Procurement Manager, Center of Excellence

Job Description

Job Description

Job title : Procurement Manager, Center of Excellence

Location : Full Time & Onsite M-F in Irving, TX

Client Details : Must be a US Citizen, no relocation opportunities are available, Pre-employment drug screen

Benefits : Holidays & PTO, Health, Dental, Disability, 401K Match

What You'll Do :

• Conduct market analysis, peer company benchmarking and risk analyses by category.
• Conduct contract and supplier management ensuring process and regulations compliance.
• Maintain close relationships with buyers and planners to implement, communicate, and coordinate sourcing best practices, requirements and efforts.
• Support documenting and implementing processes, systems, technology, policy, and governance for sourcing.
• Prepare annual budget recommendations, partnering with commodity managers to combine market and commodity knowledge. Explain variations to budget.
• Understand market forces and track various indices to ensure costs are in line with market movements.
• Prepare monthly summary package for senior execs.
• Provide Sales force with reporting on market drivers of costs, related to raw materials and shipping, to facilitate finished good price discussions with customers.
• Perform monthly accrual updates of supplier rebates, and partner with commodity managers to ensure timely rebate payment from suppliers.
• Quantify values of projects proposed by commodity managers, suppliers, internal operations, etc., and make recommendations
• Oversee tracking and reporting of savings projects.
• Evaluate supplier payment terms to ensure cohesion between divisions. Make recommendations on terms improvements. Track impact of changes in discounts and days payable.
• Analyze savings opportunities related to Merge and Acquisitions.
• Quantify results of actual acquisition savings and drive tracking.
• Manage, coach, and develop direct reports.
• 10% travel

What You'll Bring :

Bachelors Degree (requirement) Supply Chain or Business Degree preferred.

Minimum 7 years experience in Procurement.

Highly analytical and detail oriented

Experience and comfort with presenting to senior-level executives

Proven track record of coaching and development.

Strong track record of positive results with internal customers

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Epicor, and / or AS400 a plus

Logistics knowledge and experience a plus.

The salary range offered for this role will be between $80K-$90K+10% bonus