Hybrid - Role would be 2-4 days hybrid onsite at Plano, TX
What you’ll be doing:
- Developing and implementing multi-year sourcing strategies for responsible spend categories, using data analysis and internal collaboration.
- Developing strategies that consider One Toyota objectives, especially for shared suppliers and/or shared services/commodities.
- Designing, planning, managing, and leading key Requests for Proposals, information, quote, etc., with cross-functional teams.
- Supporting Toyota Legal and Indirect Procurement Shared Services (IPSS) Contracts with the development and execution of contractual documents including Non-Disclosure Agreements, Statement of Work, Master Services Agreements, SaaS Agreements, Software License Agreements, Services Agreements, and other contracts as necessary to support Procurement and business needs.
- Build and maintain close relationships with business units and supplier partners to deliver comprehensive and cross-enterprise process improvement solutions.
- Negotiate pricing and achieve cost savings while mitigating financial and legal risks for the enterprise.
- Effectively manage all sourcing and price negotiation activities and in-coming ad hoc business unit requests resulting in a contract or purchase order.
- Responsible for developing negotiation strategies based on analysis and execution of those strategies via supplier negotiations.
- Process business requests to issue purchase orders to suppliers.
- Support Technology Procurement and Sourcing activities for TMNA, TFS, and other potential Toyota entities.
Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves):
- Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or similar field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with indirect procurement sourcing.
- Demonstrated experience in procurement principles and practices or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks of varying complexities and successfully set priorities for meeting time-bound deliverables.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel.
- Demonstrated ability to create and implement procurement strategies.
- Exceptional analytic, organization, presentation, and interpersonal skills with applied solid judgment and strategic thinking.
- Strong collaboration, communication (written and verbal), and influencing skills.
- Experience with Procure to Pay tools, including but not limited to Ariba.
- Experience with procurement of software and related technology services.
- Contract drafting and negotiation experience with suppliers.
Added bonus if you have (Preferred):
- Master’s or graduate degree in business, supply chain, or related field.
- Automotive industry experience
