Procurement

• Monitor and report on vendor performance for RiverSource Insurance and Annuity Business
• Coach and partner with vendors and business partners to address issues and performance gaps
• Interact with business leaders to problem solve vendor issues/incidents leading to a satisfactory resolution
• Provide strategic leadership on vendor management best practices while ensuring the Ameriprise's interests are covered
• Plan, coach, review performance, and monitor vendors
• Coach business partners and participate where needed in periodic vendor reviews and perform due diligence functions
• Perform Quality Analysis on business partner vendor management processes within area and publishes results quarterly for reporting purposes
• Assess trends in complaints/issues with the vendor(s) and provide coaching on service performance
• Monitor Vendor Incidents and take appropriate action
• Establish Action Plans with business partners for vendor(s) as needed
• Provide strategic level leadership regarding vendor management best practices
• Coordinate and participate in the RFI/RFP process and contract negotiations, when requested
• Coordinate and monitor vendor risk assessment reviews with vendors and business owners
• Work with vendors to address findings and when necessary, create exception requests for review by senior leaders
• Responsible for invoicing, rebates, incentives/credits and service level agreement monitoring and auditing

Manager, Vendor Management

• Supports the sourcing and contracting function at the enterprise level ensuring that supply, equipment, and services contracts are appropriately managed and are accurately maintained.
• Leads the contract lifecycle process.
• Works with clinical and administrative leadership at all system sites, leads or participates in cross-functional multi-site decision teams from initial requirements definition through the contract award process.

Contract Management Specialist

• Participate in development and execution of category sourcing strategies that align with business stakeholder priorities.
• Utilize data and analytics, project management, and communications skills to administer sourcing process and develop reporting, while leveraging Supply Chain resources.
• Support risk mitigation efforts and ongoing supplier performance monitoring activities to ensure category strategy adherence.
• Develop foundational contracting and negotiation skills.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and Supply Chain team.
• Ensure compliance with supplier safety, risk assessments, and other supplier programs.
• Support Category Managers with data and reporting and category administration, while learning foundational category management skills.
• Perform analysis of contracts, supply & demand, market and commodity trends (including total cost of ownership and should-cost modeling), contributing to category strategies.
• Monitor industry information, trends, and supplier risk profiles to ensure category strategy remains in line with best practices while supporting business requirements.
• Support development and execution of sourcing events, including coordinating the evaluation of proposals and selection of suppliers for targeted categories of spend.
• Administer sourcing workflow and contracts, building expertise in process and systems.
• Support Category Managers in supplier performance and relationship management efforts, developing supplier scorecards and monitoring performance.
• Work with Category Managers and business stakeholders to ensure metrics are meaningful and measurable.
• Administer RFx’s utilizing eSourcing tools.
• Support Category Managers in setting up RFx documents, managing templates, administering events, and managing supplier communications.
• Assist with scoring and supplier selection activities.
• Support Category Managers in developing contracts, redlining, and administering contract approvals, as well as negotiations in some instances.
• Ensure all contract processes are followed, documents are complete, and appropriate records are retained.
• Monitor compliance across buying channels, supplier, and contract purchasing execution.
• Coordinate the resolution of disputes and contract adjustments with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Communicate contract summary and implementation plans.
• Limit risk by ensuring all required documents and notices have been obtained and are satisfactory.
• Support Category Managers in timely and accurate documentation and workflow, including intake requests, project management, approvals, and document administration.

Associate Category Manager – Corporate Services

• Develop and execute global sourcing strategies
• Build strong supplier partnerships
• Drive continuous improvement in cost, quality, and delivery
• Secure competitive agreements and foster year-over-year performance gains through effective negotiation
• Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings via lean initiatives, should-cost analysis, process optimization, and supplier development
• Conduct market research and manage supply chain risks
• Oversee supplier quality audits and ensure compliance

Senior Category Manager, Chemicals

• Provide daily oversight of all supplier engagements, processes, systems throughout the supplier’s lifecycle
• Manage supplier intake with stakeholders on category of spend strategies
• Ensure supplier engagements have a complete cost of ownership and cost model for stakeholders
• Ensure supplier's contracts are aligned to the business’s requirements
• Provide oversight and direction with contracting, contract negotiations, contracting issues, TCO and cost models

Director of Sourcing – Supplier Management

• Lead a team of Commodity Specialists to manage supplier delivery performance
• Guide and support team in their roles as primary escalation points for our site materials teams
• Partner with site materials management, planning teams, and suppliers to achieve root cause and corrective actions on any repeat or systemic delivery issues
• Develop and deploy standard work and performance dashboards to improve procurement processes
• Coach and develop team to ensure goals are accomplished
• Serve as main sourcing leadership escalation point for operational sourcing issues
• Leverage commodity management teams to resolve commercial issues
• Support transfers of work by assuring proper purchasing setup
• Represent sourcing in internal business reviews
• Engage regularly with category management teams and leadership

