Sourcing Lead

3 weeks ago

Houston, United States The Friedkin Group Full time

External Description:
**LIVING OUR VALUES**

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**JOB SUMMARY**

The Lead, Sourcing under the leadership of the Senior Manager, SS&P will assume a lead role in developing and implementing portfolio/category of spend based sourcing strategies based on existing spend, demand and supply challenges, marketplace conditions, and ensuring alignment with the Business Unit (BU) objectives. The Lead will be responsible for formulating cross-functional relationships to ensure that GST (Gulf States Toyota) is leveraging supplier spend, resources, and supplier performance management in support of our strategic goals.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**
- Actively support the company’s vision/strategies, and constantly demonstrate leadership and accountability.
- Demonstrate business courage and participate in development of new and creative ideas to ensure SS&P business value and capture operational and cost efficiencies.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key GST associates and decision makers.
- Participate, understand, and act upon GST’s short/long term strategic and tactical objectives/plans.
- Responsible for proactive communications to customer and for customer satisfaction, including supplier performance monitoring/reporting.
- Develop and introduce Category/Portfolio Mgmt. strategy/plan and value to GST through optimizing supplier base, reliability, risk reduction, and operational efficiency.
- Perform needs assessment, opportunity identification/assessment, and business case development for sourcing opportunities.
- Support Sr Manager of SS&P in development of long-term sourcing and procurement strategies.
- Lead cross-functional team through SS&P processes (Spend Assessment, Needs Analysis, Market Assessment, Supplier Qualification, RFI/RFP, Fact Based Negotiations, and Contracting).
- Ensure procurement and sourcing complies with all corporate policies and controls.
- Lead supplier selection / recommendation activities including qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Secure and ensure successful implementation of contracts and supplier transitions.
- Identify cost savings, spend reduction, supplier consolidation, and standardization opportunities while maintaining/increasing quality, service and mitigating risk.
- Collaborates with Legal Department to ensure GST risks are mitigated, and responsible for maintaining agreement documents.
- Manage procure-to-pay process across multiple categories including issue resolution with suppliers.
- Responsibly receive, transmit, and handle consumer and customer data per applicable policies and procedures.
- Review and follow data privacy practices, policies, and guidelines.
- Other duties as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Requires a bachelor's degree with 8+ years’ experience in the field or in a related area or possess an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated skills in contract development, commercial negotiations, participation in sourcing delivery strategies, category/commodity management in a manufacturing environment.
- Supplier Analysis
- assess qualitative/quantitative supplier characteristics including
- capabilities, sustainability of supply, business/financial strength, quality, and service.
- E-procurement experience, preferably SAP, or similar system.
- Knowledge of a variety of procurement value added approaches (e.g. RFx, consumption reduction, value engineering etc.)
- Knowledge of purchasing policies, processes, and procedures, with the ability to negotiate best terms and pricing.
- Experience in Continuous Improvement (CI) and Lean Six Sigma is a plus.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS**

CPM, CPSM, or other procurement focused certification(s) preferred.

**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS**

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of the job, the associate is required daily to analyze and interpret data, communicate, and remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday; and frequently access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The associate is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The ass

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