Assoc Director, Procurement - Transportation and Logistics

Gilead Sciences•Foster City, CA

About The Position

In this role, you will develop and execute strategies for the global logistics category to lower total cost of ownership and increase overall value and identify business demand requirements and deliver the Procurement value proposition across a broad portfolio of Procurement categories and programs supporting Global Logistics. As a Assoc Director, Procurement - Transportation and Logistics , at Gilead you will ...

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years' Experience OR Masters' Degree and Eight Years' Experience OR PhD and Two Years' Experience

Nice To Haves

7+ years professional work experience in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance or related field and experience in the areas of DEI, procurement and supplier management, or corporate strategy.
Proven track record in logistics procurement, category management, or supply chain leadership; experience with transportation, warehousing, and related categories.
Strategic thinking, data-driven decision-making, negotiation, risk management, sustainability/ESG awareness, technology proficiency, and strong communication.
Highly analytical and comfortable using data to identify trends and opportunities.
Proven track record of applying procurement principles, concepts, best practices, and standards along with an in-depth knowledge of industry practices required.
A skilled negotiator who balances commercial objectives with supplier relationships.
Extensive knowledge and experience with procurement/spend systems data and analysis to drive decision making.

Responsibilities

Consult with cross functional teams to lead transportation sourcing events and competitive bidding processes.
Develop category strategies to deliver value by achieving cost savings and improving quality and service levels by identifying opportunity areas such as standardization and supplier consolidation.
Collaborate and engage across the Global Logistics functions/regions to identify requirements and projected demand in alignment with business priorities and engage in strategic planning, target setting and action planning to deliver meaningful business impact.
Partner with internal senior leadership to define clear performance metrics and supplier objectives which meet Gilead's business needs; including quality, reliability, innovation and cost.
Collaborate with Supplier Risk, Inclusion, and Sustainability functions to create a standard and repeatable process to integrate business diversity and responsible procurement into an overall value proposition.
Develop and expand carrier relationships and capabilities based on segmentation of supply base to improve capacity and service levels.
Develop tender roadmap and multi-year cost improvement pipeline by combining all spend information into yearly plans and long-term forecasts for costs, savings targets, and planned projects
Classify suppliers and manage supplier relationships according to defined supplier relationship management standards to drive continuous improvement opportunities.
Coordinate with Planning and Logistics to right size network storage utilization and freight network optimization initiatives.
Ensure early Procurement engagement in the budgeting process to deliver against the financial goals and priorities.
Drive year-over-year improvement in key category metrics including spend-under-contract, spend-under-strategy and spend-under-management.
Lead sourcing strategies, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management to achieve cost savings and service improvements
Monitor and report on procurement and logistics KPIs, ensuring delivery of cost of ownership targets and service level agreements.
Focused on continuous improvement and supplier development based on periodic reviews of freight spend, market trends and supplier performance data.
Leverage procurement e-tools, ERP systems, and analytics to support decision-making and process automation.
Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.
Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.