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SalaryWhat We Offer:
As a family-owned retailer we take pride in offering a competitive benefit package designed to support you and your life. It is one of the reasons we have been named a Forbes Best Employer for four consecutive years!
At Blain’s Farm & Fleet we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to have a job they love, work in a great environment, grow their career, and enjoy a positive work/life balance.
As a family-owned retailer we take pride in offering a competitive benefit package designed to support you and your life. It is one of the reasons we have been named a Forbes Best Employer for four consecutive years!
- We provide development to help you grow your career
- Associate discount
- Internal recognition programs that support an engaged workplace
- Profit Sharing
- 401k with company match
- Mix of in office and work from home
What You'll Do:
- Lead end to end sourcing activities consisting of cross-functional strategy development, spend analysis, supply market analysis, RF(x) creation and analysis, negotiations, and contracting
- Work with internal stakeholders to develop strategies and create effective scope of work documents for competitive bid processes
- Develop sourcing strategies based on analysis of baseline data, supply market dynamics, category intelligence and business requirements
- Leverage market data, spend analytics and cost modeling to drive fact-based decision making
- Lead cost and commercial term negotiations with suppliers, collaborate with Legal resource to mitigate contractual risks prior to award
- Leverage spend analytics, market intelligence, and expiring contracts reporting to continuously build category sourcing plans, spend profiles, and a pipeline of opportunities
- Maintain strong working relationships across the enterprise, ensuring that Procurement is engaged early on all prospective engagements per Procurement Policy
- Provide advice to stakeholders on contractual matters, requirements, risk management and mitigation strategies
- Review requisitions and issue purchase orders ensuring that orders are placed within company policies and procedures.
- Administer the contract lifecycle management process – ensure supplier contracts are populated in central contract repository, manage contract expirations, build inventory of contract provisions and templates
Preferred Skills:
- Previous contract negotiation, deal development, and risk mitigation experience
- ISM or equivalent certification
- Experience with service-based/SLA-based supplier delivery models
- Experience with Requisition to Pay processes / P2P
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in Business, Accounting/Finance, Supply Chain Management, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Work experience of 4+ years with a specific focus on strategic sourcing or procurement, supplier management, finance, or other related field
- Proven ability to establish and maintain cross-functional relationships, influence change with diplomacy, and lead the decision-making process
- Demonstrated ability to support, lead and conduct successful negotiations
- Strong customer focus, interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent research, analytical, problem-solving, planning and organization skills required as well as a high degree of personal initiative and motivation
