Sourcing & Procurement Operations - Assistant Director

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Summary

Leads projects and daily work for all S&P systems, tools, process standards and efficiencies. Responsible for creating formal standard, process and configuration documentation. Responsible for defining data and reporting strategy.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Process

Ability to build strong peer relationships within Sourcing & Procurement, Product and Engineering and other stakeholders, to implement procurement best practices, increasing the influence/role of Sourcing & Procurement within various business teams. Understand procurement best practices to partner with peers in Sourcing and Procurement to define process and system requirements. Manage projects aligned to the Procurement Operations and Procurement/Finance Centers of Excellence (COE).

Data & Reporting

Define approach around reporting for the purpose of influencing business decisions and improving supplier-based ROI. Recommend and deploy reporting dashboards to represent NM supplier spend, demand, supplier utilization, performance, and risks. Define S&P’s measurements and reporting surrounding the function’s savings and value contributions.

Leadership

Manage day-to-day operations of Procurement systems, tools, and programs. Mentor junior team members on best practices, process changes, etc.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in Business, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Accounting/Finance, Engineering or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Minimum of 7 years of work experience with a specific focus on, strategic sourcing or procurement, supplier management, finance, supply chain management, or other related field. Minimum of 7 years of experience in leading the development and management of category plans or sourcing strategies. Proven ability to establish and maintain cross-functional relationships, influence change with diplomacy. 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 Experience working with systems, reporting tools, dashboards, etc. Previous strategic procurement operations, systems administration, data, analytics, and reporting experience preferred. Direct knowledge and/or training in formal strategic sourcing and procurement preferred. MBA, MS/ME is a plus. Consulting experience with global management consulting firm a plus.

Compensation Range

Pay Range - Start

$90,930.00

Pay Range - End

$168,870.00

Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additiona l information relating to location-based pay structures.

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