Sourcing Manager

2 months ago

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States altafiber(Formerly Cincinnati Bell) Full time

Job Description

Job Purpose

This position reports to the Senior Sourcing Lead. This position will be responsible for directly interacting with various workgroups within the organization to gather requirements, promote compliance with defined sourcing processes, and analyze sourcing opportunities. This position is responsible for evaluating the strategic value of our vendors and managing vendor relationships in a manner that supports the long-term goals and objectives of the company.

Essential Functions

  • Interface with various departments within the organization to gather requirements, promote compliance with defined sourcing processes, and analyze sourcing opportunities
  • Interface with vendors to identify opportunities, deliver requirements, and negotiate agreements
  • Measure performance, identify deficiencies, and develop gap closure initiatives
  • Analyze the strategic value of individual vendor relationships
  • Act as a liaison between the internal stakeholders and vendors

Education

  • Four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
  • Project management certification preferred

Experience

  • 3 to 5 years of sourcing work experience
  • Project management skills/certification
  • Quantitative analysis experience
  • Consensus building skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to resolve conflict
  • Strong interpersonal skills

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Experience performing financial and quantitative analysis
  • Proven success working in a team environment
  • Vendor relationship experience
  • Experience in an Engineering, Telecommunications, or Information Technology environment desired
  • Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Data analytics experience desired

Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibility

About Us

Altafiber has been connecting what matters for more than 150 years. We are a leading technology company that delivers integrated communications solutions to residential customers and end-to-end IT solutions to business customers across North America. Our 4,300 employees across the United States, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom help the world connect, and support the communities we serve through an extensive fiber network and cloud-based solutions. We are focused on building and maintaining a diverse team of employees who are committed to delivering an outstanding customer experience. We call the communities we serve home and giving back to these communities is an important part of our culture. Altafiber offers amazing Employee Volunteer Program, Employee Resource Groups, and organized corporate community service events that further strengthen our community relationships.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran, military status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Additional Information

We were made aware of an employment scam in which a third-party is creating false communications under the altafiber name. We want to reiterate that altafiber never seeks payment from job applicants and only reaches out from email addresses

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