourcing project objectives, scope, and deliverables meet stakeholder expectations
- Communication Skills – Exceptionally strong written and oral communication skills are a must. A Strategic Sourcing Manager is the liaison within the enterprise in co-managing sourcing initiatives and increasing direct import penetration. The strong ability to present to senior management, build relationships, and become an influencer in major strategic decisions are critical to being a successful manager
- Negotiations – Prior knowledge and experience negotiating and working with complex legal contracts is a big plus
- Information Resource – A manager must provide various stakeholders with relevant and timely market trends and analyses such as supply trends and commodity costing trends
- Technical / Operations Know How – Manager needs technical procurement skills which include ability to understand product specifications and features. A thorough understanding of manufacturing practices is a plus
- Vendor Development – Analyze current and potential vendor capabilities to ensure they meet SHC needs for new product introductions. Select vendors who are continually working to reduce costs and improve service by optimizing the supply chain and reducing inventories while maintaining SHC quality, service, and innovation expectations
- SSI projects require the development of numerous financial models and the data management within these models as dictated by the project’s needs. This position requires the constant development of conclusions and recommended courses of action based on these analyses
- The candidate will interface with upper management in merchandising, finance, legal, supply chain including inventory management and logistics, product development, marketing, store operations, and global sourcing as well as vendors on a daily basis. This position is expected to create and maintain effective collaboration amongst these various groups to achieve profitable results for the enterprise
- Ability to quickly see the “big picture” and use qualitative and quantitative data to create innovative strategies that move the corporation forward
- Analytical: active curiosity – must enjoy gathering and digging deeply into data to identify issues and create effective solutions
- Confidence to interact with senior management and maturity to succeed through teamwork and effective collaboration
- Apply deep understanding of global business issues to operational plans
- Strong work ethic – real self-starter able to demonstrate strong proactive approach and self-initiative; persistent and tenacious; excessive level of commitment and dedication to meet aggressive deadlines with high-quality results
- Demonstrated flexibility and open-mindedness around change; positive, can-do attitude
- Strong business acumen: strong financial, strategic, operational and leadership skills; ability to grasp understanding of business models and key drivers quickly
- Focused on results: willingness to do what it takes to get the job done right
- Intensive project management experience
- Education level – minimum BA/BS degree from a 4-year college or university
- Minimum 10 years business experience in any combination of Finance, Strategic Sourcing, Global Sourcing, Merchandising, Strategy, and/or Change Management
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Assistant Manager Strategic Sourcing, OS&E Resume Examples & Samples
- Assist in leading strategic sourcing efforts for assigned OS&E related products and services required by the company’s various properties
- Develop and issue comprehensive, consolidated global RFP’s
- Assist in negotiating, writing and executing supplier contracts for assigned projects working directly with the supplier and Corporate Legal
- Assist in identifying and developing qualified diverse suppliers
- Assist in identifying alternative products or processes to support company sustainability initiatives
- Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field; or at least 2 years equivalent work experience
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing, VBC Components Resume Examples & Samples
- Drive the development of sourcing strategies and supplier selections, secure global synergies and fulfil regional demands
- Manage the interactions with Engineering in development of technical roadmaps, AE, SIPD etc
- Lead the work to negotiate and sign supplier agreements
- Manage the overall supplier relationships
- Manage the development of staff under supervision
- Work in accordance with the Global Purchasing processes, the Volvo Way and Volvo Group corporate values
- Experience of leading people in a business context
- Strong negotiator with 5-10 years of purchasing experience within the automotive industry
- Experience of remote direct management in an international environment
- Fluent in English
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Support the company’s objectives to provide transactional efficiency and consistency, and to develop a framework for spend analysis and supplier management to better manage the cost and value of goods and services on a global basis
- Provide oversight of the process of developing agreements with suppliers, and in supplier qualification
- Identify future sourcing opportunities, defining and implementing strategic sourcing initiatives across the supply base
- Identify opportunities for supplier sourcing initiatives and category analysis. Initiate sourcing initiatives, category analysis, and category strategy development and execution as appropriate
- Manage supplier negotiations, both as an end-to-end process and as a discrete “last and final” negotiation
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or its equivalent
- Minimum of eight years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing analysis
- Minimum of five years of experience in supplier management and negotiation
- Minimum of three years of experience with the Microsoft Office suite, with a focus on Excel
- Proficiency in analysis of large-scale transactional data to identify opportunities for cost savings
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills; ability to gather and analyze business and financial data and formulate effective plans and targets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; candidate must have a proven track record in both written and oral communications including writing high-level program documents, including policies and procedural documents and effective employee communication plans
- Strong project management skills, able to define, organize, and manage work expectations
- Experience with indirect procurement
- Experience in supplier qualification and supplier relationship management processes
- Proven ability to communicate and influence others at all levels of the organization
- Proficient at managing multiple and shifting priorities, delivering timely and accurate work products, and responding with a sense of urgency as required
- Ability to take initiative, identify and define better processes, work with minimal direction, and prioritize time to delivery results in a timely manner
