senior group manager, Direct Sourcing - Beverage (Nashville, TN)

About the role

This job contributes to Starbucks success by inspiring partners to deliver their very best and creating an environment where teams thrive and achieve organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Models leadership behaviors that are grounded in Starbucks Mission and Values.
• Drives the engagement, development and performance of all members of their team.
• Partner Development: Ensures each partner has job clarity, guides partners in crafting meaningful goals, engages in development discussions, develops talent, and advocates for growth opportunities.
• Develops and leads team to enable consistent achievement of goals, celebrates success, addresses performance gaps, and supports continuous improvement.
• Effectively leading partner onboarding, including training on sourcing skills and values.
• Lead and manage team to deliver best in class sourcing foundations and strategy execution.
• Establishes goals for the team, develops organizational capability, and models behaviors aligned to company values.
• Assists director in establishing measurable and strategic goals for company growth and CSR leadership.
• Prepares, communicates, and aligns stakeholders and team on changes in strategy, policies, and practices within the organization.
• Plans and manages business unit and organizational processes and practices to ensure alignment with company goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering or other related fields preferred.
• 8+ years sourcing experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Leadership: Focused on partner growth and well-being, values diverse opinions, fosters trust, empowers partners, acts with humility, and shows authenticity.
• Sourcing Foundations: Expert knowledge of procurement processes, knowledge sharing, and adherence to legal and operational compliance.
• Problem Solving: Strong acumen for coping with business situations, obtaining essential information, focusing on key objectives, recognizing options, selecting approaches, and executing plans.
• Teamwork: Influences across peer groups and all management levels on complex strategy.
• Project Management: Strong acumen for coping with business situations, obtaining essential information, focusing on key objectives, recognizing options, selecting approaches, and executing plans.
• Emotional Intelligence & Influence: Anticipates others' perspectives, consciously moves through acceptance, adoption, and internalization of change, and uses different influencing styles.
• Communications & Business Acumen: Prepares clear and concise verbal, written, and visual presentations, utilizes storytelling techniques, communicates with cross-functional stakeholders and senior management, and proactively communicates with management.
• Intellectual Curiosity: Identifies and engages in opportunities for expanding knowledge via external benchmarking, further education, and applying learnings.

Skills

• Leadership: Focused on partner growth and well-being, values diverse opinions, fosters trust, empowers partners, acts with humility, and shows authenticity.
• Sourcing Foundations: Expert knowledge of procurement processes, knowledge sharing, and adherence to legal and operational compliance.
• Problem Solving: Strong acumen for coping with business situations, obtaining essential information, focusing on key objectives, recognizing options, selecting approaches, and executing plans.
• Teamwork: Influences across peer groups and all management levels on complex strategy.
• Project Management: Strong acumen for coping with business situations, obtaining essential information, focusing on key objectives, recognizing options, selecting approaches, and executing plans.
• Emotional Intelligence & Influence: Anticipates others' perspectives, consciously moves through acceptance, adoption, and internalization of change, and uses different influencing styles.
• Communications & Business Acumen: Prepares clear and concise verbal, written, and visual presentations, utilizes storytelling techniques, communicates with cross-functional stakeholders and senior management, and proactively communicates with management.
• Intellectual Curiosity: Identifies and engages in opportunities for expanding knowledge via external benchmarking, further education, and applying learnings.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock), incentivized emergency savings, and financial well-being tools.
• First-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.
• Access to backup care and DACA reimbursement.
• Compliance with state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits.

Pay

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity.

Schedule

Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies.