• Strategy Development: develops and implements sourcing strategies for specific subcategories. This includes identifying cost-saving opportunities, improving efficiency, and managing risks as well as designing and executing large scale tenders to maximize spend leverage at the appropriate level (regionally)
• Supplier Relationship Management: owns the supplier relationship and will be responsible for the governance and action plans required to effectively manage those relationships, negotiate contracts, and ensure suppliers meet their contractual obligations. The category lead will also identify and assess potential new suppliers.
• Market Analysis: conducts market research to understand trends, identify potential new suppliers, and assess risks and opportunities in the supply market.
• Cost Management: works to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. This can involve negotiating better prices, finding more efficient suppliers, or implementing new programs or processes to reduce or eliminate operational wastes.
• Stakeholder management: partners with stakeholders to integrate sourcing and procurement earlier into the source to pay process and align category strategies with business needs to ensure category strategy compliance.
• Training and development: acts as a mentor, coach and leader within the team
• A member of the “help chain”: handles and resolves conflicts which may arise with stakeholders and suppliers to maintain the strategy, stakeholder and supplier relationships while preventing business disruptions.
• Champions safety, quality, delivery and cost with suppliers to ensure requirements are met consistently

• At least 5-8 years of experience required in sourcing and procurement.
• Self-directed, able to prioritize/manage a high level of issues and tasks, and work in a team-oriented environment.
• Very strong interpersonal skills. The ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, influence change, and to “open doors” are essential for success.
• Supplier contracting experience. Knowledge of key sections, common red line areas and reasonable fallback positions.
• Basic understanding of the financial cost structure associated with a supply chain.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Microsoft Suite proficiency: Outlook, Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, To Do, One Drive

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without restriction. For this position we are not sponsoring or taking over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Frequent sitting and operation of the computer while