Senior Supplier Manager

Advisor Group Inc.; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Paid time off

Volunteer days

Job summary

Advisor Group Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ is looking for a Senior Supplier Manager with extensive experience in supplier and contract management within the financial services sector. You will lead supplier engagements, develop category spend strategies, and work closely with stakeholders to ensure effective procurement processes.

The ideal candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in business or finance and 5-15 years of relevant experience. Benefits include health and dental insurance, 401k, paid time off, and more.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in supplier management.
• Experience in the financial services industry.
• Knowledge of sourcing and contract life cycle management.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier engagements through the lifecycle.
• Develop strategies to reduce costs and improve supplier relationships.
• Support business units with category of spend strategies.

Skills

Supplier management

Contract negotiation

Cost analysis

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Supplier Manager – Financial Services

Role Type: Full-time

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

Locations

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

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.

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 demonstrated 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 maintaining 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

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited university in a Business or Finance Related Field

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

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

Benefits

• Health, vision, dental insurance, 401k, paid time away, volunteer days and much more
• Additional benefits include health, vision, dental insurance, 401k, paid time away, volunteer days and much more