Procurement & Supply Chain Manager (Construction, contract Environment)

Job Title: Procurement & Supply Chain Manager # 54792

Location: San Diego, CA 92101

Pay Rate: $70/ HR on w2 without benefits

Duration: 12+ Month s Contract [Potential for Extension based on performance and project needs]

Qualifications:

• 5 - 8 years of experience, preferably in category management, strategic sourcing, other procurement-related role, related analytical role, or business consulting, including 3 years of experience leading cross-functional strategic sourcing teams or other change related programs.
• Typically requires construction services and/or material procurement experience and has successfully completed purchases over $10,000,000, and/or 2 - 4 years of experience in specific service and/or material expertise
• Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) designation or similar professional certification in Supply Management is desirable.
• A valid California driver's license is required.

Responsibilities:

• Leads negotiations, oversees all stages of strategic procurement, helps facilitate supplier performance measurement, and collaborates with key suppliers to identify potential areas for improvement.
• Manages and identifies supplier alliance opportunities.
• Supports internal utility Business Unit s supplier management efforts.
• Works with clients to develop and manage tools necessary to track supplier performance (ex: scorecards), communicates supplier performance metrics to relevant stakeholders on a regular basis, interfaces with all levels of Supply Management and Business Unit clients, including senior management, leads and participates in cross-functional teams, including representatives from Business Unit clients, DBE, Information
• Technology, Metrics, procurement operations, and/or Legal.
• Develops and maintains category plans that identify opportunities for operational efficiencies, drive cost savings, manage risk, improve safety, drive innovation, and ensure the continuous development of categories managed.
• Oversees, plans, manages, and assumes complete responsibility for all activities and processes associated with the categories assigned.
• Performs thorough analysis to support the development of category plans, including but not limited to meeting with internal customers to understand their needs, requirements, and plans; determining the impact of joint efforts on supplier KPIs; analyzing historical spend; forecasting future spend based on demand planning; building should cost models; calculating total cost of ownership (TCO); creating supplier profiles; conducting market research to identify new suppliers, to predict stresses on the supply base, and to manage pricing (e.g., index pricing and volume discounts).
• Other duties as required, e.g. creates and implements development plans for suppliers who do not meet performance standards, and resolves conflict between suppliers and the company.

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