Manager (Vegetation Management Strategic Sourcing)

Date Posted: 10/02/2025

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 489504

Industry: Utility

Job Title: Manager (Vegetation Management Strategic Sourcing)

Job Location: Oakland, CA, USA, 94612

Work Model: Hybrid

Work Model Details: Required Onsite upon business need

Shift: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Employment Type: Permanent

FT/PT: Full-Time

Min Hourly Rate ($): 70.00

Max Hourly Rate ($): 80.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Compliance, MS Office, Procurement, Project Management

Experience Desired: 10 years of total sourcing experience or related industry experience (10 yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Education: Master’s Degree

**C2C is not available**

Job Description

***Only qualified Vegetation Management Strategic Sourcing Consultants local to the Bay area/work location - Oakland, CA will be considered due to the assignment being hybrid and requiring an onsite presence upon business needs***

The Manager, Vegetation Management Strategic Sourcing role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies that align with the goals of the Vegetation Management portfolio across all business lines and broader enterprise objectives. This position leads strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier governance to drive performance, cost savings, sustainability, and supplier diversity. The role works closely with internal stakeholders to ensure sourcing activities meet operational needs and capital projects while identifying opportunities for process improvements, standardization, and increased value. This is a highly collaborative role that plays a key part in strengthening sourcing outcomes and enhancing the client experience within the portfolio.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college)

Background Qualifications Minimum:

• 8 years of total sourcing or related industry experience; some positions may require technical/category experience

Desired:

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree

• Strategic Sourcing experience, Project Management experience, Utility industry experience

• 10 years of total sourcing experience or related industry experience

• 5 years of supervisor experience

• SAP/SRM proficiency

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams

• Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills

Responsibilities:

• Establish a high-performance team to develop 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 PG&E 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.

• Develop work processes and procedures aligning to organizational requirements

**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered. **

**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements. **

Benefits:

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