What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager, Procurement Operations position at Alphia?
Job Description:
The Senior Manager Procurement Operations will oversee a category of materials, execute the strategy of procurement through a cascade of activities. Senior Manager will partner with internal customers and will interact with suppliers, transportation services, and other procurement team members. Position is remote with responsibilities added as needed within the scope of the categories.
Essential Job Duties:
- Advocate category optimization strategies to align across locations, team members, and buying groups of materials
- Provide leadership within the procurement team to focus on efficiencies, cost savings opportunities.
- Develop and lead routines to drive the measurement of cycle time, lead time and order fulfillment
- Collaborate with materials teams to improve cost avoidance/savings through root cause analysis methods.
- Collaborate with other functions as necessary to solve supply chain issues.
- Provide data analysis regarding market trends and conditions for assigned category(ies).
- Adhere to and provide input into sourcing, supplier selection, and negotiation process.
- Develop and implement ideas to model and optimize Total Cost of Ownership.
- Help identify areas of overlapping sourcing and drive to solutions across organizational groups.
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure business requirements are met and shepherd contracts through execution.
Qualifications:
- Education: College level completion preferred. Bachelors or better in procurement or related field
- Experience: 7-10 years of Procurement experience
- Experience leading large multi-site food procurement operations.
- Positive, proactive, self-directed approach
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work in a fast, efficient environment with cross-functional teams
- Experience leading and facilitating change
- Masterful relationship builder and negotiator. Able to balance short-term and long-term approaches.
- Drives for Results / Ensures Accountability – sets aggressive goals, translates strategy into execution, promote a sense of urgency, and persist in the face of challenges and setbacks.
- Drives Engagement (Influencing across functions/regions) – creates a positive and motivating work environment where contributions are visible and valued.
Alphia is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
