Branch Support Manager
Wells Fargo
Senior Manager, Category
Air Methods
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Greenwood Village • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $108,500 - $135,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Procurement professional experienced in sourcing process improvement, achieving corporate savings, and mitigating risk through supplier relationship management.
- Lead cross-functional teams to develop, prioritize and execute strategic sourcing projects for assigned category areas including sourcing strategy, negotiations, and supplier selection and implementation
- Conduct analysis for category improvement opportunities (e.g., market research) and implement non-sourcing category projects (e.g., demand management and supplier solution implementation)
- Develop strategies to achieve cost savings and improve quality and service levels by identifying opportunity areas such as product standardization and supplier consolidation
- Oversee all spend activity and purchase requests and determine proper action plan for all purchases that meet the procurement involvement threshold (e.g., strategically source, tactically source, user purchase)
- Provide procurement subject matter expertise to the associated business/function group and sourcing specialists or seek out expertise from business/function
- Effectively work with functional and business groups as a trusted advisor to determine desired product/service specifications and projected demand when making recommended action plans
- Proactively identify improvement opportunities for assigned category areas and recommend key actions to the appropriate stakeholders. Lead implementation of solutions and ensure ongoing adherence.
- Drive use of procurement best practices and standardization of procurement processes while minimizing supply risk
- Work within Supply Chain and the business to ensure that all spend above established thresholds are managed strategically
- Combine all spend information into yearly plans and long-term forecasts for costs, savings targets, and planned projects
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (BS/BA) from four-year college or university and ten or more years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Ten (10) years of Strategic Sourcing/Procurement experience, Performance Measurement, Contract Negotiation, Project Management, Category Management, Business Analysis, Change Management experience
- 7-10 years of industry and category specific experience in one of the following categories: Aircraft Parts & Services, Fuel, Medical Supplies, MRO, IT, Corporate and Professional Services, Transportation and Logistics, Real Estate, Facilities
- Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing methodology with pragmatism to manage exceptions
- Ability to develop category and sourcing strategies by identifying opportunity areas
- Track record of effectively directing and leveraging procurement spend by leading cross-functional teams
- Experience managing and maintaining strong supplier relationships
- Strong leadership presence and negotiation/contract management experience
- Knowledge and experience with procurement/spend systems data and analysis
- Strong interpersonal and management capabilities to coach and develop Sourcing Specialists/Analysts, as needed
- Must have strong organizational skills
- Strong problem solving, analytical and report summation, and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to apply change management and consulting skills/knowledge and expertise
- Team-building, high degree of business acumen, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Proficiency in Source-to-Pay tools (e.g., Coupa).
Benefits
- For more information on our industry-leading benefits, please visit our benefits page here.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Strategic SourcingProcurementContract NegotiationProject ManagementCategory ManagementBusiness AnalysisChange ManagementPerformance MeasurementSupplier Relationship ManagementData Analysis
Soft skills
LeadershipInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsConflict ResolutionCoachingTeam BuildingBusiness AcumenCommunication