Employer: Sally Beauty Supply LLC
POSITION: Manager of Vendor Performance
WORKSITE: 7900 Windrose Avenue, Plano, TX 75024; Telecommuting up to 3 days per week. Must live within commuting distance from office.
JOB DUTIES:
• Lead the development and tracking of vendor performance KPIs, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals and providing actionable insights to senior leadership. • Core responsibilities include the creation and continuous refinement of vendor performance metrics. • The manager will work with stakeholders to define KPIs that accurately reflect vendor effectiveness, develop autonomous tracking systems, and serve as a liaison with IT to resolve data gaps and discrepancies. • Work to ensure that vendor KPIs are integrated with supply chain and merchandising metrics to support efficient purchase order lifecycle management. • Will partner with the Senior Director of Vendor Performance and Merchant teams to develop targeted strategies for improving vendor performance, particularly in areas like EDI and OTIF delivery. • This includes analyzing data from multiple sources (Vendor P&L, category reporting, supply chain reporting, JOA, etc.), identifying root causes of performance issues, and proposing solutions. • Spearhead vendor dispute resolution across supply chain processes and invoicing. • Lead vendor training and continuous improvement initiatives. • Will mentor and develop the vendor performance team.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Project Management, Engineering Management, Information Systems, or related field and five years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in business analytics, project management, supply chain analyst for consumer products or related. In the alternative, a Master's degree in Business Analytics, Project Management, Engineering Management, Information Systems, or related field and three years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in business analytics, project management, supply chain analyst for consumer products or related.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
• The experience must include: • Three years of project management experience in supply chain operations • Three years in SQL, Tableau, or Power BI, Alteryx and Microsoft Azure • Two years' experience with WMS systems (AS400 and/or Manhattan Active) scripting, Caspio table creation • Two years of experience working with distribution center operations • Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional projects required • 10% domestic travel to visit company's distributions centers. Travel is anticipated once a quarter.