Sourcing Manager – Replenishment

• Lead category management for key accounts delivering actionable recommendations across assortment, space planning, and promotional activities
• Build scorecards and benchmarking to track performance and inform joint business planning
• Synthesize multiple data sources (POS, syndicated, shipment, retailer inputs) into clear, defensible insights
• Develop category stories that move beyond reporting to influence retailer decisions
• Evaluate promotional effectiveness and pricing strategies to improve category and portfolio outcomes
• Lead development and deployment of AMPS/4P framework across species portfolios
• Create repeatable toolkits (segmentation, assortment frameworks, space logic) that scale across accounts
• Expand team knowledge and skillset of category management
• Partner across sales, customer marketing, portfolio/species teams to align recommendations and business priorities
• Ensure current strategies reflect retailer goals, shopper behavior, and portfolio strategy
• Act as liaison for retail-embedded field analysts; set priorities and standardize outputs
• Build and manage a consistent cadence of scorecards, insights reviews, and category updates
• Improve data integration and reporting efficiency over time

Associate Category Manager

• Lead full cycle technology sourcing projects including strategy, identifying the right potential partners, outreach, competitive bidding, pricing & contract negotiation, and contract approval
• Build sound relationships with external vendor partners and internal business collaborators
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously—from quick contract renewals to in-depth new strategic partnerships
• Organize a large database of partnerships, be data-driven, and provide clear reporting back to management on the status of renewals or other important contract terms
• Analyze spend and other data to solve problems, monitor purchasing activity, and conduct benchmarking
• Ensure that all contracts are executed & cataloged, and that approved payments reflect contractual terms

Technology Sourcing Manager

• Responsible for optimizing financial performance through strategic cross-functional partnerships and professional mentorship.
• Oversee the administration of the VNDLY platform and manage comprehensive supplier relations.
• Lead supplier onboarding initiatives and direct specialized sourcing projects via electronic procurement tools.
• Serve as a primary interface with Finance department to streamline vendor disbursements and ensure accuracy of expense accruals.
• Validate internal controls within enterprise systems such as Workday.
• Advance the Source-to-Pay infrastructure through integration of artificial intelligence and execution of analytical projects designed to evaluate impacts on EBITDA and cash flow.

Procurement Specialist

Senior Category Manager

• Lead category management for approximately $250M in annual R&D Services spend, developing and executing long-term, transformational sourcing strategies that create sustainable competitive advantage.
• Build and mature the R&D Services category from an early stage by developing category strategies, supplier segmentation, and capability roadmaps.
• Partner with cross-functional R&D stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization to influence strategy adoption and align sourcing decisions with business priorities.
• Drive measurable year-over-year value improvements across cost, quality, service, and innovation.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives including RFx events, supplier selection, and complex contract negotiations to maximize value and manage risk.
• Develop market intelligence, benchmarking, and gap analyses to identify opportunities, inform strategy, and recommend improvements to leadership.
• Strengthen supplier management practices through supplier stratification, relationship management, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Improve procurement effectiveness by driving process and system enhancements, ensuring governance compliance, and educating stakeholders on sourcing policies and Procure-to-Pay practices.

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager – R&D Services

• Develop and deploy sourcing strategies for chemical contract manufacturing and tolling partners to reduce total delivered cost, mitigate supply risk, and improve security of supply.
• Lead and execute RFx events, cost modeling, and total delivered cost (TDC) analysis for chemical categories and CM services.
• Develop, draft, negotiate, and execute commercial supply agreements, including pricing structures, MOQs, capacity commitments, indexation mechanisms, and service levels.
• Support contract manufacturing portfolio optimization, including make‑where decisions, dual sourcing strategies, and supplier transitions aligned with business needs.
• Identify, develop, and execute cost savings and value creation initiatives across raw materials, conversion costs, packaging, and working capital.

Associate Procurement Manager – Contract Manufacturing

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across key spend categories, leading competitive events, negotiations, and supplier governance initiatives that deliver measurable value.
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders to optimize supplier performance, manage risk, and ensure policy compliance.
• Manage sourcing initiatives across a $25M+ annual portfolio, drive negotiation planning, and contribute to category optimization efforts that improve operational efficiency and supplier outcomes.
• Identify cost savings, supplier consolidation, and performance improvement opportunities through spend analysis and market benchmarking.
• Support Supplier Business Reviews, scorecarding, and governance processes in partnership with senior sourcing leaders.
• Provide sourcing roadmap updates and category insights to business stakeholders and procurement leadership.

