Strategic Sourcing Specialist

I. Job Summary 
The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for reducing the overall cost of externally purchased materials, goods and services while maintaining or improving quality and service delivery using the strategic sourcing process to identify and eliminate waste and inefficiencies upstream and downstream in the supply chain for one or more spend categories or subcategories. This role is also responsible in assisting category management for assigned categories or subcategories. 

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.

• Main duties will be pulling reporting and analyzing risks and opportunities to save money
• Main duties can/will change in the future with growth and knowledge of the first category
• Be able to communicate with all types of people, internal and external
• Be able to take direction and create projects with what you see
• Assist internal customers with problems, escalations, etc.
• Identify new opportunities to further our category in the space
• In-depth knowledge of the company's primary businesses as they relate to the categories assigned. 
   
• Analyze and understand the company's historical spending patterns for assigned spend categories or subcategories 
   
• Focus on retail fuel cards, vendor reltionships and program advancement in addition to managing reporting to mitigate risks and fraud. 
   
• Analyze and understand the market for potential solutions to satisfy the requirements identified 
   
• Develop sourcing strategies and tactics based on the empirical results of the requirements and market analysis, for low to medium complexity sourcing events, that will result in the best overall value and TCO for the company 
   
• Present sourcing strategy and tactics recommendations to supply chain leadership, and key stakeholders 
   
• Execute the sourcing strategy and tactics to select the source. This may include: development of RFPs, use of eSourcing tools, bid evaluations, supplier evaluation, development of negotiation strategy, negotiation documents, supplier performance metrics, and contracts. 
   
• Present results of the source selection process to supply chain leadership and key stakeholders 
   
• Develop a detailed implementation plan that includes: the transition process and timing, communication plan identifying purpose, target audiences, key messages, frequency, duration, delivery medium(s), responsibilities, schedule, program utilization and user satisfaction metrics 
   
• Develop and document savings calculations and any other impact metrics 
   
• Determine reporting frequency and report savings 
   
• Ongoing management of suppliers in assigned spend categories 
   
• Ongoing collaboration with suppliers and internal users to continuously improve the supply chain (up and down stream) 
   
• Ongoing contract management, program utilization tracking and reporting, internal requirements monitoring and market dynamics monitoring 
   

III. Supervisory Responsibilities 
The job has no supervisory responsibilities. 

 IV. Qualifications 
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job. Must live and work in the US. 
A. Education and Experience 
 

• Education: Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Business or a technical field, or in lieu of, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant experience. 
   
• Experience: Three (3) years experience in a supply chain related position with category spend responsibility of $10M or greater (in addition to education requirement). 
   Strong Preference for Intermediate Excel Skills and great communication skills 

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements 
 

• None

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required 
 

• Must be a customer-focused change agent with demonstrated collaboration, communication, influencing and organization management/development skills 
   
• Must demonstrate good understanding of Emotionally Intelligent approaches in persuading others to understand your and the department's position on matters. 
   
• Possess environmental and sustainability experience 
   
• Must be a team player who can work within a matrix organization to achieve results 
   
• Demonstrated ability to develop and build strong relationships and facilitate changes in systems and processes to support internal and external customers; has quickly evaluated a complex system and identified problems and potential solutions 
   
• Ability to use software and information technology to more effectively manage and grow the function 
   
• Experienced in articulating the business and product strategies emphasizing the strategic importance of the various products, systems and services 
   
• Demonstrated strong strategic thinking and ability to execute and implement 
   
• Demonstrated ability to partner and build relationships in diverse businesses 
   
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead cross-functional teams to results 
   
• Possess strong financial acumen and operational expertise 
   

V. Work Environment 
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. 
 

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the work day; 
   
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely; 
   
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely; 
   
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely; 
   
• Normal setting for this job is: office setting. 
   

Benefits 
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site. 

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