Director, Strategic Sourcing
- Basking Ridge, NJ, United States
- Full-Time Supply Chain
- Job # 535562
- Date posted - 2019-11-22
What you’ll be doing...
The Director for Strategic Sourcing is responsible for establishing a vision and direction for the Strategic Sourcing team across the enterprise. The Director will be responsible for partnering with the Category Intelligence team and executing global category sourcing strategies (Property & Logistics, Corporate Services) for spend of approximately $10 billion initially and more through increased responsibility. The Director will manage 5-8 direct reports and be responsible for an organization of 60-80 employees.
Reporting to the Vice President, the director will enhance organizational performance through category strategy deployment, executing sourcing events, driving effective and efficiency, driving day-to-day stakeholder engagement, spend management and optimizing value to drive towards world class performance. This position has visibility to mid and high level executives.
Director will be expected to:
- Execute Business Relationship Management and contribute to the strategic direction of the organization with mid to high level executives by partnering on business and category strategies to ensure operational excellence.
- Partner with Category Intelligence and ensure the effective implementation of category sourcing strategies to harness economies of scale, drive economic value, and enable business growth.
- Lead strategic negotiations across the enterprise with vendors/suppliers/partners and ensure proper contracting. Develop Master Service agreements, Scopes of Work, and Contracts with suppliers and ensure appropriate addendums are handled at the local level.
- Responsible for delivering against sourcing metrics (savings, cash, responsiveness, compliance, etc.)
- Build a diverse, high performing team. Coach, mentor, and develop outstanding sourcing talent across the organization. Accountable for building a team that can enable and keep pace with the business
- Ensure compliance with proper procedures, policies, systems and controls; manage approvals and governance
- Understand, recommend and deploy best practices. Drive continuous improvement with focus on the stakeholder experience
- Build and leverage strong relationships and networks both within and outside the organization. Use personal influence skills rather than position power to persuade others and gain support
- Additional responsibilities to meet business needs as identified
What we’re looking for...
- 10+ years relatedexperience
- Bachelor’s degree in a Business or Technical area or equivalent experience. Master’s degree preferred
- Strong understanding of the supplier landscape, costs associated with categories and different contract structures used in the industry
- Problem solving & demonstrated leadership with the ability to drive change
- Proven track record of developing effective operational teams
- High enthusiasm towards learning about new products, solutions and technology trends
- Demonstrated competency in communication and presentation skills; able to interact effectively with internal and external audiences at all levels
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional/category teams to achieve strategic initiatives and work independently through complex assignments
- Proficiency working with large amounts of data to synthesize a picture
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills
- Strong conflict resolution, negotiating and facilitation skills
- Highly developed critical thinking and analytical skills
- Proven ability to independently organize and prioritize multiple complex assignments and projects, and successfully drive them to completion within the required timeframe
- Self-starter; proven success working in a highly dynamic, deadline-driven environment
Additional Professional Experience and Qualifications:
- Lean Six Sigma or Procurement related certification
- Experience in using Design Thinking, Sprints and similar process enhancement techniques
- Experience in leveraging automated systems to drive value and operational efficiency (i.e. Ariba Guided Buying)
When you join Verizon...
You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far.
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