Job Location : Valparaiso,IN, USA
NO VISA SPONSORSHIPS at this time.....Principals only; no recruiter calls or emails.
Candidates local to the NorthWest Indiana/Chicagoland area preferred
Qualifications:
- Contracting experience – 5 plus years
- Intermediate to senior level
- RFP – 5 plus years
- Bidding & negotiations experience
- Direct Experience, non-IT
- Construction experience, large projects (utilities/commercial/industrial)
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or equivalent work-related experience
• Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals • Demonstrated ability to develop
effective working relationships with others
• Experience leading cross-functional teams
• Ability to build support and consensus
• Proven financial acumen and analytical abilities Preferred: MBA
• Certified Procurement Manager (CPM) • Three years of leadership experience
• Experience managing large supplier agreements• Experience working in a Shared Services
organization
• Supply Chain experience in the utility industry • Knowledgeable in category management and
strategic sourcing practices
Responsibilities:
- Establishing, leading/facilitating, and supporting cross-functional category management teams to
develop and maintain category plans and ongoing category performance
• Developing deep knowledge and experience within assigned spend management responsibilities
• Developing spend/performance and external market analyses to monitor category performance
and identify performance improvement opportunities
• Develop spending and savings/performance improvement forecasts to monitor progress and ensure
goals are achieved • Develop plans to capture identified opportunities
• Defining category requirements through collaborative efforts with respective stakeholder groups
• Collaborating with stakeholder groups to develop consensus on the appropriate category plans
and priorities
• Leading performance improvement initiatives defined by the category plan including strategic
sourcing and other performance improvement initiatives
• Establishing, leading/facilitating, and supporting cross-functional strategic sourcing/performance
improvement teams as needed/prescribed by category plans to achieve savings and performance targets (e.g. reduce cost, improve quality, and result in a lower total cost of ownership, meeting supplier diversity goals)
• Leading negotiations with suppliers as needed
• Maintaining critical supplier agreements including renewals, negotiation of terms, issue
identification, tracking, and resolution Supplier Management responsibilities include:
• Developing and maintaining supplier criticality ratings and managing resulting critical supplier
relationships
• Managing supplier relationships including conducting Quarterly Business Reviews with critical suppliers and NiSource Executive Sponsors Stakeholder Management responsibilities include:
• Developing successful partnerships with key stakeholders/business partners to achieve desired
results
• Developing and managing cross-functional category management and strategic sourcing teams
as needed
• Collaborating with stakeholders to drive needed decisions to achieve desired results