WM

Area Project Manager, Supply Chain

WM

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Iowa

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Location preference; Twin Cities Metropolitan area (Minneapolis/St. Paul).
  • This Area Supply Chain Project Manager (ASCPM) position is responsible for performing tasks relating to strategic management of suppliers towards performance, cost and compliance goals. Work with Strategic Sourcing Managers and Area Supply Chain leaders to qualify new Suppliers, negotiate pricing and manage the performance of Suppliers. Provide support to internal customers and participate in special projects and activities that enhance the department’s effectiveness.
  • Market Area or Regional in scope: It is expected the person will be involved with Enterprise initiatives, may back up an Area Supply Chain Manager and is very knowledgeable on the whole procurement process.
  • Establish the sourcing strategy, or assist Strategic Sourcing for assigned spend categories. Once a sourcing strategy has been developed, the ASCPM will help communicate, monitor and manage business unit compliance with the strategy. The ASCPM will also establish working relationships with cross-functional teams (with other ASCPMs and functional subject matter experts), bringing a strategic sourcing perspective to all key processes.
  • Build up and maintain overall supplier & internal customer relationship. Work with key stakeholders to deploy effective procurement strategies for select spend categories and to increase the ability to leverage volume and spend.
  • The ASCPM will cooperate with and provide market area input to Corporate Strategic Sourcing Manager(s) as needed.
  • Facilitate area RFPs and continually search for opportunities to reduce bottom line cost at the area level.
  • Monitor and report the local performance of suppliers. Supplier performance will be tracked, reported and managed by the ASCPM. Formal and informal review procedures will be developed to provide feedback to suppliers and ensure that supplier performance issues are quickly addressed.
  • Measure, track & report supply chain performance within each spend category. ASCPM will identify sources of data for required performance metrics, create a process to collect the data, and champion the actual collection efforts. Each quarter, the ASCPM will report to their Area Supply Chain Manager performance data for their assigned commodities. The ASCPM will conduct and support the supplier business review in region.
  • Support Supplier Development and Continuous Improvement in Region.
  • The ASCPM will team up cross-functional teams to look for year over year improvements in: total cost of ownership, value-added services and contract compliance.
  • Maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with other ASCPMs, business units, suppliers, market experts, and enterprise/regional liaisons. Know and apply value chain and value stream concepts.
  • This job has no supervisory duties, but may occasionally act as a team lead.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree (accredited) in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience.
  • Experience: Five (5) years of relevant work experience in procurement/supply chain or related experience (in addition to education requirement).
  • CASCPM desirable.
  • Financial analysis, project management, and purchasing experience required.