Sourcing Manager jobs in the United States

Summary:

The Sourcing Manager for Fuel Distribution is responsible for developing sourcing strategies to reduce costs while fostering a relationship with operations and leadership within the Fuel Distribution business.  A successful candidate should have experience in leading sourcing events and category analysis.  Experience in the fuel distribution space is also desired.  The scope of the position will include execution of sourcing processes, contract & supplier management, development of supplier scorecards.  In addition, the Sourcing Manager will lead a team of two sourcing specialists and be responsible for directing and prioritizing efforts for those individuals while working cross functionally with operations, finance, and legal teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead analysis, development and implementation of cost savings initiatives
• Provide strategic inputs and supply market information to guide business decisions and act as a conduit for procurement activities
• Lead negotiations, contract development, and vendor management to ensure that operations needs while obtaining the best cost for the business
• Work with appropriate operations team to identify areas of opportunity to meet or exceed savings targets for that particular business vertical.
• Quantify savings related to opportunity and work with business team to ensure savings are realized through vendor management and budget process
• Conduct ongoing business reviews to ensure suppliers are performing to contracted obligations and service levels
• Apply “big picture” thinking to projects to help guide strategic decisions for the business
• Provide advice to direct reports regarding procurement processes and protocol and apply appropriate solutions to issues for stakeholders.
• Provide day to day direction to team, staffing, performance management, annual objective setting and tracking against targets
• Lead a team of people that report both directly and work collaboratively with cross functional teams to drive the best outcomes