Posted: 25 March
Offer description
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About Verizon
We power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love - driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world.
Our V Team
We are a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together - lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always.
Sourcing Leadership Position
This sourcing leadership position will play a lead role in supporting Verizon's category of Indirect Sourcing through creation and management of supplier contracts, which drive cost savings, generate revenue, and ultimately improve margins and shareholder value.
A key aspect of the sourcing role is building collaborative relationships with our internal business partners as well as strategic relationships with our suppliers.
Responsibilities:
* Manage a team of Category Sourcing Experts and actively manage multiple highly visible, time-sensitive activities.
* Effectively interface with all levels of management, and efficiently ensure the sourcing process is completed.
* Drive end-to-end sourcing category strategy, performance effectiveness/efficiency and value/revenue generation.
* Build collaborative relationships with internal business partners and our suppliers.
* Develop strategies and drive implementation to enhance efficiency, process and performance improvement and build foundations for trusted partnerships.
* Develop, manage, and drive key sourcing relationships critical to the business and impacting the entire customer base.
* Lead various cross-functional teams to develop requirements and reach consensus on business deals.
* Making recommendations regarding the hiring, firing, advancement, performance, promotion or any other change of status of team members.
* Aess employee performance, hold employees accountable, take appropriate corrective actions, and train and provide ongoing direction and feedback to team members.
* Negotiating and complete key strategic deals and drive aspects of complex strategic sourcing processes.
* Participating in the negotiation of deals.
* Partnering with business partners, contracts with management and legal teams, serve as a trusted advisor to developing strategy, objectives, and plans.
* Performing analyses of financial and business data related to sourcing operations and capability assessments.
* Planning and proposes strategies that best support the business, create efficiencies, and provide outstanding performance.
Requirements:
You'll need to have:
* Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
* Relevant experience in supply chain sourcing.
* Team leadership experience.
* Even better if you have one or more of the following: Master's degree in a related area. Indirect sourcing/procurement experience. Experience in effective negotiation and influencing Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills. Effective problem solving and management skills. Broad-based knowledge of the wireless telecommunications industry. Relevant work experience working in a large cross-functional culture. Comfort in working up and across the organization - working with senior staff members. Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking that results in new ideas that drive the business forward. Diversified experience with emphasis on negotiations / analysis and relationship management. Demonstrated ability to multi-task and be detail oriented with respect to ensuring deadlines are met. Proven record of performance and trusted professional credibility. Track record of handling extremely confidential information appropriately.
Where You'll Be Working
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.
Scheduled Weekly Hours 37.5
Equal Employment Opportunity
Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.
