AddressMajor Responsibilities:
- Spearhead sourcing of a portfolio of indirect categories
- Develop category strategies, including market and industry analysis
- Lead and manage the RFX, RFP process
- Establish and maintain supplier relationships, and facilitate periodic business reviews to continually identify process improvements and cost reduction opportunities
- Establish beneficial working relationships with various internal groups across the organization including partner programs, regional/country offices, legal, finance, and others
- Prepare analyses of spend data, category supplier bases, and cost models
- Manage complex projects from conception through implementation, including change management
Key Working Relationships:
- Internal: Global Supply Chain; Headquarters Programs; Country Programs; Finance, Legal, and others
- External: Suppliers
Reports to: Senior Director, Global Procurement
Job Requirements:
- Eight to ten years of sourcing experience in a range of indirect spend categories
- Significant expertise in contract negotiation and supplier relationship management
- Excellent problem solving, communication, and influencing skills within a matrix environment
- Advanced and proven knowledge of procurement industry cost structures and drivers
- General knowledge of applicable sourcing, planning, and logistics laws and regulations
- NGO experience preferred, including understanding of institutional donors' (USAID, DFID, ECHO, and others) procurement policies
- Proven project management and process improvement experience
- Ability to establish supplier specifications in conjunction with subject experts, measure and drive conformance to specifications, and manage internal and supplier relationships to achieve desired results
- Strength in meeting or exceeding project milestones and deliverables, while multitasking and prioritizing
- Ability to provide fact-based strategy and sourcing recommendations
- Experienced user of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ERPs
