Senior Lead - Procurement Special Projects

Your Team:

You are part of the Global Supply Chain team, reporting into the Head of Distribution & Logistics Procurement. In this role, you will work and collaborate with various functions, including Inbound/Outbound Logistics, Operations, Finance, IT, and Legal. You will be actively collaborating with team members across both regional and global teams, as well as our 3rd party logistic partners (3PLs).

Your Mission:

Responsibilities:

• Category Strategy: Provide flexible category management support for distribution and logistics categories, including warehousing, outbound freight, and consumables.
• Sourcing & RFP Management: Execute end-to-end sourcing activities, ensuring all decisions are supported by rigorous analysis and business case creation.
• Vendor Management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with 3PLs and external partners to ensure operational visibility and accountability.
• Contract & Task Management: Manage project lifecycles for procurement initiatives, ensuring close collaboration and task management between global and regional teams.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Facilitate regular meetings with stakeholders from supply chain, finance, IT, and legal to ensure alignment on procurement goals and timelines.
• Operational Reporting: Create and standardize internal reports to drive continuous visibility into spend, multi-channel operations, and vendor performance.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify and execute value engineering and total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction opportunities within the logistics category.
• Decision Support: Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis to surface key issues and support timely decision-making across cross-functional teams.

The Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate:

• Strategic Sourcing Mindset: Ability to understand and articulate operational root cause analysis as it relates to cost drivers and supply chain efficiencies.
• Commercial Credibility: Skill to quickly build credibility and trust with external vendors and internal stakeholders during complex negotiations.
• Value Creation: A self-starter who proactively seeks business optimization and cost savings through data-driven business cases.
• Procurement Best Practices: Strong knowledge of end-to-end procurement processes, category management, and project management methodologies.
• Single Source of Truth: Ability to maintain and track critical procurement action items and contract milestones to support cross-functional collaboration.
• Resilience & Diplomacy: Capacity to be a change agent, demonstrating persistence and resiliencies when navigating market volatility or challenging supplier discussions.

Your Story:

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