Job Description
Job Description
**Location:
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Onsite 2 days a week (Hybrid)**
**Duration: 6-9 Months (Convert to FTE)
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**Responsibilities:
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- Manages top tier supplier.
- Leads cross functional team through strategic sourcing process and development/execution of negotiation strategies for low to medium complexity spend categories
- Maintains awareness of industry and market trends through ongoing research
- Leads the development of category strategies of low to medium complexity
- Conducts and documents market research and supplier risk analysis to verify the financial health of existing and potential suppliers
- Creates and maintains category plans.
- Develops and sustains mutually beneficial strategic relationships with suppliers.
- Develops and review performance data with suppliers. Works with suppliers to drive ongoing value discovery.
**Education Minimum:
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- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management job-related discipline, or equivalent job-related experience
**License and Certification Desired:
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- Lean Six Sigma Certifications (LSS)
- Project Management Professional certification (PMP)
- Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSW) from Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
**Experience Minimum:
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- 8+ years of experience in supply chain or procurement job-related field.
**Knowledge/ Skills:
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- Knowledge of database and information systems - e.g., ARIBA, SAP - as needed to perform at the job level
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products - for example Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access - as needed to perform at the job level.
- Competency in building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
- Competency in building partnerships and working collaboratively with others 1o most shared objectives.
- Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques s needed to perform at the job level.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and to manage projects of low to medium complexity.