Strategic Sourcing Specialist

AAA-The Auto Club Group•MI-Admin Office Building (AOB), MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides support for defined sourcing categories/commodities aligned with business lines and inter-club organizations. Provides support for strategic sourcing and supply chain requirements that ensure competitive solutions that provide the greatest competitive value for the enterprise. Acts as a liaison with all clubs and departments within the Auto Club Group (ACG) in order to facilitate the procurement and deployment of necessary goods and services at the optimal economic value for ACG. Supports the development, implementation and on-going management of change between the strategic sourcing and supply chain (procurement) organization and internal client organizations. Assists management with strategic procurement planning to ensure ACG business goals are met. Supports the development of strategic roadmaps aligned to business requirements, ensuring best practices and competitive advantage solutions are utilized. Assists management in the development and manages to the process for supplier performance management, RFx development and execution and contract negotiation and implementation, ensuring department and corporate compliance standards are met. Supports partnership opportunities with the AAA federation of clubs including AAA National and external organizations in order to gain leveraging opportunities for ACG. Supports the department ombudsman process in order to provide timely resolutions to problems and client complaints, ensuring department quality service objectives are met.

Requirements

College level coursework in supply chain management or related field.
Project planning
Identifying, analyzing and resolving moderately complex problems
Resolving changes in scope, timing, costs, quality and client satisfaction
Supporting and contributing transformational level change within a procurement organization
Involved in supporting a highly rationalized and diverse supply base optimized to business needs
Supporting strategic sourcing initiatives across a series of spend categories
Supplier development and contract negotiation
Developing cost/benefit analyses
Writing bid proposals with analytical evaluation capability
Goal setting, decision making and conflict resolution
Willing to travel as required to meet business needs
Organizing, monitoring and reporting projects
Coordinating support activities provided by multiple off-site suppliers and internal clients
Customer care and satisfaction
Trends and emerging technologies/services across assigned ACG procurement categories
Best-in-class procurement transformational trends and traditional processes
Acquisition principals and nomenclature
Business process and technology solutions supporting internal clients, suppliers and department
Negotiation techniques
Basic auditing theory
Statistical methods and analysis
Supplier diversity and strategic importance
Support demand management objectives
Communicate effectively
Provide competitive solutions in support of business objectives
Multitask or perform a variety of concurrent activities
Explore alternative approaches/innovations to strategic sourcing and supply chain activities
Negotiate and implement supplier contracts
Ability to manage supplier performance to ensure optimal results
Work under tight schedules and deadlines
Strong oral and written communication skills to include report/proposal preparation and presentations to middle level management and external contacts

Nice To Haves

Bachelor degree and/or professional certifications preferred (e.g., Accredited Purchasing Practitioner, CPM).
In a variety of industry segments
Broad procurement background with strong focus in non-production (indirect) procurement in an individual contributor/leadership capacity

Responsibilities

Provides support for defined sourcing categories/commodities aligned with business lines and inter-club organizations.
Provides support for strategic sourcing and supply chain requirements that ensure competitive solutions that provide the greatest competitive value for the enterprise.
Acts as a liaison with all clubs and departments within the Auto Club Group (ACG) in order to facilitate the procurement and deployment of necessary goods and services at the optimal economic value for ACG.
Supports the development, implementation and on-going management of change between the strategic sourcing and supply chain (procurement) organization and internal client organizations.
Assists management with strategic procurement planning to ensure ACG business goals are met.
Supports the development of strategic roadmaps aligned to business requirements, ensuring best practices and competitive advantage solutions are utilized.
Assists management in the development and manages to the process for supplier performance management, RFx development and execution and contract negotiation and implementation, ensuring department and corporate compliance standards are met.
Supports partnership opportunities with the AAA federation of clubs including AAA National and external organizations in order to gain leveraging opportunities for ACG.
Supports the department ombudsman process in order to provide timely resolutions to problems and client complaints, ensuring department quality service objectives are met.