Sourcing and Procurement Specialist, Senior Advisor

Zebra Technologies Corporation•Lincolnshire, IL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sourcing and Procurement Specialist, Senior Advisor is the third role of three Independent Contributor roles that recognizes his/her category expertise, efficiency and effectiveness of complex regional to global multi-project management, demonstrates the leader capabilities, brings an innovation mindset and being an agent of change for the Procurement organization. More specifically, the Sourcing and Procurement Specialist Senior Advisor is responsible for leveraging their category expertise by working closely with the business stakeholders to identify, define and execute key projects that support defined business goals and objectives over a 12-36-month horizon. The Senior Advisor will handle multiple highly complex regional to global projects and lend his/her industry and category expertise with other team members. The Senior Advisor is a recognized as a member of the Procurement Leadership team with the expectation to support and drive Zebra and Procurement’s goals and objectives. This position requires hybrid work (3 days in office per week minimum) in either our Lincolnshire, IL, Holtsville, NY, Austin, TX, OR San Jose, CA locations (note: There is a Premium Pay Adjustment reflected for the San Jose, CA location).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred with a preference for Accounting/Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related
12+ years experience as a procurement professional
Equivalent work experience accepted in lieu of a degree as a procurement professional

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPSM is a plus
Experience with semiconductor procurement is beneficial but not required
Proficiency in spreadsheet software (e.g. Microsoft Excel), presentation software (i.e. Microsoft PowerPoint), Oracle iProcurement, Scout, and SpendHQ (or similar programs)
Perform significant total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research, conduct the most complex pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements
Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve significant and unique strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction
Ability to influence and build relationships
Contribute to measuring success, including savings, innovation related to process improvements, improved delivery and simplified process
Strategic Sourcing
Stakeholder Management
Project Management
Spend Analytics
Supplier Management
Contract Compliance
Strategic Collaboration Management
Executive Presentation
Leadership
Project Management

Responsibilities

Inspire trust and confidence with executive leadership
Engage with management team and stakeholder team members to drive strategic initiatives effectively balancing the RFx process and the TCO evaluation of suppliers against the business stakeholder’s requirements and supplier preferences
Recognized as a company expert
Ability to simultaneously manage 8+ highly complex projects, leading all deliverables, analytics, negotiations and project management details (as needed). These projects will span from a regional to global scope and will support the company’s key strategic priorities. Additionally, these projects will typically impact multiple functions and involve medium to large sized project teams representing multiple business areas
Manage full sourcing process for the most complex projects– inclusive of supply market analysis, leverage spend, establishing business requirements, driving requirements, negotiating SOWs, contract terms, executing and monitoring complex contracts, conducting and monitoring supplier
Hosting and leading business reviews
Independently collaborate with key stakeholders to develop annual category management plan that incorporates the stakeholder’s strategy, goals, challenges, constraints and objectives with a 1 to 3- year time horizon – key outputs included but not limited to spend breakdown, strategic sourcing pipeline, process improvements, supplier rationalizations, targeted supplier business reviews, sourcing levers, etc.
Ability to maintain accountability, delivering against timelines, building relationships and becoming a trusted advisor with business stakeholders, executive management and suppliers
Perform significant total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research, conduct the most complex pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements
Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve significant and unique strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction
Contribute to measuring success, including savings, innovation related to process improvements, improved delivery and simplified process
This role is for Semiconductor procurement