Job Description

Job Description

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on innovation and building culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength, deep roots in the communities we serve, and a team that has passion for food and delivering great service.

The Direct Sourcing Group is responsible for the national sourcing, contracting and the spend management of the Albertsons Own Brands portfolio ($13 Billion annual sales), including the packaging, ingredients, and commodities for our twenty (20) owned self-manufacturing plants as well as various other for resale corporate merchandising programs.

The Strategic Sourcing Department has an opening for a Strategic Sourcing Senior Sourcing Analyst within the Direct Sourcing Group. This position is located at the Pleasanton CA corporate office.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to join a driven and growing team within strategic sourcing. Self-starters, proactive and energetic candidates who are looking to contribute with ideas, innovative thinking, and tireless actions should apply. We offer a great work-life balance, yet intense, challenging, and fast-paced working environment that ultimately celebrates results but demands absolute professionalism at every step. We welcome and value diversity, unique experiences, and wide skills sets.

Who you are: The ideal candidate is a self-starting sourcing professional within the grocery retail products and/or food manufacturing area who can pick up and run with their assigned categories. You are a top performer who puts results first and follows a sourcing process. You are a problem solver with an entrepreneurial mindset who is persistently looking for places to improve, is curious, and excited by the work in the field of Strategic Sourcing. You are a true team player looking to learn, share, teach, and grow with the team. You are comfortable with ambiguity and understand that internal and external collaboration is a key for top results.

We are looking for: Driven leaders who can demonstrate that they are change agents, consensus builders and strategists who have experience utilizing a sourcing process, and whose calling and drive is to make an impact.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Provide data analysis including cost input, major drivers and logistic impacts
* Strong analytical and presentation skills to support Sourcing Leadership in various business reviews
* Data mining related to specific initiatives and projects as requested by the Strategic Sourcing Department
* Summarize financials and present recommendations to business unit and senior management
* Assist Sourcing Manager and Sr. Sourcing Manager as needed with their categories, managing minor categories as defined by the Sr. Sourcing Manager
* Support the creation and maintenance of a robust Savings Pipeline including the realization of benefits process
* Create and own specific savings projects as appropriate
* Interface with various business units on projects and support the development of strategies to create a competitive negotiation environment
* Build efficient financial models that support competitive negotiating events
* Gather bid data and analyze complex supplier proposals and make award recommendations to the sourcing management and key stakeholders
* Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the business
* Assure accurate and timely financial models are in place for all savings initiatives
* Support various projects as needed for the department
* Ensure that processes are being followed and adhered to for SOX compliance
* Willingness to travel as requested to attend various offsite meetings including Albertsons offices or plants, and supplier plants or offices

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Business/Logistics preferred.
* 3 - 5 years' experience and /or the education listed above.
* 2 + years of negotiating contracts, managing strategic supplier alliances and buying experience.
* Strong ability to negotiate internally and externally to achieve required objectives and executes and implement contracts.
* Strong meeting management and facilitation skills.
* Good understanding or manufacturing, distribution and logistics.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Good knowledge of sourcing systems and preferable e-sourcing technology.
* Intermediate to advanced computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access. Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems.
* Working knowledge of contract law, government policies and regulations for the food and drug industry.
* Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills.
* Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills.
* High energy level, initiative, creative problem-solving ability and sense of urgency.
* Excellent team interpersonal skills and ability to handle multiple tasks while providing superior service.
* Ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Albertsons Culture Principles

* Compassion: We always treat each other with kindness and respect
* Team: We always support and recognize each other
* Inclusive: We always value everyone's perspective
* Learning: We always strive to grow and develop ourselves and others
* Competitive: We always act with integrity to win over the customer
* Ownership: We always take actions to drive our success