Sr. Procurement Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Developing deep knowledge and experience within assigned spend management responsibilities
• Developing spend/performance and external market analyses to monitor category performance and identify performance improvement opportunities
• Developing spend and savings/performance improvement forecasts to monitor progress and ensure goals are achieved
• Developing plans to capture identified opportunities
• Defining category requirements through collaborative efforts with respective stakeholder groups
• Collaborating with stakeholder groups to develop consensus on the appropriate category plans and priorities
• Leading performance improvement initiatives defined by the category plan including strategic sourcing and other performance improvement initiatives
• Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross functional strategic sourcing/performance improvement teams as needed/prescribed by category plans to achieve savings and performance targets (e.g. reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership, meeting supplier diversity goals)
• Leading negotiations with suppliers as needed
• Maintaining critical supplier agreements including renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking and resolution Supplier Management responsibilities include:
• Developing and maintaining supplier criticality ratings and managing resulting critical supplier relationships
• Managing supplier relationships including conducting Quarterly Business Reviews with critical suppliers and company Executive Sponsors Stakeholder Management responsibilities include:
  • Developing successful partnerships with key stakeholders / business partners to achieve desired results
  • Developing and managing cross-functional category management and strategic sourcing teams as needed
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to drive needed decisions to achieve desired results

Qualification & Requirements

• Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with others
• Experience leading cross-functional teams
• Ability to build support and consensus
• Proven financial acumen and analytical abilities Preferred: MBA
• Certified Procurement Manager (CPM)
• Three years of leadership experience
• Experience managing large supplier agreements
• Experience working in a Shared Services organization
• Supply Chain experience in the utility industry
• Knowledgeable in category management and strategic sourcing practices
• Qualifications:
  • Contracting experience – 7-10 years
  • Intermediate to senior level
  • RFP – 7-10 years
  • Bidding & negotiations experience
  • Direct Experience, non-IT
  • Construction experience, large projects
• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or equivalent work-related experience

Benefits

MWResource offers medical, dental and vision coverage through Capital Blue Cross, short- and long-term disability coverage, employer paid life insurance, and participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants.