Senior Supplier Manager

Osaic; Oakdale (MN); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Paid time off

Job summary

Osaic is looking for a Supplier Manager in Oakdale, MN, to perform engagements throughout the supplier lifecycle. You'll run competitive bids, prepare contract strategies, and support business units in supplier management issues. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and extensive experience in supplier and commodity management within the financial services industry. The position offers a hybrid work model requiring at least 4 days a week in the office and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience with supplier management and commodity management.
• Advanced understanding of contracting fundamentals and negotiations.
• 5-8 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Responsibilities

• Support supplier engagements throughout the supplier lifecycle.
• Run competitive bids and prepare contract negotiation strategies.
• Establish and maintain categories of spend strategies.

Skills

Supplier management

Contract negotiations

Project management

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Contract life cycle management systems

Job description

Location(s):

• Atlanta: 2300 Windy Ridge Pkwy SE, Suite750, Atlanta, GA 30339

• La Vista: 12325 Port Grace Blvd, La Vista, NE 68128

• Oakdale: 7755 3rd St. N, Oakdale, MN 55128

• Scottsdale: 18700 N Hayden Rd, Suite 255, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

• St. Petersburg: 877 Executive Center Dr. W, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702

Remote Policy:

Osaic is not considering remote candidates at this time. Osaic has returned to the office on a hybrid schedule requiring a minimum of 4 days weekly in the office at one of the listed hubs.

Role Type:

Full‑time

Salary:

$115,000 - $135,000 per year + annual bonus

Benefits:

Our competitive compensation is just one component of Osaic's total compensation package. Additional benefits include health, vision, dental insurance, 401k, paid time away, volunteer days and much more. To view more details of what you can look forward to, visit https://careers.osaic.com/Creative/Benefits.

Summary:

Perform and support supplier engagements for internal customers throughout the supplier lifecycle. Utilize and guide stakeholders through established processes and systems that meet best‑in‑class standards established by Procurement leadership. The engagements include but are not limited to sourcing suppliers, running competitive bids with RFPs, preparing contract negotiation strategies with all relevant business requirements including cost and TCO modeling, contract lifecycle management, supplier relationship management, through off‑boarding or supplier terminations. Support assigned business units with category of spend strategies that tie into new supplier intake reviews, decreasing supplier base, decreasing cost run rates, and aligning business requirements with the supply base.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university in a Business or Finance Related Field.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated experience in supplier management, commodity management, category of spend management with increasing levels of responsibilities at the highest level across all indirect categories of spend.

• An advanced understanding of contracting, contracting elements, fundamentals, and contract negotiations. Demonstrated experience and abilities to lower overall cost run rates through contracting.

• Advanced experience with establishing and maintaining categories of spend strategies.

• Advanced experience with analytical and analysis processes, developing TCO models, pivot tables, and other Excel experience for baseline comparisons of data and analysis.

• Advanced experience running RFx's, supplier selection, and managing stakeholders through the entire process.

• Advanced experience with project management, demonstrated project management skills within the Source to Pay lifecycle.

• Advanced experience working with senior leaders and the ability to manage them as stakeholders as well as influence decision making.

• Advanced experience with presenting to senior and executive management on analysis of data for decision making.

• Advanced experience supporting business units with supplier management issues, supplier performance, and supplier relationship issues.

• Advanced experience with supplier reduction strategies through acquisitions and mergers.

• Thrive in a fast‑paced, ever‑evolving work environment.

• Utilize logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Communicate to others to convey information effectively as well as communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Incorporate your knowledge of shared services industry trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations and trendsetters.

• Incorporate your knowledge of and ability to utilize processes, tools, and techniques for detecting, addressing and preventing fraudulent situations.

• Utilize your creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work‑related problems.

• Consider the relative risks and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Be a financial steward on how money will be spent to get the work done, account for expenses compared to budget and potential budget impacts.

• Understand motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

• Utilize your ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time.

• Incorporate a customer service‑oriented function, actively looking for ways to help people.

• Knowledge of functions, features and applications of Microsoft Office; ability to use the cross‑functional features of its applications to enhance overall organizational efficiency.

Basic Requirements:

• 5-8 years of experience with supplier management, commodity management, or managing categories of spend.

• 5-8 years of experience in the financial services industry.

• 5-8 years of experience with sourcing and contract life cycle management systems.

Preferred Requirements:

• 10-15 years of relevant work experience as a supplier manager.

• 10-15 years with relevant Financial Services Industry experience.

• 10-15 years of experience working with sourcing and contract life cycle management systems.

• Additional certifications in Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management, or Commodity Management. Examples include ASCM (APICS), CPSM, CSMP, etc.