
Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement
- Akron, OH
- $102,000-128,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Competitive Salary
- Bonus Potential
- 401K with 5% company match, yours to keep after 2 years
- 15% immediate return if you participate in the company’s ESPP
- Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- Employer paid disability plans and life insurance
- Paid Time Off & Holidays
- Various Work Schedules
- Tuition support for degree and continuous education
- Employee Resource Groups focused on employee empowerment
- Ongoing interaction with multiple levels of the organization
- Collaborative and Team-Oriented environment
- Work within a fast-paced, caring, team-oriented environment
- Opportunity for advancement
- Take ownership of indirect spending categories including but not limited to MRO, travel, supplies, freight, packaging, and services to create supply strategies and cost saving initiatives.
- Manage vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, identify and implement improvement opportunities.
- Implement and maintain indirect procurement best practices, policies, and procedures across the organization.
- Serve as the thought leader for indirect procurement aspects of risk mitigation, sustainability, technology, automation, and data analytics.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for category and supplier performance and sourcing effectiveness.
- Develops and delivers reporting on vendor performance and initiates improvements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including operations, EHS, finance, corporate, and legal to ensure alignment of sourcing activities with business needs.
- Analyze market trends, commodity prices, and geopolitical factors to anticipate and mitigate risks.
- Stay abreast of global trade regulations, tariffs, and compliance requirements, ensuring adherence across all sourcing activities.
- Keep senior management team informed regularly about indirect sourcing activities, progress, and key developments.
- Create and sustain a culture of talent development, performance management and accountability.
- Proven track record of delivering significant indirect cost savings and process improvements.
- Direct spend management of over $200M related to indirect spend category.
- Working within a fast paced, complex, dynamic business environment
- Exceptional leadership and cross-functional team management experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are critical.
- Maintain positive relationships with customers and suppliers.
- Strong data analytic capabilities
- Use of indirect procurement tools such as eRFX, supplier portals, contract management, spend cubes, and artificial intelligence.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in indirect procurement within a multi-site manufacturing environment and a minimum of five years in a leadership role
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, or related field
- CSCP or CPSM certification preferred.
- Strong proficiency w/ MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- ERP experience with SAP or Oracle preferred.