Senior Strategic Sourcing & Analytics Lead

Defense Logistics Agency; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Logistics Agency is seeking a Sourcing Strategy Specialist to serve as a senior analyst and advisor for strategic sourcing program plans and initiatives. You will develop techniques to assess study results and evaluate contracting methodologies to propose improved approaches for strategic sourcing.

You will establish sourcing strategy approaches, collaborate with Acquisition Specialists, and provide recommendations to integrated supplier teams for implementation.

Qualifications

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position.
• Creditable specialized experience includes: assessing customer challenges, identifying root causes of challenges, and developing tailored logistics strategies that provide outcomes for customers.
• Experience with contracting, acquisition, supply chain management and/or logistics management in the aviation industry.
• Assessing and developing long term program management, strategy, and milestones.
• Leading a cross functional team.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a senior analyst/advisor in assessing and developing key strategic sourcing program plans and initiatives.
• Develops techniques for assessing and evaluating quantified study results.
• Identifies and evaluates analytical assessments pertaining to the effectiveness of current contracting methodologies to establish a baseline for proposing modifications of new contracting approaches in support of strategic sourcing objectives.
• Establishes sourcing strategy approaches and works with Acquisition Specialists and others to develop supporting contract arrangements, and provide recommendations to ISTs for implementation.
• Represents the agency as a technical expert on sourcing strategies and KPIs on committees and task forces to formulate general program guidance.
• Completes market research to support acquisition strategies to include assessing commercial market capabilities.
• Leads cross functional teams focused on acquisition strategies.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Contracting knowledge

Logistics strategy

Cross-functional leadership

DoD context knowledge

Job description

Defense Logistics Agency is seeking a Sourcing Strategy Specialist to serve as a senior analyst and advisor for strategic sourcing program plans and initiatives. You will develop techniques to assess study results and evaluate contracting methodologies to propose improved approaches for strategic sourcing.

You will establish sourcing strategy approaches, collaborate with Acquisition Specialists, and provide recommendations to integrated supplier teams for implementation.