Associate Sourcing Manager - Marketing/Corporate Services

SuperMom's LLC; Irving, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

7-Eleven seeks an Associate Sourcing Manager to lead indirect spend activities across Marketing, Corporate Services and related categories. You will gather requirements, issue RFPs, evaluate proposals, negotiate contracts, and administer supplier relationships to improve spend and service levels.

You will partner with stakeholders to drive compliance with sourcing policies, build financial models, and support supplier onboarding and risk management while maintaining strong cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with at least 3+ years in sourcing/procurement.
• Experience negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships.
• Strong financial analysis, market research and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proficient with MS Office and procurement tools; ability to analyze data and present findings.

Responsibilities

• Execute sourcing processes, including data/spend analysis, RFx events and negotiations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align sourcing with business goals and cost objectives.
• Negotiate contracts and renewals to optimize TCO and risk management.
• Assist onboarding of new suppliers and ensure compliance with policies.
• Forecast demand and coordinate with suppliers to support daily operations.

Skills

Financial modeling

Negotiation

Vendor management

Cross-functional

Market research

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Outlook

Job description

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to "activate awesome" and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

JOB SUMMARY

As the Associate Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for activities associated with Marketing, Corporate Services, and other indirect spend categories. This includes requirements gathering, creating and issuing Requests for Proposal (RFP), proposal evaluation, contract negotiations, contract drafting and administration with the goal to improve spend and quality performance and minimize risk. This role supports the Sourcing Manager and ensures compliance with 7-Eleven sourcing policies and processes. As an Associate Sourcing Manager, you will partner with business stakeholders and suppliers to execute procurement/sourcing activities while building collaborative relationships to deliver improved cost and service levels.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

• Execute 7-Eleven sourcing processes which include data/spend analysis, strategic planning and market research, scoping, bidding, contract negotiations and execution, compliance, and supplier management activities for assigned categories.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with cross functional stakeholders to develop and execute sourcing processes that support business goals.
• Build and execute various RFx/sourcing events, performing bid analysis and providing feedback to stakeholders and collaborate on negotiation strategies.
• Manage suppliers/contractors based on specifications and contractual requirements to ensure effective execution, implementation and prompt resolution of any issues that may arise.
• Negotiate contracts and contract renewals with suppliers to source/procure products or services needed for categories to optimize spend, reduce risk, achieve favorable terms and drive towards optimized total-cost-of-ownership.
• Support onboarding of new suppliers and product setups, ensuring compliance and efficient integration through supplier and new item set-up processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational and supply chain challenges to ensure timely product availability, consistency and performance.
• As needed support forecasting and demand planning with suppliers and stakeholders to support day to day business as needed.
• Identify/interview potential suppliers and evaluate supplier capabilities to determine if supplier is qualified to produce and/or supply products or services.
• Perform market research in applicable areas.
• Ability to support legal in key contract negotiations such as pricing, performance measures, and breach of contract remedies and termination options.
• Participate in cross-functional discussions with stakeholders.
• Provide clear and concise progress updates.
• Demonstrate ability to build and analyze financial models to evaluate proposal scenarios and present recommendations in a clear and concise format.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

Ability to work well with both business stakeholders and suppliers, in a fast-paced, self-directed environment. Understand leaders’ intent and strategic goals and how to translate that into actions that needs to be taken. Ability to provide suggestions and collaborate with team and stakeholders to solve problems by assessing the situation, leveraging and analyzing relevant data, identifying root cause and developing potential solutions. Adapt to change, ability to quickly learn details of new business challenges and identify dependencies and impacts of other key initiatives.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 3+ years required.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Demonstrate ability to build and analyze financial models to evaluate proposal scenarios and present recommendations in a clear and concise format.
• Strong organizational skills, understanding of legal aspects, negotiating skills, purchasing terminology, cost analysis, and legal compliance regulations.
• Understanding of professional services contracts, agency compensation models, media buying agreements, and/or other marketing contracts.
• A clear understanding or drive to learn Marketing, Corporate Services, and other indirect spend categories.
• Proficient with MS Office suite – including MS Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint.
• Verbal and written communication skills that can clearly communicate with various internal stakeholders, team members and suppliers.
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SALARY AND BENEFITS

If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in this state. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long-term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. For a general description of all benefits 7-Eleven is offering in the US for the position, please visit this link. For a general description of all benefits 7-Eleven is offering in Canada for the position, please visit this link.

As proud founders of the world’s first convenience store, 7‑Eleven’s top priority has always been to give customers the most convenient experience possible to consistently meet their needs. 7‑Eleven aims to be a one-stop shop for consumers – a place people can always rely on to deliver what they want, when, where and how they want it. This goal continues to shape 7‑Eleven’s ethos, driving 7‑Eleven’s expansion into operating Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits, with locations, as well as proprietary products and services including 7NOW®, 7Rewards®, Speedy Rewards® and 7‑Eleven Fleet™, throughout the U.S.