GLO - Logistics Sourcing Manager
About The Position
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is seeking a Logistics Sourcing Manager to manage commodities/categories worldwide, including goods and services that support the company and its customers. This role involves setting category strategies, developing the supply base to meet company and customer requirements, and managing supplier contracting, negotiations, qualification, and quality processes. The primary objective is to reduce the cost of supply while meeting demand requirements, business and quality specifications, and revenue goals. This position adds value through managing the performance aspects of major contracts and subcontracts. The role requires unique mastery and recognized authority on relevant subject matter knowledge, contributing to innovative principles and ideas. The manager will operate in complex disciplines, provide highly innovative solutions, and lead large, cross-division functional teams or projects that affect the organization's long-term goals. They will also mentor and guide lower-level employees and exercise independent judgment in developing methods and criteria for achieving objectives, setting functional policy and direction.
Requirements
- First level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced university degree preferred.
- Typically 10+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain function.
- Excellent understanding of global procurement processes, industry, and highly complex suppliers.
- Advanced analytical skills.
- Advanced business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint) and supply chain modeling skills.
- Drives development and efficiency of procurement tools and applications.
- Advanced communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities.
- Strong Program Management Skills, incorporating multiple projects.
- Advanced team leadership and influencing skills.
- Mastery in English and local language.
- Ability to independently draft legal contractual documents.
- Applies cause and effect thinking to identify complex or emerging contract risk areas.
- Capable of independently drafting custom contract solutions to obtain acceptable outcomes.
- Subject matter expertise on known and emerging contracting principles.
- Ability to close complex deals in a timely fashion.
- Advanced ability to develop suppliers strategically.
- Excellent understanding of the company.
Responsibilities
- Leads a complex supply chain category, including data and industry analysis, and reports results to business executives.
- Leads a complex, international, cross-functional team.
- Meets with Stakeholder business executives to discuss the impact of supply chain strategic development on overall business and to develop forward-thinking supply chain strategies.
- Influences the industry or marketplace for complex categories and engages with market leaders.
- Develops and utilizes supply chain, business, and financial modeling tools.
- Leads complex Supplier Selection Activities.
- Drives supply base optimization for complex categories.
- Negotiates and completes contracts with highly complex and critical suppliers.
- Responsible for day-to-day operations of the most complex, long-term suppliers.
- Partners with suppliers in forward-thinking strategic development and relationship building.
- Develops strategies for risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operations improvement.
- Innovates complex business models, drives associated strategies, and influences the marketplace.
- Identifies complex or emerging contract risk areas.
- Negotiates acceptable contracting outcomes using custom solutions.
- Advises executive-level business leaders on all contract risk areas.
Benefits
- Health & Wellbeing comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
- Personal & Professional Development programs catered to helping you reach any career goals.
- Unconditional Inclusion, celebrating individual uniqueness.
- Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
