Sourcing Manager, COE

Overview

Lead sourcing strategies, process improvement, and supplier lifecycle management in a COE.

Key Responsibilities

• change management
• process assessment
• supplier lifecycle
• data analytics
• performance monitoring
• ai adoption

Tasks

-Provide training and change management for the organization to foster awareness and user adoption of changes as they occur; often partnering with other functional teams outside of Sourcing. -Take an active leadership role in initiatives and opportunities to advance the Sourcing Center of Excellence. -Conduct detailed assessment of existing processes, identify gaps and inefficiencies with defined action plan to address, improving standard work and increasing adoption. -Provide actionable insights to leadership on strategic sourcing initiatives and opportunities for improvement. -Steward supplier lifecycle processes (onboarding, sourcing, contract lifecycle, offboarding) meeting the growing needs of the business. -Work it Together by collaborating with functional areas like Master Scheduling, Planning, Manufacturing, Distribution Centers and external suppliers to ensure customer expectations are met. -Utilize data and analytics to create insights to accelerate results-oriented decision making. -Make the Hard Call by monitoring supplier performance, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), and driving continuous improvement initiatives. -Identify trends and opportunities for Sourcing through industry involvement that drives insights into best practices, including opportunity identification and adoption of AI.

Requirements

• sap
• lean
• change management
• analytical tools
• bachelor’s
• global sourcing

What You Bring

-Experience applying change management techniques, lean principles and project management tools is preferred. -Ability to develop, lead, and change manage process, tool, and platform adoption in collaboration with all functions within Global Supply Chain. -SAP or similar ERP experience is preferred. -Leverage Sourcing and ERP systems experience with a data driven approach to continuously innovate and creatively develop solutions and process improvements to enable more mature outcomes. -Proven ability to utilize analytical tools and methodologies to drive insights and decision-making. -Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, related field OR equivalent work experience. -7+ years of experience in Global Sourcing/Global Supply Chain with understanding of supply chain workstreams and embedded processes. -Excellent problem solving skills working through ambiguity, in a matrixed organization, managing trade-offs, balancing conflicting demands while collaborating and executing ideas cross-functionally.

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