Procurement BST Solutions Travel and Operations Senior Manager - Detroit, United States - PwC

Description

Specialty/Competency: IFS - Finance

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Time Type: Full time

Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

A career in Procurement, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to develop and manage the procurement of all goods and services required by PwC for operational and strategic purposes. As a part of the team, you'll assist in developing our standard practices and compliance infrastructure, managing relationships for both internal clients and suppliers to aid in the strategic selection of suppliers, supplier diversity, and contract negotiations.

As part of our team, you'll be responsible for the acquisition of services and capital equipment and goods. We serve as the relationship manager for both internal clients and suppliers by seeking appropriate solutions for all sourcing needs, creating, reviewing, and negotiating contractual arrangements through thought leadership, subject matter specialisation, and strategic advising.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences :

Basic Qualifications :

Minimum Degree Required :

High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience :

6 year(s) of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications :

Degree Preferred :

Bachelor Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills :

Demonstrates intimate knowledge and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: -Developing category business plans and strategic sourcing for a category portfolio; and, -Leading sourcing teams to source sub-category purchases in ways that consistently produce significant, measurable savings coupled with high quality, value added benefits and enhanced customer support.

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: - Developing, implementing and executing procurement activities for $200MM-$500MM in goods and services within an assigned expense category area; - Driving sourcing projects while enabling compliance with arm's length, transparency, and fair bidding processes; - Supervising the writing and conducting of complex bidding in related commodity areas on a global, cluster, and/or local basis; - Building and maintaining supplier and customer relationships and confirming contract execution and integration of new suppliers in accordance with firm guidelines; - Conducting and managing spend analysis, market intelligence, benchmarking, and performance analysis for global, cluster and locally sourced contracts; - Collaborating with the US Strategy and Sourcing Director and global category specialists in the implementation and execution of the Sub-Category Strategies for their specified spend area; - Developing appropriate Procurement sourcing and operational tools and mechanisms (i.e.. bidding activities and issues) according to firm guidelines; - Applying negotiation and persuasion skills at various levels internally and in the supplier community; - Providing total category management, from sourcing through implementation and ongoing operations of the relevant Category and/or Sub-Category; - Utilizing advanced Procurement commodity-specific knowledge to support the implementation of a supplier performance management program; - Delivering industry leading practice methods and measures to confirm that the optimum balance of cost and quality is achieved in all contracts and processes; - Confirming savings are coupled with high quality service delivery and enhanced customer access; -Managing relationships strategically with third party business travel and meetings service providers to establish quality service delivery and continuous improvement over time; - Executing and supporting implementation of strategies for Procurement categories and related Sub-Categories, establishing alignment with Firm strategy and key imperatives; and, - Coaching and leading Procurement staff to effectively contribute to the achievement of team, departmental, and Firm objectives.

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