Indirect Strategic Sourcing Manager - Facilities/Transportation

Indirect Strategic Sourcing Manager - Facilities/Transportation
Oakland, CA (hybrid)
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The Facilities & Transportation Strategic Sourcing Manager role is ideal for a self-starter who thrives in a fast-changing environment, brings structure to ambiguity, and energizes others through inclusive, engaging leadership. This position will play a critical role in evolving the Facilities & Transportation sourcing portfolio. This position supports the Facilities & Transportation portfolio’s goals through transactional awareness to identify potential cost savings, diversity, green supply chain, spend reduction, supplier consolidation and standardization opportunities. Identifies opportunities for efficiency within corporate and sourcing policies and processes to improve results for both Sourcing and Portfolio clients. This position leads multiple spend categories within a portfolio.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimizes diversity spending and total cost of ownership for key lines of business.
• Ensures the overall governance of the contract approval process from contract creation through contract award.
• Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories
• Develops short and long term strategies for all spend categories within portfolio
• Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives
• Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development
• Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies
• Monitors and maximizes customer satisfaction using standardized client service level agreements
• Manages continuous improvement-based relationships that deliver mutually beneficial results for the client and its suppliers
• Establishes service level agreements to hold suppliers accountable for performance
• Approves purchase orders and contracts from $500,000 to $10 million
• Directly supervises Sourcing Supervisors, Category Leaders and Sourcing Specialists.
• Acts as a change agent and culture builder, promoting a strong team identity and shared sense of purpose across sourcing and business partners
• Develops and implements frameworks to enhance team structure, communication and decision-making
• Brings structure, prioritization, and momentum t ambiguous or evolving initiatives
• Influences senior leader through Lean methodologies, problem solving, data-driven insights, clear and confident storytelling
• Ensures alignment and transparency by translating strategy into action and empowering teams at all levels to execute with clarity and purpose
• Serves as a communication bridge- ensuring priorities, decisions, and insights flow through the organization and don't stall at the management layer

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college)
• 8 years of total sourcing or related industry experience; some positions may require technical/category experience
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree
• Project Management experience, Utility industry experience
• 2-3 years of supervisor experience
• SAP/SRM proficiency