AVP Strategic Sourcing - REMOTE
Prime Therapeutics · Minneapolis, MN · 1 mo ago
Purchasing$164k–$279k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for the transformation and optimization of strategic sourcing, contracting, and procurement through process improvements that drive efficiency and reduce friction
- Influence business partners in a fast-paced and matrixed environment for optimal business outcomes
- Assess and implement appropriate contracting tools and software
- Execute a sourcing and vendor consolidation strategy to manage supplier spend for all corporate and operations contracting, including IT hardware & software, pharmaceuticals, and pharmacy supplies
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to explore, assess, and implement contracting enhancement tools, including contracting repository, progress tracking and dashboarding capabilities, contract abstracting, manage pricing evaluations, and predictive workloads and workload balancing
- Partner with stakeholders in vendor management, vendor performance, finance, legal, and operations to execute automated solutions and integrations between key business areas (inputs/outputs)
- Partner with business areas for ongoing enterprise vendor strategies
- Partner with Legal to ensure comprehensive contract templates are in place; direct the development and ensure execution of consistent standards, controls, policies, procedures and performance metrics
- Develop and foster a culture of continuous improvement, working with direct reports to provide guidance and direction on process and system improvements to support future growth
- Manage department budget, staffing, performance, and development
- Consistently demonstrate Prime’s leadership expectations during interactions with direct reports, cross functional and external stakeholders
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in sourcing, accounting, finance, economics, or related area of study, or equivalent combination of education and/or relevant work experience; HS diploma or GED is required
- 12 years of progressive work experience leading/managing diverse teams across sourcing, finance, systems management, etc.
- 8 years of leadership/people management experience
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without the need for work visa or residency sponsorship
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of contracting management practice and tools
- Experience assessing, developing future state recommendations and implementing ERP and reporting systems
- Ability to establish rapport, build relationships, and collaborate effectively across departments and at all levels within the organization
- Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills with the ability to lead and drive change
- Proven experience inspiring cross-functional teams to meet business objectives with outstanding results
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, and consultative skills; demonstrated ability to distill complex concepts or situations into concise and compelling communications to both technical and non-technical audiences
Skills
- Strong understanding of contracting management practice and tools
- Experience assessing, developing future state recommendations and implementing ERP and reporting systems
- Ability to establish rapport, build relationships, and collaborate effectively across departments and at all levels within the organization
- Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills with the ability to lead and drive change
- Proven experience inspiring cross-functional teams to meet business objectives with outstanding results
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, and consultative skills; demonstrated ability to distill complex concepts or situations into concise and compelling communications to both technical and non-technical audiences
Benefits
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