Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Primary Responsibility:

Improve Americold's competitive advantage by leading and managing assigned spend categories and preferred supplier relationships through building partnerships with the Strategic Sourcing team, Facility Services, Engineering, Finance, and Operations.

This will include conducting opportunity assessments, executing turnkey Sourcing projects, negotiating contracts, managing spend categories, and reporting metrics through all levels of the organization.

What You'll Do:

• Develop business plans for managing strategic categories' spend, growth, and optimal cost

• Analyze current spend categories, identify savings opportunities, and execute plans to achieve cost reductions

• Develop and manage vendor relationships while optimizing the supply base

• Support Americold's business units for ad hoc business necessities to implement and maintain profitable and effective sourcing programs

• Educate, train, and enforce sourcing, procurement processes, and policies utilizing innovative business acumen and best practices

• Reporting sourcing and category management metrics and scorecards

• Evaluate vendor performance for profitability and establish service level standards

• Ensure the integrity of SAP material and vendor master data for managed categories

• Expand Americold industry knowledge

• Stay well-informed with the latest developments with respect to the assigned categories and trends in general procurement

• Incorporate best practices and introduce innovative Kaizen events into Americold's business strategy

• Provide support for the Strategic Sourcing Director as needed

• Perform other duties as required

What Experience and Education You Need:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of minimum business-related work experience

• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in procurement, category management, or related environment/field

• Subject-matter expert in relative industries such as distribution, retail, warehousing, supply chain, or logistics preferred

• Category experience in MHE or indirect supplies and services preferred

• Experience in vendor negotiations

• General knowledge or experience with E-Procurement systems knowledge is required (such as Ariba, GeP, etc.).

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications with intermediate to advanced skill level in Excel & PowerPoint.

• Ability to travel an average of 10% or less

What Could Set You Apart:

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate at all levels

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

• Sourcing category knowledge in specific areas such as manufacturing, IT, or supply chain

• Flexible, team and goal-oriented approach

• Excellent customer service skills

• Demonstrated analytical capabilities, such as with complex Excel or similar models

• Demonstrated an uncompromising level of integrity and code of ethics

• Must be highly...