Manager III Vendor Governance

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Carlisle (Cumberland County); Hybrid; USD 120,960 - 181,440; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Carlisle, PA seeks a Manager for the Vendor Governance team. This role involves strategic direction, managing a team, and ensuring efficient policy and cost management. Candidates should have 5-8 years of relevant experience, a Bachelor's degree, and strong analytical and leadership skills. This position offers a flexible/hybrid schedule and competitive compensation based on experience.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in business management or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage direct reports.
• Experience in designing and improving reporting, compliance, and analytical processes.

Responsibilities

• Create strategic direction and goals for the Vendor Governance team.
• Manage and develop direct reports at the analyst level.
• Ensure efficient processing and analysis of cost and policy changes.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Business management

Strategic sourcing

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Alteryx

Job description

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

This position is responsible for all strategic, operational, and continuous improvement activities of the Vendor Governance team, including management of cost and policy change intake and analysis, support for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP), subject matter expertise and support for E‑Sourcing tools, as well as applicable reporting on team activities. The Manager is also responsible for the training, management, workload, and proactive development of their direct reports on an ongoing basis. This position interfaces with key stakeholders in Sourcing, Economic Insights, Category Management, Private Brands, Vendor Management, Finance, IT and others as needed to provide a single point of contact for questions or concerns related to their area of expertise and responsibility.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in‑person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, Scarborough, ME, Hyattsville, MD.

Responsibilities

• Creates and sets strategic direction and goals for Vendor Governance team in line with broader goals of Sourcing COE, OCS, and total ADUSA.
• Development and management of several direct reports at the analyst level.
• Ensures the efficient processing and analysis of cost and policy changes for the organization.
• Provide comprehensive reporting to the organization at all levels of leadership on workload, cost & policy change submissions, negotiation trends, and economic impacts from external political and market forces.
• Creates action plans for continuous improvement in assigned areas of responsibility leveraging insights from key business stakeholders.
• Responsible for governance of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program in line with corporate and federal policy.
• Business owner for company‑wide E‑Source platform, setting direction for user adoption, providing end‑user support and interfacing with product management to make improvements to the tool as needed.
• Responsible for resolving critical issues and addressing special needs as a single point of contact for business stakeholders within own area of responsibility.
• Builds and maintains relationship across ADUSA, its suppliers, and its subsidiaries in the facilitation of team activities.
• Remains connected to and understands the work of adjacent team members in Sourcing Center of Excellence to recognize and align to strategic objectives and plan workload in own area of responsibility accordingly.
• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.

Requirements

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis until the end of their appointment.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5-8 Years' experience in business management or related field.
• Experience designing and improving reporting, compliance, and analytical processes in large, multinational, shared services organizations.
• 5 years' experience in leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage direct reports.
• Comfort presenting to and answering questions from executive‑level leadership.
• Understanding of strategic sourcing, category management, retail grocery & economics.
• Advanced capability in Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred

• MBA or related Master's preferred.
• 10+ years of previous business/industry or management experience.
• Experience developing and advancing business processes utilizing generative/agentic AI tools.
• Understanding of advanced analytical tools such as Power BI, Power Query, Alteryx, Tableau, etc.

ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $120,960 - $181,440

IL/MA/MD/NY Salary Range: $139,120 - $208,680

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.