Global Strategic Sourcing Manager

The role partners closely with the Senior Sourcing Manager and Sourcing Excellence Buyers to drive development & implementation of sub-category buying strategies and co-pilot optimization of resources. The role manages both regional and global initiatives by leveraging supplier relationships, while also driving standardization. Ownership of sub-category spend on a global basis is key, as will heavy x-functional collaboration and close partnership with key stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Recommend and Implement supply base strategy, Including assessing and developing suppliers.
• Manage supplier governance, Including supplier performance auditing.
• Direct oversight of $200M+ In spend.
• Manages benchmarking, end-to-end RFP activity and drives the qualification and implementation of new suppliers to support a competitive landscape.
• Works collaboratively and partners closely with other Technology Category Sourcing Managers and key stakeholders within the Global Petcare organization and cross functional partners to ensure visibility, alignment and the brilliant execution on the sourcing and strategic buying initiatives and supply base
• Analyzes supplier service levels and KPI to drive the right behaviors with suppliers.
• Develops continuous improvement action plan and executes. Monitors changes and adjusts plan as needed to sustain performance results.
• Secures price, capacity & service levels in line with commitments to the business.
• Ensures effective risk management of the supply base, through robust contracts and monitoring of financial and other KPIs. Implements corrective actions as appropriate.
• Establishes & maintains relationships with key stakeholders and their teams to ensure understanding of their needs and to facilitate the appropriate level of challenge.
• Complies with internal Mars policies, systems & controls.
• Communicates business risk & opportunity to Commercial Leadership
• Understands and Implements industry best practice for areas of responsibility. Participates in team knowledge transfer.
• Participates in external forums and associations.
• Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and manage Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs to drive supplier performance and strategic partnerships.
• Mentor and coach four team members in the Sourcing Excellence Team to foster their growth, develop their capabilities, and enhance team performance.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree at a minimum
• 3-5 years of Procurement experience.
• A passion for developing strong relationships with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders both domestically and internationally.
• Project & activity management with a high attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships at all levels of the organization, including senior-level (difficult situations, large groups), and suppliers.
• Previous experience with sourcing IT solutions along with a practical understanding of concepts such as UX/UI, APIs, data analytics, AI/ML etc.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and collaboration skills with fluency in English.
• Maximizes value for money.
• Leverages external capabilities, strong understanding of IT infrastructure, software licensing and SaaS, and emerging technologies.