Briarlake Partners is a strategic sourcing-focused recruiting firm. We are working with a Northbrook, IL based client looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist. We are searching for candidates with packaging or transportation category experience.
We are only considering local candidates who are willing to spend three days a week in our client's Northbrook, IL area office.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee roughly $50 million in packaging category spend
- Develop and implement procurement processes and strategies to ensure that procurement operations run effectively, achieve organizational goals/performance KPI’s, and ensure quality programs/services to our members and customers.
- Support ongoing supplier management efforts
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal resources to drive continuous improvement
- Develop, implement, and drive strategic sourcing initiatives to support the category management process
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities in procurement
- Provide strategic inputs and supply market information to guide business decisions and act as a conduit for procurement activities
- Coordinate negotiations, contract development, contract implementation, and supplier contract compliance
- Develop, implement, and report to stakeholders meaningful KPIs that accurately demonstrate performance
- Conduct ongoing business reviews to ensure suppliers are performing to contracted obligations and service levels
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in procurement, category management, and strategic sourcing with packaging category experience
- Bachelor's degree in a business, supply chain, or technical discipline
- Experience in supporting supplier portfolio development
- Customer-focused with excellent written, listening, and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented, professional attitude, reliable
- Proven record of driving cost savings throughout a complex organization
- Ability to structure and manage complex projects
- Service-oriented mindset, with a desire to ensure client satisfaction
- Ability to think strategically, conceptually, and analytically to assess problems, identify and consider potential solutions, and make timely recommendations
- Data analytics, sourcing, procurement systems, and customer service
Our client requires three days a week onsite in their Northbrook, IL office.
We are only considering local candidates at this time.
