Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Primary Responsibility:
Improve Americold’s competitive advantage by leading and managing assigned spend categories and preferred supplier relationships through building partnerships with the Strategic Sourcing team, Facility Services, Engineering, Finance, and Operations. This will include conducting opportunity assessments, executing turnkey Sourcing projects, negotiating contracts, managing spend categories, and reporting metrics through all levels of the organization.

What You’ll Do:
• Develop business plans for managing strategic categories' spend, growth, and optimal cost
• Analyze current spend categories, identify savings opportunities, and execute plans to achieve cost reductions
• Develop and manage vendor relationships while optimizing the supply base
• Support Americold’s business units for ad hoc business necessities to implement and maintain profitable and effective sourcing programs
• Educate, train, and enforce sourcing, procurement processes, and policies utilizing innovative business acumen and best practices
• Reporting sourcing and category management metrics and scorecards
• Evaluate vendor performance for profitability and establish service level standards
• Ensure the integrity of SAP material and vendor master data for managed categories
• Expand Americold industry knowledge
• Stay well-informed with the latest developments with respect to the assigned categories and trends in general procurement
• Incorporate best practices and introduce innovative Kaizen events into Americold’s business strategy
• Provide support for the Strategic Sourcing Director as needed
• Perform other duties as required

What Experience and Education You Need:
• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of minimum business-related work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in procurement, category management, or related environment/field
• Subject-matter expert in relative industries such as distribution, retail, warehousing, supply chain, or logistics preferred
• Category experience in MHE or indirect supplies and services preferred
• Experience in vendor negotiations
• General knowledge or experience with E-Procurement systems knowledge is required (such as Ariba, GeP, etc.).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications with intermediate to advanced skill level in Excel & PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel an average of 10% or less

What Could Set You Apart:
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate at all levels
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Sourcing category knowledge in specific areas such as manufacturing, IT, or supply chain
• Flexible, team and goal-oriented approach
• Excellent customer service skills
• Demonstrated analytical capabilities, such as with complex Excel or similar models
• Demonstrated an uncompromising level of integrity and code of ethics
• Must be highly organized and demonstrate a sense of urgency
• Ability to relate to others respectfully with concise, focused communication to broad audiences, such as entry-level warehouse employees, up to leadership positions
• Public speaking strength with ease, conveying business priorities, instructions, and feedback from vendor interaction

Physical Requirements:
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business
• May require a facility visit to Americold warehouses in temperatures at or below freezing
• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lift, carry, position, or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
• EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.