Sourcing/Commodity Manager
NetApp
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Morrisville • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $120,000 - $155,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
RPA
About the role
- Sourcing Execution of strategic sourcing projects in designated business units, working with the business unit customers, and Business Sourcing Partners which includes but is not limited to drafting of agreements, Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) documentation with limited direction using traditional or e-sourcing applications.
- Ensuring Sourcing Managers as well as Contracting and Sourcing Analysts follow the category strategy
- Participates in post sourcing project reviews and project evaluations
- Implements change management strategies within designated business units to increase utilization of best practices sourcing and procurement solutions
- Participates in standardized relationship management processes globally for designated business area(s)
- Develops an understanding of the designated business unit market strategy and in coordination with the Business Sourcing Partners, proactively identifies individual spend category strategies that will allow to meet aggressive cost reduction targets
- Assists the Business Sourcing Partner in business unit capacity and demand planning forecasting customer business unit demand for GSS services
- Negotiation of global preferred supplier agreements
- Maintains the contracting database and feeds the SRM system
- Provides feedback on procurement processes and work streams
- Creates and approves work orders, tracks and reports status of sourcing projects
- Creates and maintains Category cards detailing overall category strategies, preferred vendors and business unit requirements for PR2PO execution
- Reviews procurement requests outside category card guidelines and approves waivers when applicable
- Has deep process skills; an understanding of process costs, and the ability to work with operations and the tactical sourcing team to ensure effective operations and agreed upon service levels.
- Propose efficiencies improvement through Robotic Process Automation
Requirements
- MBA/Bachelor of Arts or Sciences Degree required, or equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience as an individual contributor
- At least 5 years of experience leading projects including managing resources, directing others work, setting deadlines and monitoring status (globally preferred)
- Significant prior experience in all elements of sourcing and category management for indirect services, including professional services.
- Experience conducting strategic sourcing for indirect spend categories
- Experience in drafting of agreements, (RFI), (RFP) and (RFQ) documentation with limited direction using traditional or e-sourcing applications.
- Proven negotiations skills
- Ability to develop and analyze business cases, spend analytics, financial models and translate data into convincing information
- Strong Project Management skills with the ability to lead, prioritize activities, and manage multiple critical projects
- Effective written and verbal communication and influencing skills (both internally with customers, and the supplier community)
- Ability to collaborate and partner with others internally and with designated business unit customers
- Knowledge of productivity and service level measures and methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, critical projects is required.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement or Pension Plans
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Various Leave options
- Performance-Based Incentives
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Restricted stocks (RSU’s)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
strategic sourcingcategory managementdrafting agreementsRFIRFPRFQnegotiationspend analyticsfinancial modelsRobotic Process Automation
Soft skills
project managementcommunicationcollaborationinfluencingleadershipprioritizationanalytical skillschange managementrelationship managementproblem-solving
Certifications
MBABachelor of ArtsBachelor of Sciences