Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager

2 weeks ago

Pleasanton, CA, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary:

This senior manager position is responsible for managing a team in the creation of contracts by leveraging expert knowledge of KP purchase agreements and provisions; ensuring the alignment of agreements with sourcing strategies; partnering with key stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into contract specifications; understanding and anticipating the short and long-term impacts and risks associated with agreements and business decisions; fostering relationships and managing the internal stakeholder process throughout the contract lifecycle; and managing the preparation of written contracts, reports, and presentations for diverse stakeholders.
This position is also responsible for managing the completion and review of contract cost and spend analyses; managing complex and/or high impact contract negotiations both verbally and in writing; overseeing the management of projects or portions of larger projects; managing the reporting and measurement of SLAs and metrics; overseeing the supplier selection and management process; and reviewing and selecting supplier proposals for leadership approval.
Essential Responsibilities:

  • Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning; sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units. Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making; fosters access to stakeholders.
  • Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed; partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and / or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making; fosters direct reports to resolve escalated issues as appropriate. Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams and units to operate in alignment with operational and business objectives.
  • Manages a team in the creation of contracts by leveraging expert knowledge of KP purchase agreements and provisions; ensuring agreements are aligned with sourcing strategies; verifying information on precedents related to context, supplier and/or industry to ensure optimal results; partnering with SMEs and stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into desired contract specifications; fostering relationships and agreements with suppliers; managing the internal stakeholder process throughout the contract lifecycle; adhering to all purchasing policies; reviewing performance data and taking necessary corrective action; understanding the short and long-term impacts and risks associated with agreements and business decisions; and managing the preparation of written contracts, reports and presentations for diverse stakeholders and leadership.
  • Manages and reviews contract cost and spend analyses, reports, data summaries and related stakeholder presentations; and partners with leadership to identify and capitalize on cost saving opportunities.
  • Manages complex and/or high impact contract negotiations both verbally and in writing by applying expertise in negotiation strategies and methodologies; adjusting negotiations based on key issues, parties, interests and objective standards of legitimacy; and managing the agreement approval process.
  • Oversees the management of projects or portions of large scale projects by managing the identification of objectives, deliverables, timelines, and general project needs; monitoring the project activity of team members and assuring achievement of deliverables; bringing issues and concerns immediately to the attention of key stakeholders and leadership as appropriate; and parternering on project quality review and evaluation.
  • Manages the reporting and measurement of SLAs and metrics by ensuring team delivery against SLA criteria; identifying opportunities to improve SLAs and metrics; resolving and/or escalating issues that could impact SLA performance; and meeting or exceeding SLA requirements on an ongoing basis.
  • Oversees supplier selection and management by leveraging expertise of supplier capabilities and advanced knowledge of factors affecting a suppliers ability to meet KP requirements; and reviewing and selecting supplier proposals for leadership approval.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Minimum five (5) years experience in contract management or procurement, including contract negotiations.
  • Minimum three (3) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
  • Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Contract Administration, Procurement, Business, Finance, or a directly related field and minimum eight (8) years experience in contract management, strategic sourcing, supply chain management, or a directly related field. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement. Masters or JD degree may be substituted for the work experience requirements.
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Contract Administration, Procurement, Business, Finance, or a directly related field.
  • JD or law degree.


Primary Location: California,Pleasanton,Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building C
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Remote
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports
Department: Po/Ho Corp - Service Delivery - 0308
Pay Range: $166100 - $214940 / year Kaiser Permanente is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills and geographic location along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure that pay equity is achieved and maintained across Kaiser Permanente.
Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

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