Sourcing Manager -- Corporate & Shared Services

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. We have a new vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength with deep local roots, that offers an easy, fun, friendly and inspiring experience, no matter how a customer chooses to shop with us. We want talented individuals to be a part of this journey.

A $60Bn company with 2,200+ stores, 23 distribution centers, and 20 food and beverage plants make us one of the largest retailers in the United States. With stores in 34 states serving 34 million customers, our foundation is our 20 well-known grocery banners with an eclectic and legendary history. Across the nation, we are moving the needle through innovation.

The Strategic Sourcing Department has an opening for a Sourcing Manager on the Corporate and Shared Services Strategic Sourcing Team. This position is located at the Boise, Idaho corporate office.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to join a driven and growing team within strategic sourcing. Self-starters, proactive and energetic candidates who are looking to contribute with ideas, innovative thinking, and tireless actions should apply. We offer a great work-life balance, yet intense, challenging, and fast-paced working environment that ultimately celebrates results but demands absolute professionalism at every step. We welcome and value diversity, unique experiences, and wide skills sets.

Who you are: The ideal candidate is self-starting strategic sourcing professional with extensive corporate services-related experience who can pick up and run with their assigned categories. You are a top performer who puts results first and follows a strategic sourcing process. You are a problem solver with an entrepreneurial mindset who is persistently looking for places to improve, is curious, and excited by the work in the field of Strategic Sourcing. You are a true team player looking to learn, share, teach, and grow with the team. You are comfortable with ambiguity and understand that collaboration is a key for top results.

We are looking for: Driven leaders who can demonstrate that they are change agents, consensus builders and strategists who have experience utilizing a best-in-class sourcing process, and whose calling and drive is to make an impact.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing or contributing to category sourcing strategies for assigned categories
• Responsible for supporting and conducting strategic negotiation events for different categories across the organization
• Strong analytical skills: able to transform data into clear and relevant information
• Develop and deliver high quality presentations
• Establish relationships and lead Stakeholders / cross-functional teams to get process buy-in
• Develop and lead price, and terms-and-conditions negotiations with suppliers
• Lead structured and in-depth strategic sourcing events from project kick-off to contract execution
• Use and evaluate eSourcing tools and new technologies
• Participate in spend analytics and work planning efforts
• Create Strategic Sourcing partnerships in order to increase addressable spend
• Become a category expert in understanding the category role and develop category playbooks and roadmaps to enhance strategic negotiations
• Develop negotiation event timeline and manage execution
• Experience with analytically challenging projects including a thorough understanding of budgeting and financial management
• Handle small to multi-million dollar projects
• Supervise and mentor entry level buyers and analysts on building the financial model utilized to support negotiation events

Qualifications:

• 4-year college degree, graduate degree preferred.
• 4+ years' experience leading complex strategic sourcing projects with at least 2-3 years experience with any of the following service-focused categories:

• HR benefits and services
• consulting services
• legal services
• store services (audits, remodels, merchandising resets)
• pharmacy services
• facility-related services (small parcel, physical security, furniture, mailroom, etc)
• travel and insurance

• Experience in developing and managing strategic supplier relationships
• Strong experience with contract negotiations and managing strategic supplier alliances
• Experience partnering with legal and negotiating and writing commercial terms and conditions
• Strong business writing, analytical, influencing, and oral communications skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management skillset
• Prior management consulting experience
• Degree or minor in quantitative field such as economics, math, statistics, managerial accounting, business management, etc. is preferred

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified.

Diversity is fundamental at Albertsons Companies. We foster an inclusive working environment where the different strengths and perspectives of each employee is both recognized and valued. We believe that building successful relationships with our customers and our communities is only possible through the diversity of our people. And a diverse workforce leads to better teamwork and creative thinking, as well as mutual understanding and respect.

The Albertsons Companies policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion and other conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, medical condition, marital status or any other legally protected status.

We support a drug-free workplace. All applicants offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test before hire.

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