Senior Manager leading procurement and vendor management at American Family Insurance. Responsible for sourcing strategies, vendor relationships, and managing substantial enterprise spend.
Responsibilities
Develops enterprise sourcing strategies to deliver value, manage risk, and support strategic goals.
Leads a team responsible for managing approximately $250M in annual spend across a complex supplier ecosystem.
Guides full lifecycle sourcing programs and complex negotiations.
Builds partnerships with business leaders to maximize value from American Family's spend in assigned categories.
Leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing team of sourcing and vendor management professionals.
Foster a collaborative environment built on trust, transparency, and accountability.
Oversee the full sourcing lifecycle including market analysis, RFX execution, supplier evaluation, negotiation strategy, and contract execution.
Establish governance frameworks to manage supplier performance, contract compliance, and service delivery across strategic vendors.
Develop partnerships with business leaders to support strategic plans and enterprise programs.
Requirements
Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
Solid communication and influencing skills across varying leadership levels.
Demonstrated experience driving business results.
Demonstrated experience in creating meaningful data analysis and metrics to support business needs.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills related to complex vendor matters.
Extensive knowledge of vendor contracts and commercial/legal terms and conditions.
Experience leading sourcing programs within large enterprise organizations managing substantial vendor spend.
Experience working within large, matrixed organizations with extensive supplier portfolios.
Demonstrated ownership of $100M+ in annual category spend with responsibility for sourcing strategy, negotiations, and supplier management.
Knowledge of procurement processes including category strategy development, RFX execution, supplier evaluation, contract negotiation, and vendor governance.
Experience sourcing and negotiating across a diverse group of spend categories spanning traditional corporate functions such as HR, Benefits, Facilities, Communications and Sales.
Benefits
comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
competitive 401(k) contribution
pension plan
annual incentive
9 paid holidays
paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
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