Strategic Sourcing Manager

Job Summary:

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing all elements of strategic procurement throughout the organization. This includes driving the development and execution of sourcing strategies. The Strategic Procurement Manager will also develop key business partnerships and deliver value through innovative sourcing strategies that support the goals and objectives of the organization.

Location: Onsite (Streetsboro, OH Headquarters)

Job Duties:

• Develop and oversee execution of sourcing strategies for all Direct Material commodities and Indirect/MRO. Once a sourcing strategy has been developed, the Strategic Procurement Manager will ensure communication and management of business unit compliance with the strategy as well as development of supplier contracts, agreements, and or leases to support strategies.
• Lead supplier selection, assessment, and contract negotiation processes, ensuring compliance with Step 2’s policies and risk management protocols
• Be subject matter expert in support of Step 2’ sourcing strategies, supplier relationships and program management.
• Ensures analysis and relevant analytical tasks to support and justify sourcing direction.
• Remain current on supply market trends, supplier economics, and best practice sourcing. Communicate and educate internal customers on the market trends.
• Utilize commodity knowledge, supplier’s relative positioning, and market trends to negotiate the best cost for Step2; build that knowledge into the team’s purchasing practices.
• Responsible for Global Supplier Management. On an ongoing basis, the Strategic Procurement Manager will lead the evaluation of supplier performance (quality, delivery, service levels) of all suppliers.
• Implement Should Cost Modeling for R&D and New Product Development preliminary costing process.
• Work closely with internal teams to drive enterprise-level procurement solutions and increase supplier management effectiveness
• Responsible for identifying, establishing, designing, and sharing best practices with the Procurement team.
• Acts as an escalation point for supplier performance &/or compliance issues.
• Develops supplier selection criteria tools and facilitates team members through a disciplined strategic sourcing process focused on maximizing total value.
• Ensure all contractual terms and conditions comply with standard or other contract changes are formally reviewed and approved by the legal department.
• Support the career development of key roles through mentoring and visible leadership.
• Create high-performing, integrated sourcing team that is committed to delivering sustainable operational excellence.
• Manage and coach teams on their performance, progress and developmental goals including analyzing strengths, and areas of opportunity for growth into actionable career development plans.

Qualifications and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or associated field of study
• 5 years of related work experience
• Strong written communication and presentation skills
• Self -motivated, driven, and assertive, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and impactful results.
• Dynamic collaborator who can succeed and grow in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Strong MS Excel skills
• Proven negotiation skills
• Experience with strategy creation and implementation for multiple types of commodities.
• Technical problem solving, including but not limited to ability to work through difficult challenges, including the full procurement cycle from sourcing, negotiations, legal requirements and internal systems updates.
• Ability to track and successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Comfort with high degrees of ambiguity and changing environments.
• Oracle experience highly preferred