Associate Director of Strategic Procurement leading strategic sourcing plans for university-wide initiatives. Engaging key stakeholders to meet departmental procurement needs and manage supplier relationships.
Responsibilities
Leads the development and maintains strategic sourcing plans that coordinates the sourcing and contract management activities within assigned categories to deliver targeted benefits.
Provides the development, and negotiation of supplier agreements in support of university-wide sourcing and procurement initiatives.
Develops and maintains relationships with departments for purposes of gathering, analyzing and conveying information to support category management and strategic sourcing efforts.
Plans and conducts strategic sourcing process on defined opportunities, engaging key stakeholders in the process to meet departmental procurement needs.
Maintains deep category expertise through understanding and application of industry developments, marketplace trends, emerging technology, new techniques, leading practices, and shared experiences.
Manages key supplier relationships and conducts periodic business reviews to drive savings through innovation and resolve issues and disputes.
Measures and reports benefits delivered through strategic sourcing and ongoing contract management activities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management
3-5 years in procurement, supply chain management, and contract language review and development
Data collection and analysis
Business intelligence and analytics
Category strategy execution
Issue resolution/problem solving
Microsoft Office products
ERP System knowledge and experience
eProcurement application experience including procurement workflow, eSourcing, eInvoice, etc.
Experience working in an academic/higher education organization, or in a cyclical service delivery environment is a plus
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