Strategic Sourcing Manager

San Diego, CA

Position Title: Strategic Sourcing Manager
Department: Indirect Procurement
Reports To: Vice President, Indirect Procurement

Position Purpose:

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead sourcing initiatives for specific areas or specific categories. This position will be responsible for delivering category management activities to include strategic sourcing, client stakeholder management, supplier performance management, supply market monitoring, continuous improvement and ongoing cost reductions, supplier review and issue resolution.

• Own, develop, manage and executive programs for all assigned commodities. Prepare strategic plans and manage the planning of RFIs and RFPs as contracts expire. Competitively bid and negotiate purchase requests to reduce overall acquisition costs. Prepare purchase orders and contracts in accordance with the approved policies and procedures, ensuring that such commitments are within budget.
• Work collaboratively with internal clients and suppliers to quantify requirements, timing and scope to fully manage supply chains in assigned categories.
• Evaluate suppliers based on qualitative and quantitative data gathered regarding performance, quality, competitive pricing and service level metrics and review this data with the suppliers, establishing goals.
• Investigate, analyze, and forecast developments in the industries of assigned categories of materials as to market conditions, price trends, new products, production methods and processes. Build expertise on the commodities assigned and the operations of the suppliers.
• Prepare financial analysis for assigned commodities and for special projects and develop cost reduction plans which include scope, timing and responsible parties by task.
• Maintain visibility into business partners’ needs. Lead, guide and manage internal clients with regard to details on specifications, service level agreements (SLAs,) Statement of Work (SOW,) deliveries and costs. Challenge business partners to consider additional cost effective strategies.
• Perform fact-based analysis to allow for objective decision making, including total cost of ownership (TCO) opportunities.
• Establish savings and process re-engineering goals and drive implementation.
• Lead competitive bid process, negotiation strategy development and conduct negotiations with suppliers.
• Negotiate contract terms for master agreements, schedules and amendments in conjunction with legal and business partners.
• Create secondary supply strategies for critical products and services and lead identification and development of long term alternate sources.
• Oversee the supplier qualification process. Lead supplier on-barding activities, training and coordination for all new suppliers.
• Manage value-engineering changes with supplier, communicating timelines and obsolescence costs to business partners to facilitate decision making.
  

This position requires the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Procurement. Master’s Degree preferred.
• 5 to 8 years of procurement and supplier management experience and demonstrated track record in successfully developing, negotiating and managing multimillion dollar complex contracts.
• Equivalent combination of experience, training and education may be considered.
• Experience developing moderately complex cost and financial models with financial accounting.
• Strong drive for continuous process and productivity improvement with experience in six sigma and lean initiatives.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to develop successful relationships with internal and external customers.
• Excellent communications skills with the proven ability to lead, influence and motivate others.
• Experience sourcing goods and services
  
  

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February 19, 2008