Sourcing Category Management Analyst, Marketing

Kroger•Cincinnati, OH

17d

About The Position

Support the day to day execution of strategies for assigned categories and focus on reducing organizational spend to improve savings and enhancing relationships with business stakeholders and suppliers. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Requirements

Minimum Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, CPG, or similar
1-year professional experience in procurement activities
Ability to identify, quantify and effectively communicate business risks
Self-starter, ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while delivering solid action-oriented results quickly
Analytical skills with the ability to identify, quantify and effectively leverage data to support business decisions, communicate opportunities and/or raise business risks
Ability to monitor compliance with established guidelines, policies, procedures, and regulations
Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Vizio)
Ability to synthesize analysis into compelling oral and written communications and presentations

Nice To Haves

CPM/CPSM, CSCP or equivalent certification
Expertise in Microsoft Office, data visualization tools
1-year professional experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Retail

Responsibilities

Tactical Sourcing Design and execute sourcing events for pertinent category
Utilize available e-sourcing and optimization tools efficiently
Develop different award optimization scenarios to minimize total cost of ownership
Respond to supplier and stakeholder questions (e.g. category, supply, event, price, or specification)
Support the execution of supplier financing programs maintaining a holistic view of early payment and accounts payables programs
Prepare planning guide to facilitate the completion of the negotiation and support where needed
Sourcing Analysis Conduct opportunity assessments, benchmarking, and should cost modeling to develop sourcing opportunities
Prepare category improvement projections and conduct post-implementation variance analysis
Identify total internal costs associated with supplier price, delivery, operations and quality
Quantify the overall total ownership cost of each product or service to identify cost savings
Contract Management Work with the contract management team in the administration of contract data, addendums, item master sheets, and additional supplier documentation
Supplier Relationship Management Support category managers in the development of supplier performance/continuous improvement targets and related scorecards
Work with the SRM team in the administration of supplier assessments, score cards, and other analytics to manage supplier performance
Benefit Tracking Partner with the KPI & Benefits team to develop a tracking mechanism to report and communicate the savings achieved
Additional Support Support other initiatives / projects in the company that may affect organization's performance and collaborate with necessary stakeholders
Support talent development framework and proven experience in creating/maintaining training curriculum