Senior Procurement Manager, Indirect and Capital

Kenna Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kenna Group in Chicago is looking for a Senior Procurement Manager, focusing on Indirect and Capital procurement. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in sourcing, with a strong ability to foster relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.

Responsibilities include driving savings plans, managing supplier negotiations, and leading high-performing teams. Candidates should be well-organized, adaptable, and possess strong analytical skills. This position requires a collaborative individual who can work across multiple units.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Indirects and Capital sourcing and procurement.
• Experience developing and leading high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated success using analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of annual savings plan for spend and savings projections.
• Lead contracts and supplier implementations.
• Create and lead the development of bid packages and administer RFP/RFQ/RFI.

Skills

Strategic Sourcing

Indirect Procurement

Procurement operations

Change management

Resource planning

eSourcing Technology

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Procurement Manager, Indirect and Capital

Full-time

Searching for someone with extensive experience in procurement; the successful candidate will have the ability to demonstrate deep procurement experience, knowledge, and previous success.

Skills include: Strategic Sourcing, Indirect Procurement, Procurement operations, Change management, Resource planning, and eSourcing Technology

Foster and manage strategic relationships with internal/external customers and suppliers

Provide direction, manage performance, and ensure staff development for both direct reports and dotted-line reports

Build successful and repeatable processes and systems to simply procurement ways of working

Responsibilities

• Delivery of annual savings plan for spend and savings projections
• Apply client’s strategic sourcing methodology
• Interface with finance, leadership, and other stakeholders in pursuit of savings targets
• Lead contracts and supplier implementations
• Drive adoption of procurement policies across the company
• Lead the development and implementation of sourcing strategies for all Indirect spend categories, including MRO, Temp Labor, and IT
• Create and lead the development of bid packages and administer RFP/RFQ/RFI
• Support companies with supply challenges

Qualifications

• 5+ years or more of relevant experience in Indirects and Capital sourcing and procurement
• Experience developing and leading high performing teams
• Demonstrated success using analytical skills, as well as written, and verbal communication skills
• Collaborative individual with the ability to work across multiple units, people, skills, and personalities
• Adaptable, flexible, positive, open to learning, developing, and welcoming of new ideas
• Accessible to internal and external clients
• Well organized, and able to work on multiple tasks
• Self-motivated and ambitious, ability to operate without supervision
• Experience leading supplier negotiations
• Experience working with Microsoft Office, at an advanced level
• Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally, up to 50%

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Local candidates only, relocation is not available for this opportunity.

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