- Oracle R12 and Contract Lifecycle Management tool knowledge is a plus
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Manages the negotiation and contract development process for assigned resins suppliers in the global resins team
- Develops and drives strategy for the assigned product lines (PBT, PEI, PES, ABS, PPO/PPE) at a global level, in accordance with global objectives and in coordination with other regions as appropriate
- Key account role in resins team driving resins strategy and execution in following Business Units: AUT NA&SA, D&D NA, globally: ICT, Sensors, Medical
- Leads, guides and develops 1 direct report in NA
- Participates actively in sourcing decisions ensuring compliance to platform lists and GMSS grade classification
- Ensures strategies and suppliers are focused on Quality, Cost, Delivery & ECE
- Leads negotiations and, leading commercial levers (LCC, RFQ, NEG) and supporting and pushing Technical levers (OMP, VAVE) to boost Core Productivity in the region
- Manages regional supplier relationships, identify and develop new suppliers together with our SQD Organization
- Supports compliance with existing suppliers as appropriate within the region
- Support VMI implementations and self billing process
- Represents the Resins team requirements on Corporate/Cross BU Teams and/or regional teams
- Thoroughly understands and adheres to TE purchasing policies and procedures
- Continually conducts market analysis and stays informed of trends in industry/ commodity
- Extensive knowledge of sourcing, strategic sourcing processes, negotiation experience
- Experience in commodity management of Resins, esp. in PBT
- Demonstrated experience with leveraged agreements, multi-year contracts
- Knowledge of contract law
- Strong data mining and analysis skill-set
- Proactive, positive communication skills
- Ability to build consensus across multiple organizations and all levels of the enterprise
- Capable of moving past barriers and building out bridges to new customers
- Self-directed & motivated
- Capable of independently leading multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to multi-task projects and assess priorities in a complex and demanding environment
- Possesses excellent verbal and written communication & presentation skills
- Bias for action/self-starter
- Effective facilitator, coach and trainer
- Demonstrated program management skills and ability to drive projects to completion
- Ability to handle multiple customers/priorities with minimal supervision under challenging conditions
- Ability to travel and work in a virtual environment
- BA/BS in Business or other relevant discipline. 5+ years of relevant Sourcing experience
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead a north America IPO Strategic Sourcing Team with 3 team members (strategic sourcing professionals)
- Lead IPO Efforts to develop a robust pipeline to support localization an productivity
- Develop and execute a long term Strategic Sourcing strategy to provide the best solution to BU productivity needs based on a Best Cost Country approach (including, but not limited to Low Cost Country)
- Coordinate the execution of sourcing processes part of New Product Introduction, when applicable, incorporating footprint and Manufacturing optimization
- Monitor and control KPIS in Mexico, according to the site’s TEOA-P directive to ensure that annual goals and targets are met
- Establish a solid communication process with internal customers, mainly Business Unit procurement leaders and teams, Center led procurement teams and all manufacturing functions to provide ECE to external and internal customer requirements
- Develop and execute an effective Supplier Relationship Management Process
- Effectively and efficiently execute the Gate Review Process for project which includes running sourcing processes and project implementation (RFQ, Negotiations, Contracts, Product improvements and Quality plans)
- Leverage global processed, tools and best practices within the procurement handbook, TEOA-P and others
- Develop and Execute global and regional Commodity Strategies for BU and CLed procurement teams, when needed
- Periodically monitor results and report to leadership on the results, status and action plans to achieve targets
- Develop and keep internal talent within the Strategic Sourcing Team, utilizing the talent development tools available
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Associate Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Collaborate with cross functional management teams to identify and develop the Road Map of key strategic initiatives over the next 3 years. Conduct category/sub-category analysis to develop opportunities from sourcing, demand management, and supplier collaboration efforts
- Monitor market place to provide insights on category spend and savings opportunities based on rigorous data analysis, industry benchmarks and experience. Work with other procurement category teams and business unit leads to deliver committed capital and expense savings
- Implement the corporate Strategic Sourcing process: Project Identification, Baselines/Financial Target/Budget Adjustment, RFx Process, Quantitative / Qualitative Analysis, Total-Cost-of-Ownership Analysis, Negotiation, and Contract Support. Develop and maintain a process by which vendors are evaluated and selected in accordance with established guidelines and best practices (RFI/RFP, Cross Functional Evaluation Team, Scorecards, and Performance Metrics)
- Conduct complex analyses in support of external supplier negotiations; create supporting materials for the team’s negotiation preparation (key messages, BATNA, fact based levers, market place trends, etc.). Research industry benchmarks in contract to existing practices to find opportunities for improvement (pricing, quality, product changes, service levels, and trends)
- Support contract negotiations and facilitate creation of business terms and Service Level Agreements
- Complete ongoing performance tracking methods of strategic initiatives, measuring effectiveness against KPIs and compliance while providing regular reporting to team lead and stakeholders
- 6 years business experience
- Experienced negotiator
- Ability to develop qualitative and quantitative analysis
- Develop strategic procurement processes to enable internal stakeholders to maximize Total Cost of Ownership
- Highly organized and able to work on multiple initiatives ensuring timely execution of Business strategies
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Assist in developing and implementing sourcing strategy for assigned product family and suppliers
- Assist in developing strategic frame work for global supplier base for product family and develop supply chain risk strategy based on geographical location, financial stability, commodity index, process capability, capacity and strategic growth
- Support and manage specific projects with multiple work streams and in area of major supply chain transformation between external suppliers, outsourcing (make vs. buy) and insourcing of components and finished medical devices
