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Baltimore, Maryland
Towson, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Posted: 05-Mar-22
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 80297-en_US
Central Procurement is seeking a Sourcing Director who oversees the category portfolio of administrative services, facilities, construction, lab & scientific reports to the Chief Procurement Officer and is responsible for leading a team to maximize company profitability for assigned categories to achieve established annualized savings targets. This position optimizes value across company expenditures by leading the acquisition of business and professional services. It owns development of the overall category portfolio and the individual category strategies, and is responsible for monitoring and maintaining the implemented strategy on an ongoing basis.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
- Builds a short and long term category strategy that aligns to both the overall University strategy and the individual division's strategy
- Oversees and leads the team in managing category strategy implementation activities leveraging current and future business requirements, market intelligence, and historical spend to drive cost reduction, enterprise consistency, and business value
- Develops and leads direct team as well as cross functional teams to execute on strategy
- Works directly with senior leadership of the University in obtaining trust and buy-in as an internal consultant and partner in the development and implementation of sourcing strategy
- Build linkages and understanding between Procurement and other University business disciplines
- Proactively support multiple division leaders by serving as a resource to identify opportunities and drive results
- Facilitate change management with cross-functional teams and key contacts throughout the organization
- Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with stakeholders to ensure strategy alignment to divisional needs over time as well as work collaboratively with Johns Hopkins Health System where interests align
- Provides category specific subject matter expertise and insights to internal clients and regular status updates of all projects to leadership
- Establishes metrics, savings targets and monitor performance for the category portfolio, and communicate these to stakeholders
- Creates a category specific initiative pipeline that will forecast and direct procurement projects and sourcing activities
- Maintains expertise in the spend category through relationships with the internal customers, suppliers and market experts
- Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with divisional leaders, clients and key stakeholders
- Directs the processing and maintenance of purchase orders, contracts and proposals for clients and vendors, per the spend category
- Accountable for the negotiation and establishment of preferential commercial terms with suppliers and directing and reviewing related legal contracts
- Works with contract administrators/legal, internal audit and other related compliance groups to ensure category strategies and supplier contracts account for relevant laws, regulations, and risk policies
- Directly supervises category managers and leads and is responsible for their training/coaching/development of these personnel
- Acts as change agent and advocate for procurement as a value added partner
- Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
- Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Accounting, Finance, Business Strategy or related discipline
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive procurement/sourcing experience, directing, designing and implementing successful sourcing strategies across a broad range of spend categories
- MBA or advanced degree in related discipline or CPM/CPSM preferred
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula*
* JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for the required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
** Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Innovative Thinking: Proven ability to connect ideas, events, and circumstances to find category management solutions to business problems or goals
- Applies flexible approaches to achieving category management results in dynamic situations
- Skilled in change adoption, change management, and resource assessment
- Keen negotiation skills
- Ability to engage and build relationships with Sr. leadership as an internal consultant and trusted partner
- Strong contract knowledge of both commercial and legal terms
- Familiarity with applicable state and federal laws and regulations helpful
- Experience in use of eSourcing tools to enable optimal strategic outcomes
- Ability to work independently
- Energetic and self-motivated
- Ability to influence others to voluntarily adopt category management practices
- Strong analytical and financial skills
- Strong oral and written communication
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Project, and Excel, eSourcing Rfx tools
- Knowledge of SAP a plus
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Classified Title: Category Portfolio Group Director
Working Title: Sourcing Director - Administrative, Facilities, Consruction, Lab & Scientific
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PG
Starting Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/JH at Keswick
Department name: Buying
Personnel area: University Administration
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
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