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About the Role
We're seeking an Associate Director of Commercial Resale and New Product to lead our Category Sourcing Experts in developing and implementing category strategies. You'll collaborate with business stakeholders, manage supplier relationships, negotiate, and drive supply base performance management.
Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with business partners to understand their priorities and challenges
* Develop and implement category sourcing strategies
* Lead all aspects of the strategic sourcing process
* Manage a team of Category experts and ensure sourcing strategies result in roadmaps of savings and value streams
* Negotiate contracts with suppliers and develop category savings roadmaps
* Execute supplier relationship management activities and leverage market dynamics to mitigate risk
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in a related field
* Extensive experience in indirect sourcing and proven ability to drive change and transformation
* Strong negotiation skills, written and verbal communication, problem-solving skills, and interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
About Working at Verizon
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