Transportation Sourcing Strategy Lead

PetSmart, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 135.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Pet-friendly environment

On-site gym

On-site childcare

Zusammenfassung

PetSmart, Inc. seeks a Category Manager with Transportation Sourcing expertise to partner with the Transportation team and managed suppliers. lead category strategies, deliver savings, and improve productivity while collaborating with stakeholders to meet organizational needs.

The role focuses on developing category strategies, evaluating carriers, and negotiating agreements to optimize total cost. In-office collaboration is emphasized with flexibility for remote work days, based at the Phoenix

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 5 years’ experience in strategic sourcing or procurement discipline in a Retail environment.
• Strong project management skills, including stakeholder timelines and meeting management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a dynamic Environment.
• Establish a strong network to foster collaboration with suppliers, key stakeholders and team members.
• Ability to analyze complex processes and lead workgroups to help resolve problem areas.
• Be able to prioritize workload, work to tight deadlines, be adaptable, detail-oriented, organized and motivated.
• Ability to effectively communicate with senior management levels (VP, SVP, etc.)
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Strong contract and commercial negotiation skills.
• Results-focused with a strong work ethic.

Aufgaben

• Develops and leads the RFI/RFP process for transportation services in accordance with company policy and procedures.
• Evaluates carriers and services based on predetermined selection criteria.
• Maintains regular and appropriate communications throughout the sourcing process, both internal and external
• Executes commercial and contractual negotiations/agreements to reach the best total cost, including terms to mitigate economic and currency fluctuations as appropriate for the transportation category.
• Creates a category strategy in conjunction with internal customers to ensure there is a comprehensive, unified approach for the category
• Communicates and reports to leadership the status of any critical external relationships that could affect planning and decision-making.
• Earns the trust of key stakeholders to drive alignment with the business
• Participates in professional development activities to keep abreast of current industry best practices.
• Demonstrates exemplary integrity and ethics in all instances.
• Additional responsibilities may include leading a procurement workstream to optimize/implement a current/new process, training other departments on a specific process or facilitating a best practice learning session

Kenntnisse

Project management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Ariba

Jaggaer

ChatGPT

Jobbeschreibung

PetSmart, Inc. seeks a Category Manager with Transportation Sourcing expertise to partner with the Transportation team and managed suppliers. lead category strategies, deliver savings, and improve productivity while collaborating with stakeholders to meet organizational needs.

The role focuses on developing category strategies, evaluating carriers, and negotiating agreements to optimize total cost. In-office collaboration is emphasized with flexibility for remote work days, based at the Phoenix