Sr Manager Supplier Engagement

Key Responsibilities

• Execute McKesson’s Supplier Engagement strategy, including annual goals, metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to aligning, shaping, influencing, and executing against enterprise priorities.
• Lead Supplier Engagement operations, including intake, validation of supplier size/status, stakeholder handoff, and issue resolution.
• Serve as a SME and consultative resource to internal teams on supplier engagement policy interpretation, risk aware execution, and questions across the enterprise.
• Partner with procurement and business stakeholders to integrate supplier engagement considerations into sourcing, RFPs/RFQs, and contracting activities.

Compliance & Federal Contracting

• Assist in administering McKesson’s, Federal, small business subcontracting and other regulatory obligations, including good-faith outreach, documentation, and support for audits or reviews.
• Ensure alignment with McKesson’s Supplier Engagement policy and classification requirements.

Process Improvement & Digital Transformation

• Lead process improvement initiatives to standardize, simplify, drive adoption of digital transformation tools, and automate Supplier Engagement workflows.
• Partner with technology and data teams to translate business needs into scalable solutions, build dashboards, and create AI-enabled insights.
• Earnest Supplier Engagement capabilities into enterprise sourcing, supplier management, and data ecosystems.
• Monitor emerging regulatory, operational, and data risks and proactively adjust program execution.

Stakeholder & Customer Support

• Function as operations point of contact for Business Units, Indirect Sourcing & Procurement, Government Contracting, and Inclusion & Belonging.
• Manage internal customer support models, including SLAs, SOPs, FAQs, and escalation protocols.

External Partnerships & Outreach

• Coordinate supplier outreach activities, program showcases, match-making events, and internal education and engagement activities to expand access to qualified small suppliers.
• Identify, vet, and engage individual suppliers and supplier-focused organizations across applicable federal classifications.

Reporting & Data Management

• Track, analyze, and report supplier metrics, including Tier II or internal reporting, ensuring data accuracy and usability.
• Track program KPIs and prepare executive-ready dashboards and summaries.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, strategic sourcing, compliance, program operations, government contracting, or related field.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with commercial and government or public sector contracting, including experience with Tier II reporting and supplier certification.
• Ability to modernize processes and execute with pace.
• Experience managing or supporting supplier diversity or subcontracting programs for a federal prime contractor, including responding to government audits and inquiries.
• Demonstrated participation in digital transformation initiatives including evaluation, implementation, or optimization of procurement or supplier or vendor management technology platforms.
• Familiarity with data analytics, dashboards, or workflow automation platforms such as SAP, Ariba, Power BI, VIVA STARS Supplier portal, etc.

Additional Knowledge & Skills

• Applied AI fluency - demonstrated use of AI assistants (Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT) and intelligent automation to accelerate program delivery, enhance forecasting, and drive decision-making speed.
• Ability to influence, align, and drive outcomes without direct people management responsibility.