- In supporting assigned project or initiative, this position requires coordination between various departments in integrated supply chain, external supplier partners and engineering to ensure the delivery of tasks related to project. Ensure flawless execution of the projects
- Independently manage the complexities of the project and also expected to coordinate with key stakeholders to resolve conflicts to ensure delivery of project
- Support and participate direct negotiations with suppliers using advance negotiation tools like Should Cost Model, VA/VE and DtV
- Engage internal resources to explore Best Cost Country Sourcing options to improve value to the overall project
- Ensure decisions are made based on Total Cost of Acquisition
- Coordinate with legal CoE to execute supply contracts with suppliers
- Periodically communicate the project status at various levels within the organization
- Interact effectively and develop relationships with internal and external resources at multiple levels
- Provide advisory services to project team to facilitate optimal solutions and recommendations
- Represent J&J extensively with external companies and must maintain strict discipline with regard to confidential/sensitive information and must maintain strongest code of ethics
- Interface and negotiate with senior management of the Suppliers
- Act as Advisor and Consultant to senior J&J leaders in areas of current and future supply trends
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in program management, resourcing, manufacturing transfers and direct negotiations
- Proven ability to influence/collaborate with excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills
- Analytical-absorb information & solve complex problems quickly is a must
- Leadership skills such as, setting direction, influencing, goal alignment, lead & influence others in a matrix organization
- Ability to travel up to 30% of time mostly in-region and some global travel
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Drive year over year cost improvement for Indirect Suppliers
- Strategic Sourcing Plan Development – the Category Manager is responsible to engage the key category stakeholders and facilitate the development of strategic sourcing strategies for the region
- Sourcing - the Category Manager is responsible for identifying, selecting, and contracting suppliers for Indirect material suppliers
- Supplier Management – the Category Manager is responsible for monitoring and managing supplier performance with respect to cost, quality, delivery timeliness, etc
- Continuous Improvement – the Category Manager is responsible to identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives that will generate value through increase supplier performance or capabilities
- Responsibilities include sourcing of Indirect Spend categories as assigned
- While this is a Purchasing position, the Category Manager is not responsible for planning and managing purchase orders
- PO management rests with Planner Buyers in the plants and regions for the indirect materials and plant MRO
- Continually strives to achieve the best total value for ConvaTec across all areas of sourcing
- Proactively identifies key issues and delivers efficient responses to sourcing and productivity issues
- Able to define, oversee and execute business analyses for dealing with complex issues relating to both business process improvement and sourcing opportunities
- Able to guide and develop reasoned solutions, recommendations, and means for measuring ongoing performance
- Understanding of commodities sourcing strategies
- Strategic thinking, facilitation & influencing skills. Ability to lead, persuade and convince
- Researches best practices across a variety of industries and disciplines and translates into relevant actions for improvements within ConvaTec
- Displays organizational savvy and knows how to leverage networks to bring information and points of view from different areas both inside and outside the company
- Understands the market dynamics and cost drivers in the supply markets in their area of responsibility and can articulate an effective sourcing strategy
- Ability to analyze pricing proposals and utilize a fact based approach to drive negotiations and value generation
- Demonstrates highly developed negotiation skills
- Understands, endorses, and practices the formal strategic sourcing methodology
- Creates a network of key customers and executive sponsors across manufacturing, R&D, sales, marketing and finance
- B.S. or B.A. required
- Experience in a FDA regulated industry preferred
- Professional certification (CPM, CIPS, EIPM) are highly desirable
- Five to seven years of experience in sourcing, consulting, or a productivity improvement role. Indirect sourcing experience is preferred, but not required
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Identifying category sourcing initiatives through historical spend data analysis and industry opportunities Collaborating with subject matter experts to develop category sourcing requirements and supplier evaluation criteria
- Facilitating the procurement process including Request for Proposals (RFPs) for goods and services in compliance with procurement guidelines
- Managing the contracting process with providers of goods and services; and providing on-going oversight of key supplier relationships
- Executing and managing competitive enterprise-wide contracts and supplier relationships; and meeting or exceeding annual sourcing goals and savings targets
- Implements strategic sourcing methodology and process for major categories that includes identifying sourcing opportunities, determining total cost of ownership, demand management, developing multi-year sourcing portfolio and providing structural cost reduction
- Engages and collaborates with various functional groups and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the IT category for developing requirements, evaluating competitive bid proposals, selecting vendors and suppliers, and understanding category developments and opportunities
- Collaborates with relationship manager of Core Trust group to take advantage of volume discounts that the company can avail as partner of Vista group of companies
- Establishes communication mechanisms for keeping key stakeholder groups informed and engaged in strategic sourcing activity
- Manages strategic sourcing initiatives to ensure that goods and services are obtained at the lowest possible cost consistent with requirements for quality, performance, service and availability
- Manages contracts and key supplier relationships to improve business outcomes and reduce risks through developing appropriate SLAs and KPIs
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Implementing strategic sourcing initiatives through identification, gathering and development of internal and external intelligence such as industry scope and scale, supplier capabilities and capacities, specification data, emerging trends, technologies and regulatory issues
- Identifing potential BCC suppliers in alignment with business priorities
- Leading commercial assessment of BCC suppliers, including identification of supplier risks and opportunities
- Leading BCC supplier validation and qualification process. Securing cross functional alignment with Customer Service & Logistics, Integrated Supply Chain, Quality and other key stakeholders in order to drive the BCC supplier development process
- Managing BCC supplier negotiation and contract execution process to ensure the best prices, terms & conditions. Leveraging supplier capabilities to meet quality, cost and service requirements and ensure continuous improvement
- Interacting with Procurement function globally to strengthen partnership with local BCC suppliers
- University Degree (preferred: Business Administration, Logistics, Engineering, Quality)
- Min. 10 years of professional experience, including Strategic Sourcing Area
- Strong knowledge of BCC markets
- Excellent negotiation skills and ability to effectively deal with third parties
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships inside and outside of the organization
- Ability to create focus and set priorities
- Process Management experience
- Customer and results oriented
- Fluency in English and Polish (spoken and written)
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Computer Science
- 5 years of experience in managing a team of strategic Sourcing Category Managers
- Professional experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
- 7 years of years of relevant work experience in supply chain, procurement, planning, manufacturing, finance or related field
- Proficiency with Excel, SQL
- MBA, Masters of Supply Chain, or advanced degree in engineering or other quantitative disciplines
- 7-10 years of experience managing a high performing team
- > 10 years supply chain experience, such as strategic sourcing, new product introduction, demand planning, and supply planning
- Strong proficiency in analysis tools including Microsoft Excel, SQL, Tableau, and statistics software
- Experience leading negotiations for complex, mission critical technology
- Strong communications (verbal and written) skills
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Global Category Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Strategy development including supplier rationalization, market analysis, and business strategy collaboration
- Development of multi-year strategies to lower risk, improve continuity of supply, and to yield top quartile high tech industry YTY cost and operational improvements
- Effectively develop & quickly communicate alignment for these strategies across all stakeholders
- Key, strategic managing interface with suppliers (strategic relationship management;supplier performance management, etc)
- Development, maintenance and measurement of performance based contracts
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Network across Western Union globally. Build strong relationships with stakeholders and develop and execute sourcing strategies which help support their business within the key Enterprise categories
- Identify opportunities for increased competitive bidding, smarter supplier relationships and more efficient processes. Collaborate with teams across the globe to speed up innovation and support the customer appropriately
- Know the supply market as it relates to key categories of Enterprise spend (or have the research skills to be able to come up to speed quickly) in order to educate stakeholders and make better decisions around price and quality
- Manage robust supplier selection processes using market analysis, concise “Request For Proposals,” with a data-driven, customer-centric approach
- Conduct supplier negotiations including drafting and executing contracts, negotiating pricing, monitoring unit cost reduction performance and management of supplier relationships along with creating a savings opportunity for the category annually
- Work with A/P, Purchasing, Legal and internal business units and other appropriate groups to determine areas of opportunity for process improvement, risk mitigation, aggregation of purchases, total cost reduction, etc
- Develop Category Strategies which outline and define the markets and supply strategy to assist internal Business Units decision makers on the appropriate sourcing methodologies based on market conditions and cost components identified by the category strategy
- Deliver cost savings and cost avoidance annually
- 10 years of relevant work experience, including experience in Procurement/Strategic Sourcing and contract management
- Marketing and Professional Services category expertise
- Negotiation and Contract Management experience
- Experience leveraging Ariba suite of Data Analytics, Sourcing, Contracting and SRM modules
- Experience in Global markets with specific experience in EU, India, and the Philippines
- Experience in Supplier Sourcing and Contract Management
- Experience with developing Category Strategies for the key Technology categories globally
- Experience driving success of a center-lead category strategy at a Fortune 500 company
- Strong influencing/negotiation skills and change management experience with the ability to successfully manage complexity and multiple priorities
- Quick learner with interest in understanding and applying global supplier best practices
- Consulting experience
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Drive sourcing activities for Western Union’s Hardware needs
- 5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in Procurement/Strategic Sourcing and contract management
- Hardware and datacenter category expertise
- Excellent analytical communication and presentation skills
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Drive sourcing activities for Western Union’s Customer & Agent Support needs
- 5+ years of relevant work experience, including experience in procurement / strategic sourcing and contract management
- Customer & Agent Support category expertise (or have the research skills to be able to come up to speed quickly)
- Supplier sourcing, negotiation and contract management experience
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Negotiate net cost and Earned Income programs for assigned categories/suppliers. For category management events, negotiate and make supplier award recommendations to management
- Negotiate ongoing cost-based activities such as cost changes, program alterations, Earned Income program expirations, and category renewals/extensions
- Communicate results of negotiation activities. Conduct on-going sourcing activities that support the category post award. Manage and validate steady state change requests
- Develop industry overviews and supplier profiles for each assigned category. Create cost component worksheets for supplier clean-sheet cost buildup
- Ensure legal documentation is completed (Hold Harmless, Certificate of Insurance, Supplier Authorization Agreement, Bid Award Purchase Agreement, Terms Change Form)
- Continually identify new suppliers and initiate process to engage them. Engage suppliers and refine supplier/product fact base throughout the category management process. Coach suppliers throughout the category process to ensure active participation
- Performs strategic sourcing function for specified categories including negotiating, finding and onboarding new suppliers, conflict resolution and problem solving
- Prepare and make supplier award recommendations to senior sourcing leadership
- 7+ years of experience required. Significant experience within sourcing/procurement required. Expertise working within a retail, wholesale or distribution environment preferred
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Non Product Resume Examples & Samples
- Manage strategic relationships with major suppliers in Europe and Middle East to ensure continuity of goods, services and cost reductions
- Develop global / regional strategy for Non-Product category to drive cost reductions and supplier consolidation
- Negotiate Global/ Regional master supplier agreement. Ensure operational and commercial risks to business are fully understood and minimized
- Global/ Regional sourcing project execution
- Develop, champion, and ensure implementation of ideas that will optimize total cost of ownership
- Works closely with business stakeholders to understand their needs in detail both today and in the future
- Develop and drive negotiations strategies to achieve business goals and objectives
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management or equivalent field of study
- Significant experience in sourcing / procurement for direct / indirect spend
- SAP knowledge and experience required
- Analytical skill and result driven
- Strong communication and presentation skills working with all levels of the organization
- Self-motivated and ability to work independent as well with international and cross functional teams
- Must be able to demonstrate experience of Supply chain transformation initiatives
- Preference will be given to candidates who have previously worked in supply chain in the Oilfield Services industry
- APICS CPIM and / or CPSC certification
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Manages strategic sourcing initiatives, following a 7-step sourcing methodology
- Provides rigorous analysis of spend data and industry dynamics to prioritize and launch sourcing initiatives
- Gathers stakeholder and subject-matter expertise/insights and business requirements to ensure sourcing solutions meet business needs
- Prepares and presents business cases and should-cost models
- Identifies and pursues process re-engineering, value engineering, and demand management opportunities to increase efficiencies
- Manages the planning and launch of RFIs and RFPs
- Performs complex data analysis and build financial models (i.e. ROI, NPV, supplier scorecards, savings tracking, make vs. buy decision models)
- Contributes to negotiation strategy development and negotiation execution
- Manages supplier selection process and provides data to ensure informed selection decisions
- Establishes contract terms and conditions and coordinates with legal to execute optimal contracts with suppliers. Develops qualified, competitive sources of supply on a continuing basis through comprehensive financial and market review
- Assists in managing supplier relationships, tracking supplier performance, and
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business administration, logistics, finance, engineering or related discipline
- MBA or Master’s degree a plus
- CPM, CIRM or CPIM certification a plus
- Five plus years professional experience in Strategic Sourcing, operations or general management consulting, logistics or supply chain
- Retail / CPG experience preferred
- Experience sourcing a variety of Categories/Materials including any of the following
- Ability to develop relationships with key Business Partners
- Technology-savvy to leverage eProcurement and eSourcing tools including but not limited to: SAP, Ariba, Spend Analysis tools
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Ingredients Europe Resume Examples & Samples
- Assist Spend Area Manager with strategic planning and the execution of sourcing practices
- Execute end-to-end sourcing projects for less complex Spend Areas in alignment with the Spend Area Manager
- Assist and drive stakeholder alignment
- Coordinate operational interfacing and interactions
- Assist in supplier relationships
- Support margin agenda and days payable outstanding for the global sub spend areas
- University Degree in a relevant discipline
- Experience in Procurement, financial analysis, economics with cost models and negotiating supply contract pricings
- Understanding of Ingredients industry would be an asset
- Experience in Supplier Relationship Management
- Customer oriented mindset, strategic thinking & strong communication skills
- Fluency in English, other European language preferred
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Evaluate existing vendor base, to establish current state. Once established, define future state / “best in class” supply chain / supplier design requirements
- Interface with decentralized procurement teams to establish “local” manufacturing site inputs / requirements are aligned with center led strategy
- Produce a supplier rationalization program, with execution timeline
- Categorize, and define supplier spend with BCP (Business Continuity Plan), to manage risk, and liability
- Design, lead, negotiate, and implement multiyear Pall contracts (as applicable)
- Detailed understanding of macro-economic factors, technical / regulatory factors affecting, driving, and influencing category management
- Maximize “year over year” working capital improvements
- Ensure logistics model for “Total landed” cost of supply is maximized
- Support cross-functional efforts to reduce costs, standardize components through the VAVE process
- Business travel requirements up to 15%
- Bachelor’s degree in, Procurement, Engineering, Metallurgy, or related
- Minimum of 7 to 10 years of procurement / category management experience
- 3 years management experience
- Aerospace experience
- Highly effective communication and facilitation skills
- Proven negotiation skills, with demonstrated performance results
- Ability, to understand and formulate the business requirements for a commercial trade contract
- Conducted business travel outside of North American, current valid passport for travel
- Global sourcing experience for a global multinational manufacturing company
- Strong cultural sensitivity to manage relationships across global boundaries, and time zones
- STRONG leadership capabilities to deliver results and to build cross-cultural teams
- Tactical strength and abilities to support manufacturing
- Experience in leading Global Value Sourcing (China preferred) projects, “Cradle to Grave”
- Experienced with the usage of electronic sourcing tools for RFI, RFQ, Reverse Auction
- Knowledgeable of aerospace and defense programs, customers and products
- Ability to communicated effectively with all levels within customer
- Ability to develop relationships with customers
- Competent PC skill sets (Microsoft Office, CRM, etc.)