Strategic Sourcing Manager

• Identifies, develops, and implements global and regional sourcing strategies to reduce total delivered cost by driving savings or avoidance and/or performance metrics to meet goals.
• Facilitates Total Delivered Cost activities (RFI, RFX, Direct Negotiations) on agreements or activities relating to Original Equipment Manufacturers, Fleet Management Companies, Fuel Providers, Upfitters, and Tank Manufacturers.
• Provides leadership, coaching and feedback on the Total Delivered Cost sourcing process to build capability and mature practices across a global team.
• Conducts global calls with procurement around the world to communicate global strategy and ensure regional implementation and local execution.
• Manages spend for approximately $200M dollars annually
• Facilitates and conducts supplier business review scorecard processes with impacted stakeholders.

Senior Procurement Manager – Asset Management

• Develop and execute global category strategies across Sterilization Services (EO, Gamma, and Radiation sterilization) and assigned specialty material subcategories
• Lead commercial negotiations, contract renewals, pricing actions, and capacity commitments across sterilization modalities
• Monitor supplier cost drivers (e.g., regulatory burden, energy inputs, utilization, demand volatility) and lead corrective actions across sterilization and specialty materials
• Leverage demand, utilization, and capacity insights (and relevant market intelligence) across sterilization and specialty materials to inform sourcing decisions
• Partner with Manufacturing, SQE, Regulatory, Network Strategy, Logistics, and Operating Units to support product launches and ongoing compliance

Senior Category Manager – Sterilization & Specialty Materials

• Manages the end-to-end rental lifecycle of cranes, including executing purchase orders, scheduling and coordinating transport for these orders on/off the job site, executing rental agreements, and resolving complex quality and invoice issues.
• Ensures assets land at the lowest total cost consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source, and urgency of need.
• Plans, generates, adjusts and expedites purchase orders based upon field requisitions, project insights, shifting schedule needs, and market availability.
• Executes buy, lease, or rent based on Crane Management Strategy.
• Schedules and coordinates transportation of cranes to appropriate locations.
• Initiates, maintains, and nurtures key supplier relationships in a high-demand and low-supply asset class to leverage partnerships based on business needs.

Lead Crane Sourcing, Logistics

• Define and govern standard equipment specifications and approved vendor lists
• Identify low-cost, high-value equipment solutions for standard equipment utilized in 10 or more sites
• Partner with Procurement on sourcing strategies and supplier engagement for bulk purchasing
• Approve equipment deviations and lifecycle strategies
• Monitor equipment performance and total cost of ownership
• Support sites with equipment selection guidance
• Incorporate lifecycle maintenance cost, failure modes, and reliability risk into equipment standards and sourcing strategies
• Develop and maintain network‑level reliability risk assessments for standard equipment and critical asset classes – optimize value of current assets
• Provide guidance to the engineering network on the highest reliability and maintenance risks across North America
• Partner with Reliability and Operations leaders to validate equipment standards against real‑world performance.

Equipment Standards & Strategic Sourcing Manager

• Develop and implement Category Strategy for Indirect Materials & Services Categories focusing on Technology related goods and services
• Identify and engage with internal stakeholders across operations and business services to capture category requirements
• Assess potential opportunities for categories including spend segmentation, category maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis
• Develop Sourcing Strategy for categories detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits
• Adapt the strategy as business, market, and economic environments change
• Support Annual Category Reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and risk mitigation strategies
• Manage Financial Success of Category
• Responsible for category financial results for assigned categories. Develop strategies to achieve financial and category initiative goals
• Develop pricing strategies for project proposals
• Lead monthly and annual category financial reviews with project information, metrics, forecast and strategy, if applicable
• Achieve Material Cost Reductions for Indirect Categories
• Initiate and conduct supplier contract negotiations
• Responsible for defining negotiations strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Lead and execute complex contract negotiations to obtain the best overall value
• Closely monitor market drivers affecting the category including raw material pricing and availability, supplier capacity, industry disruptions and new products/services.
• Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovery of commodity inflation
• Apply risk containment and management principles to identify, assess and communicate cyber, operational, financial and commercials risks
• Effectively work and build relationships with those of diverse backgrounds and organizational levels
• Lead team members by example, offer effective coaching and feedback, and effectively manage performance
• Other duties as assigned

Category Manager I – Indirect

• Ensures staff is trained to plan, scope, and execute procurement activities
• Work with suppliers on certifications, documentation, and scorecards
• Acts as lead negotiator for contracts and liaison with outside vendors
• Manages the plan for division wide procurement requirements and creates systems and policies
• Ensures supply levels and inventory goals are met through the team
• Conducts Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Reporting (ex. Inventory, Supplier Metrics, Capital Spending)

Purchasing Manager

• Act as a liaison between procurement and operations.
• Support supply chain activities and contribute to progress targets.
• Promote continuous improvement and digital procurement technologies.
• Lead competitive bidding, proposal analysis, contract negotiations, and asset sales.
• Develop long-range objectives to improve efficiency and value creation.
• Ensure strict adherence to all internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Facilitate spot buys, urgent procurement needs, and local purchasing.

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