Specialist, Strategic Sourcing

About the role

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development.

Responsibilities

• Execute strategic sourcing initiatives in a specific category.
• Work with business stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and specification of materials and services being sourced/procured.
• Provide customer relationship support and track vendor performance.
• Assess elements of the supply base and help define, execute, and support strategic sourcing and procurement decisions.
• Assist with the collection, analysis, benchmarking, and reporting of category and spend data to build and maintain category spend and pricing databases.
• Develop and issue RFX’s.
• Lead basic and moderately complex sourcing events.
• Review contracts, pricing, purchase orders, and service levels.
• Perform value analysis and total cost of ownership analytical activities.
• Monitor and report savings to Strategic Sourcing Lead.
• Interview stakeholders to develop service specification levels.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to assess opportunities and supply markets in order to develop, implement, and institutionalize sourcing strategies.
• Maintain and help build supplier relationships.
• Manage strategic category management processes, procedures, supplier and category segmentation, metrics/KPI development and application, scorecard format, and contract management.
• Gather and review data to support category management/strategic sourcing activities (e.g., specifications, statements of work, performance terms, and/or acceptance criteria).
• Manage the sourcing process from analyzing vendor proposals, communicating between stakeholders, and determining a negotiation strategy.
• Develop and execute pricing and contract negotiation strategies; understand financial impact to all negotiations and assist Strategic Sourcing Lead with negotiations and contract pricing and terms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business or Supply Chain required, or equivalent job experience.
• 1–3 years of experience in sourcing, contract negotiation, competitive price analysis, and purchasing.
• 3+ years of experience in sourcing, contract negotiation, and competitive price analysis.
• Retail or consumer-facing industry preferred.
• Superior quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Strong experience with use of analytical methods and tools.
• Ability to function in ambiguous and/or time-sensitive situations.
• Strong listening and interpersonal skills.
• Self-directed, requiring limited guidance and/or structure.
• Good communication and team skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with SAP/Ariba a plus.
• Aptitude for conducting wide-ranging research.
• Financial acumen preferred.
• Leadership and team-building abilities.
• Active curiosity—enjoy gathering and digging deeply into data to identify opportunities and risks.
• Ability to develop communications and present to cross-functional partners.
• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills with ability to prioritize multiple/competing projects and assignments.

Benefits

• Meijer Rewards
• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth