director sourcing, Global Supply Chain (Nashville, TN)

Starbucks • Nashville, TN

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position contributes to Starbucks success by leading and directing a team of procurement professionals to deliver best total value global sourcing strategies. Develops a vision for best-in-class sourcing for the spend category. Establishes multi-year plans to enable business goals. Champions corporate social responsibility and supplier diversity leadership programs. Collaborates internally at all levels, across the US and international business units, and across the supply base to support business sourcing objectives. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.

Requirements

• Team leadership and people management (10 yrs)
• Global strategic sourcing/ procurement experience, preferably in a high growth, retail/manufacturing/CPG environment (12 yrs)
• Ability to apply knowledge of multidisciplinary business principles and practices to achieve successful outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities
• Analytical: Advanced analytical skills, adept in business planning, financial management, and budget management
• Procurement: Market leading knowledge of global market analysis, macro-economic drivers, sourcing category strategy, supplier relationship management, strategic vendor alliance programs, ‘should-cost’ models, and multi-year negotiation strategies, supplier continuous improvement programs/Lean Initiatives
• Legal: Knowledge of critical procurement legal requirements and contracting best practices
• Ethics: Knowledge of business ethics and Starbucks Ethical Sourcing Requirements
• Influence: Exceptional ability to influence at a Senior Executive Level both internally and externally. Able to influence relevant industry and governmental policy issues
• Communication: Exceptional communication both written and oral
• Systems: Knowledge of Excel, Oracle, BI Apps, charting programs, PowerPoint, and others

Responsibilities

• Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the immediate team of direct reports promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results
• Supports the implementation of company programs to ensure the success of the Company.
• Successfully collaborate and motivate across the organization
• Rapidly assess opportunities, develop a compelling vision that will enable best in class performance, and lead teams to implement systematic change
• Build and lead global procurement teams
• Lead teams to higher levels of performance
• Develop people and teams
• Elevate organizational capability across procurement organization
• Successfully influence internal stakeholders through the executive vice president level
• Prepares, communicates and educates client groups and team on changes in policies and practices within the organization
• Plans and manages business unit and department processes and practices to ensure that programs are aligned with company business goals and objectives.
• Develop compelling vision to enables best in class sourcing for the relevant spend area and the corporation overall
• Establish multi-year strategic plans and goals to enable bottom-line and top-line company growth
• Champion corporate social responsibility and supplier diversity leadership programs
• Design and develop organization with superior engagement to consistently achieve goals
• Collaborate across internal teams, across the supply base, and across the appropriate industry
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies and ratify commodity risk management recommendations
• Drive major step change within scope of responsibility
• Manage the sourcing strategies in areas of high financial or brand risk to Starbucks
• Operate in high-growth climate
• Develop and leverage strong professional relationships with strategic suppliers and industry players
• Employ market leading knowledge of key global industry players, competitors and dynamics to identify potential
• Proficiently manage suppliers for continuous performance improvement
• Successfully influence external company presidents, as well as governmental policy or standard practice within the industry
• Effectively utilize program and project management tools and techniques
• Effectively manage multiple competing projects and deadlines
• Efficiently solve problems and make decisions for primary and strategic, unique or complex issues across a vast array of projects and processes
• Provide broad oversight and drive execution of project plans
• Challenges and inspires team members to achieve business results.
• Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
• Ensures partners adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements.
• Oversees training and development of partners directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions.
• Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve partners, business and customer results

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits
• short-term and long-term disability
• paid parental leave
• family expansion reimbursement
• paid vacation from date of hire
• sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
• eight paid holidays
• two personal days per year
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
• Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
• incentivized emergency savings
• financial well-being tools
• 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
• student loan management resources
• access to other educational opportunities
• backup care
• DACA reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed