MRO & Supplies Procurement Program Lead

Description

• Ensure effective commercial arrangements.
• Develops and delivers communications with clarity and impact, ensuring consistent messaging.
• Responsible for working with procurement business partners and service line leadership to align category management vision with service line and procurement priorities.
• Removes roadblocks to enable the delivery of procurement, company and client goals.
• Establishes category plans and strategy to ensure the right solution for C&W business lines.
• Encourages creation and brings new best in class ideas and approaches to the table for developing and executing category strategies and working within the supply market to ensure Cushman & Wakefield meets or exceeds their objectives.
• Monitors preferred supplier utilization, builds roster to ensure capability to deliver across the service line portfolios, and monitors performance to ensure capability to meet account needs.
• Utilizes change management techniques to drive the development and utilization of a preferred supplier program.
• Drives EBITDA growth through C&W’s preferred suppliers.
• Becomes a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on the categories.
• Communicates supply category preferred supplier metrics and helps the business drive greater adoption of the preferred supplier network.
• Working with C&W Legal Counsel to ensure consistent templates to enable effective negotiations and risk mitigation.
• Incorporates industry best practices into category delivery.
• Building and managing diverse supplier relationships
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with business units and the category management team.
• Promotes compliance with C&W’s code of conduct.
• Utilizes demand planning to target value from supplier agreements.
• Working cross-functionally with other departments including Finance, Operations, Technology, HR, Project Management, etc. for delivery of category strategies.
• Creates a working environment that encourages high performance and innovation.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of facilities category management and/or operational experience from within the supply chain
• Ability to build relationships at all levels
• Contract negotiation and ongoing management skills
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in MRO or supplies procurement
• In-depth knowledge of Procurement and fundamentals
• Strong problem-solving skills utilizing continuous improvement techniques.
• Professional certifications preferred e.g., CPSM, CIPS, C.P.M., or evidence of continued professional growth
• Bachelor’s degree
• Capacity to develop innovative strategies and solutions, creative problem solver
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
• Analytics, ability to mine data to drive in depth analysis
• Ability to independently lead & manage multiple projects
• Ability to develop and understand data analytics, to mine data to drive in depth analysis of client 3rd party spend.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance