Manager - Strategic Procurement Center of Excellence Job at Briarlake Partners, Oakland, CA

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  • Briarlake Partners
  • Oakland, CA

Job Description

Briarlake Partners is a strategic sourcing focused recruiting firm. We are working with a Bay Area client located in Oakland. They are looking for a Manager, Strategic Procurement Center of Excellence. This team delivers deep market insights and analytics to enhance procurement decision-making. This individual will leverage market research and data analytics to drive procurement excellence, support category strategy, and mitigate supply risks.

This position is responsible for the collection and analysis of internal and external market data, monitoring industry trends, and providing actionable intelligence to inform sourcing strategies, risk management, and cost optimization initiatives.

The role will work closely with category managers and senior procurement leadership to ensure data-driven decision-making across the organization. Additionally, they will participate in business process improvement efforts and other strategic initiatives.

THIS ROLE REQUIRES UP TO THREE DAYS A WEEK IN OUR CLIENT'S OAKLAND OFFICE.

Job Responsibilities

  • Establishes and maintains effective partnerships with Procurement Leadership aimed at identifying and understanding the needs of the organization to develop continuous improvement efforts and strategic initiative
  • Provides Sourcing organization with spend analysis, total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, and should-cost analysis to support sourcing decisions. Provides coaching and feedback as necessary
  • Assesses internal and external best practices and research to ensure state-of- art Procurement Market Intelligence methodology, processes and tools
  • Enhances Procurement Market Intelligence process & Procurement data through various reporting tools
  • Manages relationship and serves as liaison between procurement, finance and other functional areas to establish and facilitate a strategic, valued added relationship relative to procurement cost efficiencies and customer procurement plans
  • Focuses on the near term deliverables as well as the longer term strategy

Background Qualifications

Minimum

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
  • 5 years of experience in Procurement, Procurement Analytics, Market Intelligence, or related field

Desired

  • MBA or graduate degree
  • Strong background in data analysis, market research, and procurement market intelligence
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated leadership and management skills
  • Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, and strong attention to detail
  • Consulting experience
  • Project and/or program/portfolio management experience
  • Ability to interact with C-Suite executives
  • Ability to synthesize complex information – both quantitative and qualitative, and deliver impactful presentations to influence change

Job Tags

Work at office, 3 days per week,

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