Job Description

Company:

US6469 Sysco Payroll, Division of Sysco Resources Services, LLC

Zip Code:

77077

Minimum Level of Education:

Bachelors Degree

Minimum Years of Experience:

10+ Years

Employment Type:

Full Time

Travel Percentage:

OVERVIEW:

We offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. Were looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.

JOB SUMMARY

The Director of Strategic Sourcing supervises, coordinates, provides leadership to and reviews the work of Sourcing Managers. Responsible for delivering the sourcing results for a given set of categories, including developing a business case for supplier award recommendations, leading the development of supplier negotiation strategies, overseeing all supplier cost increases and decreases to minimize Syscos cost of goods. The Director of Strategic Sourcing collaborates with both internal and external business partners to understand demand and supplier trends, has a solid understanding of true component costing and analyses financial data related to the total cost of ownership to identify opportunities for cost reductions. The Director oversees both supplier relationships and contract management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Leads and promotes Syscos Category Management Sourcing process.
* Provide strategic sourcing leadership to deliver on Syscos initiatives related to the cost of goods reductions, cost avoidance, and supplier evaluations.
* Leads team in the development of a fact-based negotiation strategy.
* Assists in, and where appropriate personally directs, negotiations with major suppliers with support of Sourcing Managers.
* Serves as a liaison between Category Management, Supply Chain, Sysco OPCOs (operating company) and other Sysco departments for both routine business processes as well as problem-solving.
* Continuously improves the existing processes and systems using advanced skills, knowledge, and understanding.
* Provides leadership to the Strategic Sourcing team, including; key activities within the Sysco sourcing process, legal documentation, supply chain modeling, net cost evaluation, earned income, etc.
* Provides leadership and guidance for component costing/ clean sheet/ should-cost models.
* Develops supplier level strategies to support the Sourcing Manager's efforts to minimize cost increases, identify timing and request for cost decreases, and maintains a database of all cost changes.
* Responsible for ensuring Sourcing Manager's analysis of supplier initiated cost changes are supported by relevant market data.
* Responsible for managing, coaching, developing and leading the team to drive results.
* Oversee and guide all vendor contract negotiations.
* Develop appropriate supplier-specific strategies and supervise the standardization and centralization of all local programs for any corporately managed supplier.
* Develop and implement, with the support of Sourcing Managers, new earned income programs that deliver the highest level of profitability.
* Leverage the current supplier base while emphasizing the continued development of an expanded supplier network.
* Identifies employee development needs and provides coaching.
* Trains and provides development opportunities within the Sourcing Team.
* Consistently embraces change, leads efforts to role model change and its benefits.
* Assists in achieving department SBOs (strategic bonus objectives) and Supplier Diversity goals

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

* Bachelors Degree
* Masters Degree or MBA preferred

Experience

* 8-10 years related experience within CPG, Retail or Foodservice industry or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
* Significant experience within sourcing/ procurement required.

Professional Skills

* Must be able to prioritize resources, review deliverables and performance metrics, and focus on executing results while holding self and others accountable.
* Strong Excel and analytical skills are required.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Must have a proven track record of leading a team of direct and/or indirect reports.
* Must be able to work across all functions and levels of an organization and be able to influence without authority.
* Ability to lead and maintain a culture of an empowered team aligned at achieving stated goals.
* Demonstrated strength of interpersonal skills and ability to mentor.
* Analytical thinker who can pull disparate pieces of data together to form a coherent story and who can utilize disparate pieces of data to infer product costs and components.
* Fact-based problem solver who can translate insights into strategy.
* Ability to balance relationships with suppliers and internal organization.
* Ability to creatively source data and information.
* Collaborative team player who can work across functions (e.g., Analytics, Category Leadership, Supply Chain, etc.).
* Ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, adapt to shifting priorities, and be very detail-oriented.
* Knowledge-driven individual who can quickly build product and manufacturing process understanding.

Physical Demands

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear.
* The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
* The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment

* This position will be performed from the corporate facility.
* The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.