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Walgreens · 1 month ago

Associate Manager, Procurement COE

108 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05145-01108-2

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$86K/yr - $138K/yr

2+ years exp

Walgreens is a leading retail pharmacy and health services company with a long-standing history of serving communities. The Associate Manager, Procurement Center of Excellence will support the development and implementation of procurement strategies and processes, aiming to enhance operational efficiency and drive improvements across the organization.

Consumer GoodsHealth CarePharmaceuticalRetail

Responsibilities

Assists in creating strategies for procurement procedures, processes and tools across Walgreens

Acts as a Center of Excellence advisor and assists in developing a robust Learning and Development strategy and materials to drive compliance and efficiency across Walgreens for goods not for resale

Develops and communicates creative rollout strategies, change management plans, training, reports, policies, and standard operating procedures

Assists in the development of the professional competency and technical capability of the category team and managers to maximize individual impact and positive contribution to procurement sourcing and category management

Creates strategies, tools, and guidelines to improve access to procurement processes, analytics and insight across Group Procurement and wider Group

Provides thought leadership to Group Procurement colleagues to develop robust category strategies by sharing industry best practices

Assists with the coordination of multiple Procurement Transformation work streams to ensure consistency across vision and strategy, policy and process, technology and organization

Assists in the development of cost-benefit, return-on-investment, and business case analysis to aid in decisions on program investments and system implementations where applicable

Proactively seeks new opportunities to add value, through a deep understanding of procurement practices, economics, market, and technology trends

Analyzes requirements and complex procurement situations to formulate solutions to problems

Develop and mentor staff through on-boarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes; fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace

Qualification

Procurement process experienceCategory managementProcess improvementTraining developmentMicrosoft Office SuiteERP technology proficiencyProject ManagementCommunication skillsRelationship buildingProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, operations process experience, communications, training development, process improvement, process implementation, and/or strategy development OR High School/ GED and at least 4 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, operations process experience, communications, training development, process improvement, process implementation, and/or strategy development

At least 2 years of experience in category management, operations, supply chain, strategy, process improvement/implementation, training, communications, and/or applying procurement practices/strategies

Experience designing and building training materials and comfortable speaking in front of small and large groups, as well as facilitating and setting up meetings

Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community and with vendors

Experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems

Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Willing to travel up to/at least (10%) of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree and at least 5 years of procurement process experience OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 8 years of procurement process experience

Proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technology and software such as Microsoft, SAP Ariba, Icertis, Oracle, Coupa, ServiceNow, ServiceChannel, etc

Experience in co-creating Learning and Development curriculum for procurement processes and systems

Process Improvement, Project Management experience or certifications (ex. SixSigma, PMP)

Company

Walgreens

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Walgreens is a pharmacy, health, and wellness service center that offers trained infusion nurses and pharmacists to treat patients. It is a sub-organization of Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Founded in 1901

Deerfield, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees