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Manager- Indirects - Chicago, United States - The Kraft Heinz Company
Description
Our highest priority is always the health and safety of our Kraft Heinz family. We require our office-based, home-based, R&D, and sales team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless approved for a medical or religious accommodation. This will enable our transition to hybrid work while maximizing the wellbeing of our entire team.
We believe the office is a critical driver of innovation, connection and development, but also realize providing more flexibility to our employees is critical in this new world. Starting in January 2022, the majority of our salaried employees will be able to work virtually for up to two days each week to create a more agile and modern workplace. Some jobs may be required to be performed fully in person depending a roles responsibilities and requirements.
** Description & Requirements**
****Role****
The Manager of Transportation will be responsible for leading all strategic planning and sourcing activities for 7 + related subcategories (e.g. Full-Truckload- Less-than-Truckload (LTL)- Small Parcel- Rail- Spotting and Shuttling- and Intermodal) with total spend of $1 Billion across the Kraft Heinz NA enterprise and 200+ suppliers. This position will demonstrate their experience and knowledge to lead team members who will build comprehensive strategies at the category level and implement the strategy through the sourcing process. They will drive program compliance through Supplier and Contract Management creating value for Kraft Heinz. This position will drive sustainable strategies that will actively seek to reduce and/or control costs for transportation services while increasing efficiencies for the business. This position will work closely with the collaborators in Logistics- various Business Units- R&D- Operations and Corporate functions to provide innovative services to meet business objectives. In addition- this position will lead other Procurement professionals- be the key North American liaison and manage our third-party administrator supporting these procurement categories. The successful candidate must be able to focus on balancing superior service to internal business clients- while improving value for the company of services purchased.
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****Primary Responsibilities****
Manage mid to executive-level clients and supplier relationships on an ongoing basis to ensure customer satisfaction
Lead Sourcing and Category Management for North American Transportation categories to Kraft Heinz
Establish and deliver performance goals for categories representing a significant amount of spend
Lead strategic sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to implement Category Management vision and strategies
Manage Supplier Relationships and conducts Supplier Business Reviews High Level Partner concern Point for Performance and Risk Issues (e.g. experience with National & Regional Transportation Industry leaders is a plus)
As part of Supplier Management- segments suppliers at category level
Develop and manage supplier base for specific categories
Lead discussions with critical suppliers around long-term objectives and strategies- ongoing market trends- innovation and technology advances- and potential investment decisions
Support major supplier issues and work with collaborators to identify and drive resolution
Identify business needs at the sourcing and category project level in assigned areas
Develop multi-year category vision and strategy based on the data- insights and business requirements.
Build strong business relationships to increase influence over total category spend
Identify and evaluate potential value generating projects based on complexity- resources- risk- time to implement- and estimated financial impact
Manage prioritized portfolio of projects for the category in the near and long term
Lead the supplier selection and RFx award process
Implement highly complex contracts in accordance with policies and processes; ability to apply competency across categories
Applies expert level of negotiation techniques and tools in all situations; ability to apply competency across categories
Actively maintain strong understanding of category dynamics (current market- pricing- cost drivers- industry- and supplier variables) through trade groups- publications- etc. and communicates changes to business partners
Manage Total Cost of Ownership at the category level through collaboration with Data Analytics- accountable for measuring and reporting value delivery
Enable continuous process improvement and cost reduction
Ensure the strategic sourcing process is robustly applied to all sourcing projects
Is a positive challenger/influencer
Collaborates with global procurement peers to ensure support of and alignment to the supported functions
Directly manage and develop internal and third-party administrator team resources
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****Qualifications****
Bachelor's degree preferred or an abundant amount of relatable experience
A bountiful amount of experience in Indirect Procurement- preferably Logistics and Transportation and/or industry experience
Knowledge of the Transportation market- suppliers- etc.
Strong business and financial competence and have managed a budget previously
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Exceptional presentation and negotiation skills
