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Summary:

Perform and support supplier engagements for internal customers throughout the supplier lifecycle.Utilize and guide stakeholders through established processes and systems that meet best in class standardsestablishedby Procurement leadership.The engagements include but are not limited to sourcing suppliers, running competitive bids with RFPs, preparing contract negotiation strategies with all relevant business requirements including cost and TCO modeling, contract lifecycle management, supplier relationship management, through off boarding or supplier terminations.Support assigned business units with category of spend strategies that tie into new supplier intake reviews, decreasing supplier base,decreasecost run rates, and aligning business requirements with the supply base.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited university in a Business or Finance Related Field

Responsibilities:

• Demonstratedexperience in supplier management, commodity management, category of spend management with increasing levels of responsibilitiesat the highest levelacross all indirect categories of spend

• An advanced understanding ofcontracting, contracting elements, fundamentals, and contract negotiations.Demonstrated experience and abilities to lower overall cost run rates through contracting.

• Advanced experience withestablishingand maintaining categories of spend strategies

• Advancedexperience with analytical and analysis processes, developing TCO models, pivot tables, and other excel experience for baseline comparisons of data and analysis

• Advancedexperience running RFx's, supplierselection, and managing stakeholdersthroughthe entire process.

• Advanced experience with project management,demonstratedproject management skills within the Source to Pay lifecycle.

• Advanced experience working with senior leaders and the ability to manage them as stakeholders as well as influence decision making.

• Advanced experience with presenting to senior and executive management on analysis of data for decision making.

• Advanced demonstrated experience supporting business units with supplier management issues, supplier performance, and supplier relationship issues.

• Advanced experience with supplier reduction strategies through acquisitions and mergers.

• Thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving work environment.

• Utilize logic and reasoning toidentifythe strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions,conclusionsor approaches toproblems.

• Communicate to others to convey information effectively as well as communicating effectively in writing asappropriate forthe needs of theaudience.

• Incorporate your knowledge of shared services industry trends, directions,major issues, regulatoryconsiderationsand trendsetters.

• Incorporate your knowledge of and ability toutilizeprocesses, tools, and techniques for detecting,addressingand preventing fraudulentsituations.

• Utilize your creativity and alternative thinking to developnew ideasfor and answers to work-related problems.

• Consider the relative risks and benefits of potential actions to choose the mostappropriate one.

• Be a financial steward on how money will be spent to get the work done, account for expenses compared to budget and potential budgetimpacts.

• Understands motivating, developing, and directing people as they work,identifyingthe best people for thejob.

• Utilize your ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others andmaintainingthem over time.

• Incorporate a customer service-oriented function, actively looking for ways to help people.

• Knowledge of functions,featuresand applications of Microsoft Office; ability to use the cross-functional features of its applications to enhance overall organizationalefficiency.

Basic Requirements:

• 5-8 years of experience with supplier management, commodity management, or managing categories ofspend.

• 5-8 years of experience in the financial services industry

• 5-8 years of experience with sourcing and contract life cycle management systems

Preferred Requirements:

• 10-15 years of relevant work experience as a supplier manager

• 10-15 years with relevant Financial Services Industry experience

• 10-15 years of experience working with sourcing and contract life cycle management systems

• Additional Certifications in Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management, or Commodity Management.examplesinclude ASCM(APICS), CPSM, CSMP, etc...