Mgr-Strategic Sourcing

Job Description

Our Global Sourcing Team is seeking a highly capable Strategic Sourcing Manager to provide strategic and tactical procurement leadership across the organization. In this role, you will leverage a fact-based and analytical approach to work across business units and across functions to develop initiatives to reduce costs, support growth opportunities, and improve service and quality. Refine processes to optimize efficiency from purchase order through remittance.

• Category management responsibilities include market research, strategic sourcing, complex contract negotiation, and strategy compliance, with annual spend levels up to $50MM annually.
• Responsibilities include managing a staff of up to four (4) associates.
• Responsibilities include addressing difficult problems with minimal supervision.
• Ensure department duties are performed in accordance with legal, ethical, and policy guidelines.
• Develop, implement, and manage organizational development strategies and talent management initiatives to optimize long-term team effectiveness.
• Develop, implement, and manage efficient process workflows to optimize workforce productivity.
• Flawlessly execute tactical responsibilities (procure to pay) to consistently meet or exceed business unit requirements as it relates to quality, timing, cost and service.
• Drive value generation activities through the identification and implementation of cost-out and innovation initiatives.
• Manage market intelligence research efforts to define, implement, and refine category strategies, ensuring category expertise is maintained across all market segments in which AG participates.

Required Length & Type of

Experience:

4+ years in related field preferred.

• Demonstrates excellent collaboration, influencing, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives in partnership with Finance, Legal, Operations, and Business Unit stakeholders.
• Utilizes sound judgment in conjunction with fact-based, analytical methodologies to drive the decision-making process.
• Demonstrates the ability to plan and execute multiple priorities in a manner that optimizes resources and results in timely and predictable results.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage talent to ensure long term team continuity and effectiveness.
• Demonstrates the ability to foster creative thinking in teams that drive innovative initiatives.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, MS Office, sourcing tools and advanced spend analytics.
• Experience assessing and mitigating supplier risk & ensuring continuity of supply.

B.A. in Business or equivalent. MBA preferred.

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