- Gregarious, out-going and energetic individual
- Entrepreneurial in nature
- External and internal customer focused
- Quality oriented
- Well spoken
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Manage cross functional vendor evaluations as part of the strategic sourcing process following standard sourcing and governance policies and processes
- Negotiate, execute and manage vendor contracts with a focus on maximizing Prudential’s buying power, service quality/performance and minimizing risk exposure
- Source requirements that cannot be met by an existing supplier
- Support the Vendor Enablement process by ensuring new vendors have been properly on-boarded including creating and maintaining vendor records, iSupplier access and obtaining required documentation to facilitate payment processes
- Manage contingent labor vendor relationships
- Act as a liaison in resolving issues between supplier and associates required to complete procurement transactions (e.g., vendor performance, expedited requests)
- Monitor vendor performance against contracted SLAs and KPIs
- Monitor procurement category reporting to identify non-compliant purchases and partner with associates and Business Units to educate and raise awareness of appropriate process for purchasing needed goods/services
- Partner with key stakeholders to ensure business needs are met
- Bachelor´s Degree in Business, Supply Chain or related discipline
- 5-7 years professional work experience with at least 3 years in a procurement and/or vendor management function
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Assistant Manager Strategic Sourcing Professional Services Indirect Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Team player with ability to negotiate and sustain strong relationship with suppliers and stakeholders
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, skilled problem-solver and multi-tasker
- Self-starter, resourceful with ability to research necessary data and information
- Successfully complete tasks and goals set by leadership
- Solid judgment with ability to make good decisions
- Advance working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Stratton Warren
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field
- 5+ years’ experience in the automotive service tool and equipment industry
- Two years’ history of sales-related activity in the automotive service industry
- Solid understanding of major categories of vehicle service equipment products
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with suppliers
- Proven experience achieving results in a matrix organization
- Ability to achieve results with minimal supervision
- Ability to travel as necessary to meet objectives
- Personal characteristics of particular importance are; approachability, responsiveness, enthusiasm, adaptability and flexibility
- PC skills relative to corporate and business unit applications and needs
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Program Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Knowledge of or experience in both digital and print publishing workflows, including editorial, design, and production
- Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement and outsourcing initiatives successfully, to assist teams in adapting to change, and to solve problems effectively
- Proficiency in the collection, analysis, and presentation of financial and non-financial data
- Ability to communicate clearly and comfortably in a variety of styles and settings and to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong leadership and influencing skills; ability to build relationships with internal customers and stakeholders
- Ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Supervision of 1 full-time employees
- Experience developing strategic sourcing strategies for Indirect Procurement of Information Technology products and services across the organization
- Problem solver who has the ability to quickly analyze a problem and determine accurate conclusions
- Strong mathematical, analytical, strategic and reasoning skills
- Demonstrated negotiation skills
- Ability to create and communicate complex business models and innovative solutions
- Ability to operate independently and communicate effectively with internal clients, peers and senior managers as well as external vendors
- Ability to travel an average of 20%
- 4-year degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, advanced degree a plus
- Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc) rarely
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Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Bachelor's degree required in business administration, finance, operations research, materials management, economics, or related discipline
- Minimum of (7) seven years of progressive, sourcing and contracting experience, including extensive experience developing and executing strategic sourcing plans
- Must possess excellent influencing skills as well as strong interpersonal communication skills for building relationships with internal stakeholders and supplier executives at all levels
- Must be a skilled negotiator with a proven ability to move negotiations forward to a supplier's best and final offer in the designated time frame for the project; and must be skilled at presenting in a live environment and achieving agreement with others, with a demonstrated ability to maintain grace under pressure in difficult negotiations
- Must possess a solid understanding of strategic sourcing fundamentals and a demonstrated track record of facilitating and executing successful sourcing initiatives; as well as a thorough understanding of contracting methods and procedures, techniques of specification and contract writing, purchasing law, and ethics and have the ability to read, analyze and negotiate high-level contracts
- Supply chain related certification
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Senior Sourcing Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead cross functional efforts to develop and implement sourcing strategies including cost reduction initiatives, new product development, supply base optimization and rationalization, quality improvements, risk assessments, and contract negotiations
- Provide leadership for cross functional teams to develop best in class strategic sourcing strategies for assigned suppliers and/or commodities in support of business objectives
- Lead the development and implementation of supplier and/or commodity strategy which will include spend/supply assessments, consolidation strategy, sourcing selection, financial and sourcing analyses
- Lead, create, negotiate, monitor and enforce a contract strategy for suppliers
- Develop relationships with key suppliers as well as other disciplines within the businesses. Represent the ‘voice of the supplier’ in the organization
- Provide leadership for new product launches; lead supplier selection, requests for quotes and insurance that suppliers are clear on product launch deliverables; collaborate with cross-functional teams for successful launch
