Indirect Procurement Manager

Examples of Key Activities:

• Responsible for all indirect spend, encompassing a wide range of services from Software to facilities management.
• Partner with business units to implement procurement strategies.
• Develop and implement all policies related to indirect purchasing.
• Negotiates price, terms, payment and delivery with suppliers.
• Oversight over all facilities in the US related to indirect purchases.
• Establish project budgets and procurement plans, ensuring cost, delivery, and quality requirements are met.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for supplier negotiations to optimize spending and corporate indirect strategy.
• Ensure that selected suppliers are providing expected business results

Required Experience:

• BS Degree required; 5-7 years of applicable experience specifically:
• 3-5 years of indirect procurement experience.
• Required Technical Competencies:
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Demonstrated Negotiation Skills - ability to develop and execute a negotiation strategy
• Demonstrated Leadership Skills - ability to lead and coach subordinates and other cross-functional personnel
• Proficient in strategic sourcing - utilizes a systematic approach to sourcing
• Proficient with MS Office Suite
• Procurement-related experience

Required Technical Competencies:

• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Proficient in Project Management/ Cost Management/ Time Management
• Demonstrated ability to leverage generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to generate supplier evaluations, category insights, contract summaries, and procurement strategy drafts.
• Knowledgeable of function and capability of core business units including Quality, Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Manufacturing, Procurement, Product Management, Technical Writing and Compliance
• Broad Business Viewpoint and understanding
• Using platforms/tools such as, Baan, SharePoint, Project Server, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Windchill or like technologies
• Strong problem analysis skill and contingency planning - ability to dissect complex problems into manageable components.
• Ability to multi-task
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and MS Project

Required Behavioral Competencies

• Initiates Action- Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required; is initiative-taking.
• Adaptability- Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Build Partnerships- Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goal.
• Strategic Decision Making- Obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or visions; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, fact, available resources, constraints, and organizational values.
• Builds Trust- Interacts with others in a way that gives them confidence in one's intentions and those of the organization.
• Contributes to Team Success- Actively participates as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.

Expected Behavioral Norms

RESPECT: Be professional and mindful. There's so much to be proud of in our workplace-let's show it. When there's room to offer feedback, let's be constructive about it. When a colleague deserves praise, let's be loud and genuine about it. We can make our company even stronger by building each other up and practicing deliberate acts of kindness.

COMMUNICATION: Be clear, stay connected. Let's leave nothing to interpretation. If we sense static, let's commit to picking up the phone and talking things through. We can avoid communication breakdowns by being direct, transparent and respectful with colleagues; responding in a timely manner; and never leave each other guessing.

COLLABORATION: Put we above I. Let's strive to break down silos; welcome input and ideas from anywhere and any title; listen and encourage all voices at the table; and work seamlessly across disciplines and as an integrated team to achieve goals and drive success.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Own it. Let's embrace our individual responsibilities, our deadlines and never point fingers. Our workplace becomes even more rewarding when we share in each other's successes and failures; run buttoned up, timely meetings; say what we mean and do what we say.

INCLUSION: We welcome you-the whole you. Your background, your culture, your ethnicity, your unique experiences, your way of looking at the world. We truly believe that your individuality helps us create a diverse, inclusive and inspired workplace in which every ethnicity, nationality, religion, elder status, family structure and gender identity is embraced and valued. We also welcome your passion for making the lives of children, your co-workers, and our company better. Because as different as we are, that's the common theme that will always keep us moving forward-together.

CREATIVITY: Be bold, brave and unexpected. Let's push ideas until they scare us a little bit. Because it's there, in uncharted creative territory, where we find breakthroughs that help our company lead vs. follow. Let's keep exploring and being curious students of the world. Every day, let's find ways to inspire each other, draw out cool thinking, and get behind great ideas that bring us all up.

POSITIVITY: Always see the good. When we arrive at work, let's check our negative feelings at the door. The workday feels a lot happier and healthier when we each see the good in our peers, our work, ourselves. Let's work together to view challenges as opportunities and always know that the right attitude can change everything.

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