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Director, Indirect Sourcing
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Job Description
Position Summary
The Director of Indirect Sourcing is responsible for implementing and maintaining procurement strategies and programs to identify, evaluate and maintain a vendor network that meets the company's quality, cost and service requirements. This position will work cross functionally to deliver procurement cost savings and risk mitigation.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Review company purchases and identify opportunities to cost reduction through purchase consolidation.
* Serve as liaison between company stakeholders and vendors.
* Cultivate and manage relationships with vendors.
* Lead all levels of RFP activity, meet with potential participants, answer RFP related questions from vendors, analyze RFP results and support final vendor awards.
* Support as well as lead sourcing events including vendor sourcing, vendor management and contract negotiations.
* Onboard new vendors.
* Support development of new policies and procedures to drive savings and lead organizational and operational change management.
* Support necessary negotiations ensuring all buying complies with policies and procedures.
* Develop and communicate sourcing strategy to senior leadership.
* Consistently monitor and evaluate savings against targets.
* Leverage external sources to assess market conditions, spend leverage opportunities, benchmarking data, RFP builds, and related activities.
* Lead research and analytics efforts to both validate savings projections and enable more precise supplier negotiations.
* Build vendor management and continuous improvement methodologies.
* Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field is required.
* 10 years of experience in indirect procurement, vendor management and strategic sourcing in required.
* Experience with the RFP process, contract negotiations and contract management is required.
* Expert proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is required.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
* Strong interpersonal skills.
* Ability to build collaborative relationships.
* Experience with process improvement and change management.
* Ability to explain analytical findings clearly and succinctly to a wide range of stakeholders.
* Ability to manage multiple projects at once.
* Must have a strong attention to detail.
* Must have strong problem solving skills.
* Must be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment.
Physical Demands/Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Physical Demands
* Repetitive movement of hands and fingers, typing or writing
* Occasional standing and walking
* Talk and hear.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
10+ years
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