- Assure cost standards are established for annual operating budgets
- 8+ years’ experience in planning, purchasing, or supply management with a focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development or equivalent relevant work experience in manufacturing and/or project management
- Demonstrated management, project management or other leadership experience
- 2+ years of manufacturing management, manufacturing engineering, buying, production planning or product development experience. Prefer FDA-regulated/aerospace/automotive industries experience
- Demonstrated, customer service, problem solving, communication, negotiation, tact, judgment, and organizational skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of procurement strategy and market drivers
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in contractual negotiations
- Demonstrated quantitative and analytical abilities
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment
- Demonstrated communication skills, both oral and written
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate difficult concepts to all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office suite of products, especially Excel and MS Project
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Develop, lead and execute on cost saving initiatives across the firm
- Oversee and Manage Travel Program and negotiate contracts for airlines, car services, and hotels
- Work with Department Managers to ensure that we are using the best vendors and obtaining competitive pricing for the products or services that we purchase
- Perform cost and scenario analysis to assist in purchasing decisions
- Work with AP function to roll out robust PO Process using the firms ERP system Workday
- Track and report key functional and financial metrics to reduce expenses and efficiency
- Train and partner with Department Managers to be better negotiators
- Leverage spend across vendors to obtain better pricing for commodity and routine services
- 2-3 years of experience plus a 4 year college degree is required
- BS degree in supply chain, logistics or business admin
- Excellent MS Excel skills – ability to work efficiently in Excel
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Strategic sourcing in management of external manufacturing / outsourcing business
- Invent negotiation strategies, benchmarking and secure profitable deals
- Contract negotiation management
- Determines and develops appropriate sources of supply and maintains contact with vendors and stay current with trends, technologies, products and services
- Manages of unique materials on excess / raw material buy back and monthly tracking
- Business travel to suppliers’ site is expected
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Ability to assemble, analyze, and evaluate data from multiple resources and assist analysts in the process
- Demonstrate ability to handle multiple priorities effectively and efficiently
- Assist with all data analytics required for the strategic sourcing process including RFI, RFP, and fact based negotiations
- Identify savings opportunities
- Provide education and training on analytical and strategic sourcing processes
- Manage a group of 3-10 analysts working on multiple categories
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts and key decision makers to develop data- driven metrics and strategies
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, or related field is required
- Experience in the Strategic Sourcing process
- Healthcare data analytic background preferred
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access, Essbase, Insight, Medhost, Lawson and other MMIS
- Emotional stability is needed to deal with stressful situations
- Ability to stand, sit and move from place to place
- Five to seven years of Materials Management experience at the Director level or higher is required
- Corporate experience in a multi-hospital setting is preferred
- Above average written and oral communication skills are necessary
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Manager Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Partner with Strategic Sourcing Leadership to create and execute a procurement and category plan that aligns to Company goals, policies and financial expectations
- Perform analysis of category spend to assist in the development of supply management and channel strategy for the category
- Identify future sourcing opportunities to obtain optimal value for JetBlue and their respective business unit including estimating the cost savings benefits for sourcing opportunities and evaluating Strategic Sourcing performance metrics (KPIs)
- Proactively monitor market intelligence trends that impact category and adapting strategy to mitigate risks
- Conduct high-level of stakeholder relationship management through regular meetings with business units, advising them on spend management and coordinate the execution of the agreed strategy, address Business Partner and other supply issues, monitor the progress of the agreed upon strategy
- Proactively develop and maintain Business Partner relationships in a way that delivers business results, tracks performance and ensures accountability (performance management) while upholding the JetBlue Values and compliance with all requirements, internal controls and regulations
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) Diploma
- Five (5) years of supply management, procurement, or equivalent experience
- Proficient in procurement and strategic sourcing processes
- Able to lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Able to liaise with peers and senior leaders both within and across business units
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Comfortable making presentations to senior leadership
- Proficient in financial, quantitative, and analytical skills
- Possesses strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills; track record capturing value and savings
- Strong project and internal relationship management skills, including stakeholder, timeline, and meeting management
- A flexible, dynamic, self-demanding and proactive individual; able to motivate him/herself and others
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, General Business, or related area
- Experience with sourcing of travel-related services
- Three (3) years of leadership experience
- Advanced financial analysis/Excel skills
- Experience supporting an Airline (or similar operations) environment
- Well-groomed and able to maintain a professional appearance
- Must be an appropriate organizational fit for the JetBlue culture, that is, exhibit the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun
- Uphold JetBlue’s safety performance metric goals and understand how they relate to their duties and responsibilities
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Tracking sourcing savings performance against annual targets and interfacing with Finance to link procurement impact with budget and forecasts
- Regularly conducting market analysis and peer-benchmarking, and staying informed on industry trends
