Senior Manager, Sourcing
Acuity International
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Sources proposal and program needs, developing bid matrix, making recommendations and leading supplier communications.
- Manages and maintains supplier relationships while creating key supplier relations.
- Negotiates vendor terms and pricing.
- Triages supplier performance and delivery issues, ensuring a consistent supply chain.
- Ensure compliance with all organizations’ policies and procedures, terms and conditions (T&C’s) and legal requirements which will mitigate compliance and risk management during the procurement process.
- Continuously assess and improve procurement processes, implement best practices and leverage technology to streamline operations.
- Promote ethical procurement practices and explore opportunities to enhance sustainability across the supply chain.
- Participate in trade fairs to represent Acuity, connect with market intelligence, and grow Acuity’s vendor base.
- Issues purchase orders, negotiate purchase contracts, and create change orders as necessary.
- Manages material warranties and return/exchange processes.
- Works with the Growth department to review pipeline and strategically plan vendor base.
- Manages procurement schedules (coordinating with Logistics and Operations) to ensure the timely delivery of materials and services.
- Develops, runs, and provides reports, metrics, and KPIs as necessary.
- Creates and adjusts policies and procedures as necessary.
- Leads and attends meeting with different programs to ensure their needs are being met and/or identify solutions to ensure their needs will be met. This can include creating and presenting data and/or presentations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business or related field and
- 10+ years of related experience, or 15+ years of relevant experience in procurement with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
- Proven track record of successful vendor negotiations.
- Strong understanding of global supply chains and market dynamics.
- Strong understanding of procurement best practices, processes and tools.
- Strong understanding of prime contract requirements, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR).
- Strong multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to develop effective relationships internally and externally.
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills to deal effectively with other functions to identify and solve problems.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Comfortable working with executives and representing functional plans and priorities to senior leaders.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Basic computer skills which also includes the ability to use Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Benefits
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Hard skills
vendor negotiationsprocurement processessupply chain managementcontract managementcompliance managementdata analysisKPI developmentrisk managementsustainability practicesmarket intelligence
Soft skills
multi-taskingtime-managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillscommunication skillsnegotiation skillsinfluencing skillsrelationship buildingpresentation skills