We are hiring an Indirect Supply Chain Leader, to be responsible for developing and managing category strategies, reducing cost, negotiating agreements, and making sure the materials and products meet Steelcase specifications.
What You Will Be Doing
The role requires collaboration with the leaders within the categories you support and will help advance the work of our Supply Management team. You will be expected to be the liaison with multiple stakeholders across various areas of the business. This role delivers value by ensuring Steelcase partners with high performing suppliers with an emphasis on exceptional service, quality, and value.
Other activities such as:
- Managing supplier relationships
- Provide strategic and analytical support and decision making for the category.
- Accountable to ensure that desired business results are met on behalf of all applicable stakeholders.
- Manages and leads implementation of numerous projects relative to achieving business results expected of procurement assignment.
- Develops, updates, and implements short- and long-range strategic plans that identify cost benefit and major risk mitigation opportunities.
- Identifies opportunities for supply related cost control and performance improvement.
- Evaluate and negotiate contracts with suppliers.
- The scope of the assigned responsibility will have a major national and potentially global cost impact/benefit on the company.
Who You Are:
Required Skills and Competencies
- Bachelor's degree is required.
- +2 years of related work experience in a similar role.
- Self-motivated, self-directed, and results oriented.
- A strong customer service orientation for both internal and external users (and a sense of urgency)
- Must be able to gather a high volume of complex data and translate that from data to insight and tell a story.
- Strong critical thinking, continuous improvement, and problem-solving skills
Preferred Skills and Competencies
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and Data Visualization tools/software.
- Must be able to collaborate and communicate with people from many internal functions as well as external organizations.
- Must be able to manage relationships and multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong organization skills
Why People Choose to Work with Us:
At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.
Who We Are:
Organizations around the world trust Steelcase to help them create places that help people work better, be inspired, and accomplish more.
We design, manufacture, and partner with other leading organizations to provide architecture, furniture, and technology solutions - accessible through a network of channels, including over 800 Steelcase dealer locations. Steelcase is a global, industry-leading, publicly-traded company with fiscal year 2021 revenue of $2.6 billion.
What Matters to Us:
More than qualifications, we're looking for talent and potential. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we're always looking to improve our global community. We value applicants who are comfortable interacting with people different from themselves, building mutual respect and positive relationships. We invite people from all backgrounds and genders to apply. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.
Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years.
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