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Walgreens · 2 days ago

Category Procurement Manager - Technology - Software

Deerfield, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$103K/yr - $164K/yr

2+ years exp

Walgreens is a leading retail pharmacy and health services company serving millions of customers daily. The Category Procurement Manager is responsible for developing and implementing procurement strategies for software and technology services, ensuring compliance and cost-effectiveness while managing vendor relationships.

Consumer GoodsHealth CarePharmaceuticalRetail

Hiring Manager

Nicole LaVallie

Responsibilities

Identifies the use of sourcing strategies, best practices, and initiatives that support improvements in supplier quality, total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, delivery, pricing, lead-times, payment, and risk compliance for goods not for resale

Develops and implements category sourcing strategies including development and execution of request for information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP); documents bid events through correspondence to suppliers; develops selection criteria and drives the selection of suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional teams; conducts supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier management

Seeks ways to streamline business processes; researches and provides information on industry category trends and best practices. Provides input to maximize value and optimize project efforts

Uses current spend information/data and business knowledge to identify sourcing projects for individual subcategories and develops an overall cost reduction and cost avoidance plan. Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of business requirements and category ownership by creating and defending category strategies and decisions with sound analytics. Delegates analytic tasks to key support functions and synthesizes results

Supports stakeholder management of supplier scorecards to measure supplier performance against agreed upon key performance indicators; supports formal management reporting to director and or, group purchasing managers and other members of senior management. Benchmarks, tracks, and analyzes performance metrics and sourcing trends on a regular basis to demonstrate continuous improvement and progress against strategic objectives. Supports implementation of supplier management programs with key suppliers including metrics, performance goals, and improvement initiatives

Participates in strategic meetings with suppliers and business leaders to ensure execution of defined strategies. Manages on-going category supplier relations and identifies and drives revision opportunities within supply base. Acts as an escalation point for stakeholders’ supplier management and complaint resolution; conducts regular supplier meetings and implements improvement strategies with suppliers. Creates, nurtures, and enhances supplier relationships

Manages category performance by adhering to internal Savings goals and reviewing financial models for commodity type items. Ensures spend portfolio for recurring spend is balanced through coordinated sourcing waves and leveraged with Capital project sourcing activities

Drives consolidation of spend and seeks out synergies across Business Units where applicable by forming and leading cross-functional strategic sourcing teams to develop and implement category/commodity strategies and drive cost from individual sub-categories. Champions category review meetings with cross-functional teams to manage category performance

Cultivates team morale, motivation, and loyalty through continuous training and mentorship, setting obtainable performance goals, proving clear communication and constructive feedback

Qualification

Procurement experienceNegotiation skillsProject managementCross-functional team leadershipMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordCollaborationCommunicationMentorship

Required

Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of procurement experience OR High School/GED and at least 5 years of procurement experience

Experience working with business and/or procurement lifecycles and best practices

Experience in negotiations and developing/executing strategies

Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to develop strategies that meet department goals within budget and established timelines

Experience managing projects and/or cross functional teams

At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership

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 3 years of procurement process experience OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 5 years of indirect procurement experience

At least 3 years of experience in negotiating deals

Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling)

Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font)

Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns)

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