Strategic Sourcing Specialist

About the role

Become a part of something bigger. The Auto Club Group (ACG) pro

Responsibilities

• Supervisory Responsibilities:
• None
• How you will benefit:
• Strategic Sourcing Specialist will earn a competitive salary of $90,000 - $100,000 annually with annual bonus potential based on performance.
• Excellent and comprehensive benefits packages are just another reason to work for the Auto Club Group. Benefits include:
• 401k Match
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• We're looking for candidates who:
• Required Qualifications:
• Education:
• College level coursework in supply chain management or related field.

Requirements

• Project planning
• Identifying, analyzing and resolving moderately complex problems
• Resolving changes in scope, timing, costs, quality and client satisfaction
• Supporting and contributing transformational level change within a procurement organization
• Involved in supporting a highly rationalized and diverse supply base optimized to business needs
• Supporting strategic sourcing initiatives across a series of spend categories
• Supplier development and contract negotiation
• Developing cost/benefit analyses
• Writing bid proposals with analytical evaluation capability
• Goal setting, decision making and conflict resolution
• Willing to travel as required to meet business needs
• Organizing, monitoring and reporting projects
• Coordinating support activities provided by multiple off-site suppliers and internal clients
• Customer care and satisfaction
• Knowledge:
• Trends and emerging technologies/services across assigned ACG procurement categories
• Best-in-class procurement transformational trends and traditional processes
• Acquisition principals and nomenclature
• Business process and technology solutions supporting internal clients, suppliers and department
• Negotiation techniques
• Basic auditing theory
• Statistical methods and analysis
• Supplier diversity and strategic importance
• Support demand management objectives
• Communicate effectively
• Provide competitive solutions in support of business objectives
• Multitask or perform a variety of concurrent activities
• Explore alternative approaches/innovations to strategic sourcing and supply chain activities
• Negotiate and implement supplier contracts
• Ability to manage supplier performance to ensure optimal results
• Work under tight schedules and deadlines
• Strong oral and written communication skills to include report/proposal preparation and presentations to middle level management and external contacts
• Education:
• Bachelor degree and/or professional certifications preferred (e.g., Accredited Purchasing Practitioner, CPM).
• In a variety of industry segments
• Broad procurement background with strong focus in non-production (indirect) procurement in an individual contributor/leadership capacity
• Work Environment

Benefits

Additional Information

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