- A minimum 3 years of relevant experience with sourcing, and managing suppliers, and
- Category experience with any of the following
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Drive sourcing activities,
- Category strategy and negotiations for multiple areas of spend within technology spend categories, including IT managed services, technology consulting, system implementation, software license agreements, data center and telecom
- Facilitate and lead cross-functional teams with key stakeholders to develop effective cost reduction and risk mitigation strategies as well as implementation plans while maintaining and improving internal client satisfaction
- Develop category strategies which outline and define the product, market, and supply strategies
- Work with business unit and function decision makers to decide on sourcing methodologies and strategies, factoring in market conditions and costs Assist BU and function leaders in implementing category strategies
- Know the supply market and sourcing savings opportunities as they relate to assigned sourcing categories Develop and maintain network across Western Union globally and specifically with all levels of the GoTech (IT) and Service Provider Governance organizations
- Deliver total cost of ownership reductions, as well as year-over-year productivity improvements while maintaining or improving product quality and supplier service levels
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing / Procurement Resume Examples & Samples
- Negotiate national and regional contracts for direct and indirect spend categories
- Primary categories may include: Office & Janitorial Supplies, Common Carriers, Corporate Travel, Furniture/Fixtures/Equipment, Corporate Travel Program, Record Storage, Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
- Heavy category management – drive formulary standards, ongoing volume forecasting, perform market assessments, seek out operational improvements through data analysis and act as a point of escalation and resolve major service issues
- Develop short and long term strategies for each contract and product category
- Proactively manage down the costs of assigned categories by executing various sourcing strategies
- Proactively identify and achieve savings opportunities and operational improvements
- Monitor compliance with DaVita’s product formularies and ensure contact terms are met
- Conduct RFP processes and work with legal team to put new contracts in place
- Work with cross functional teams to evaluate new products for use in our dialysis centers
- Drive operational changes in support of process improvements & clinical initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Business with 5 years business experience in Healthcare preferred
- Strong analytical skills - advanced excel and ability to think analytically. This position involves working with a vast amount of data to drive decisions
- Ability to develop strategic plans, recommended course of action and implement
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. The position requires a have high level of interaction with teammates in various departments and at all levels throughout DaVita, including senior management, and extensive interactions with key vendor partners
- Strong negotiating skills, knowledge of legal contracts and experience with RFPs and competitive bidding processes
- Excellent computer skills in Excel, PowerPoint & Word
- Personal values in line with DaVita’s values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment & Fun
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Manager Strategic Sourcing & SRM Road Network Resume Examples & Samples
- Educated to degree or BA level in Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain, Procurement/Strategic Sourcing
- Demonstrated equivalent experience in on or more of the above mentioned functional areas (~8+ years)
- Strategic sourcing and negotiations experience (including contracts)
- Ability to think strategically, develop & deploy strategies to drive End-to-End (E2E) value for J&J in EMEA
- A hands-on mentality, demonstrating autonomy and showing the ability to prioritize work and meet strict
- Deadlines
- Customer- and Result-orientation
- Strong project management competence
- Process oriented mindset (process excellence) and able to manage complexity and change
- Ability to work in a matrix organization00001AL4
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Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead categories in Strategic Sourcing to meet or exceed the planned category and/or department goals
- Create, review, amend, approve, finalize RFI, RFP, and Contract or pricing proposals
- Collaborate with business owners to manage company/facility contract expiration dates
- Draft and conduct contract strategy meetings to identify issues, facilitate pricing discussions, incorporate measureable KPI’s and obtain leadership approval in a timely manner
- Extract data to determine profitability and charge maximization of clinical procedures and supplies
- Provide education and training as needed to the hospital Materials Managers and/or corporate staff
- Work with Corporate Clinical teams to solicit and promote best practices and supply standardization
- Complete special projects as assigned by department, division, facility C-Suite, and/or corporate senior leadership
- Data analytics skills required for the strategic sourcing process including RFI, RFP, strategy development, and fact based negotiations
- Identify, communicate, execute savings opportunities; track savings thereafter
- Ability to identify and solve problems; demonstrated understanding of acute healthcare setting
- Ability to manage internal and external communications across category team and would with key stakeholders (eg clinical, finance, operations, and legal)
- Contract management experience agreements working with key stakeholders; ability to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, corporate policies and business unit procedures
- Manage supplier performance and lead business reviews to include contract compliance, rebates, product, or/or service issues
- Achieve annual synergy savings targets for the company as identified by senior management
- Work with hospital C-Suite Teams on Implementation of Savings initiatives
- Work with Corporate Division Management Leadership regarding Savings Programs
- Strong verbal and written skills and ability to communicate complex data in a way that others can easily follow
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or related field is preferred
- Experience in the Strategic Sourcing process preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel required
- Experience with other database software (Essbase, Access, etc) preferred
- Experience with HPG/GPO, Insight, Medhost, Lawson and other MMIS
- Excellent negotiating and persuasive skills
- Healthcare experience is a plus
- Corporate experience and/or multi-hospital setting is a plus
- Lawson reporting tools is a plus
- HPG/GPO reporting tools is a plus
- Experience in information technology (IT) preferred