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Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing
Spotify
New York, NY , United States
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We are looking for a Senior Manager- Strategic Sourcing at Spotify. The ideal candidate will have at least 10- 15 years of experience at a global organization. The position is based in either NYC or Stockholm.
Responsible for the sourcing and procurement of Complex indirect categories for our users and offices around the world. May manage a team including GSMs. Sets category strategies and drives cost savings when possible multiple categories. Accountable for performance and results of multiple related units/teams.
What you will do:
Category Management
• Manages a portfolio of spend categories.
• Monitors all markets within the category portfolio.
• Assigns category management across Supply Managers.
• Establishes short & long term category plans.
• Sets category portfolio strategy for certain categories.
• May lead the management of new or complex spend categories.
• Coaches and develops Supply Managers in the sourcing and managing of categories.
• Seeks opportunities for change and drives the change plan to create greater savings, higher quality or reduced risk for the organization.
• Identifies demand management triggers and works collaboratively with key business stakeholders to drive value.
Category Financial Management
• Understands geo-political issues that may impact the category portfolio.
• Analyzes key value and cost drivers of supply markets and suppliers, and uses this knowledge to reduce cost or improve efficiencies.
• Analyzes financial health of current and potential suppliers.
• Identifies and mitigates potential risks.
• Uses knowledge of cost drivers to create financial improvement targets for suppliers.
• Utilizes all elements of volume and demand forecasting.
• When appropriate for a category; manages inventory levels against targets, value contracts, invoice & payment issues, etc.
Responsible for budgeting and forecasting processes for spend categories, when appropriate.
Supplier Selection and Negotiation
• Collaborates with senior business leaders to find opportunities to reduce costs
• Continually monitors markets for potential sources of supply.
• Finalizes and presents recommendations to senior business leaders.
• Provides guidance, approval and a point of escalation during negotiations.
• Ensures sourcing events are completed, savings are captured and appropriately calculated.
• May execute category strategy for high spend, high risk or complex categories.
Negotiates or guides supply managers in the negotiations of complex agreements (e.g. complicated scope of work, suppliers market, etc.).
Supplier Management
• Identifies/monitors new sources of supply.
• Segments suppliers and ensures consistent management across all categories.
• Develops and manages strategic supplier relationships for new and existing suppliers.
• Understands concepts of supplier development, proactively identifies issues and implements solutions.
• Develops supplier scorecards and facilitates regular supplier reviews to track savings, supplier performance and service levels.
• Resolves contract compliance issues across the portfolio.
• Ensures initiatives to enhance cost savings, supplier performance and service levels are implemented and tracked.
Who you are:
• 10-15 years of experience.
• Masters + BS/BA in Supply Chain, Engineering, or Business, CPSM preferred
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users and our creators. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of changing the way the world listens to music.