Procurement Manager

ROLE PURPOSE

The Manager of Procurement Initiatives and Analytics supports the Procurement team for Asurion. They will have primary responsibility in delivering financial performance, conducting insightful analytics, and creating and/or facilitating related initiatives. They will work with key stakeholders across Supply Chain to ensure Asurion is maximizing sourcing opportunity. They will also own the sourcing of fair market value data to be used across our supply chains. The ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with directive input is essential to this position. The candidate will be self-sufficient and able to lead through influence while balancing the asks of delivering results in the short term while meeting our strategic long-term business plan.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Owns measuring, monitoring, and reporting out on all area financial targets
• Owns pricing book for all Apple, devices, tablets wearables and parts
• Works directly with planning, finance and channel management partners to develop forecasted demand by model
• Routinely provide SCM Senior leadership with updates on sourcing financial performance and future expectation
• Conducts advanced analysis to assist decision making and identify areas for improvement
• Creates, runs, and implements all Sourcing related initiatives
• Deliver against KPIs and perform optimization of sourcing channels
• Challenge status quo and proactively drive for profitability optimization by establishing creative outside the box solutions
• Lead internal and external discussions on key initiatives and/or sourcing strategy involving holding internal stakeholders accountable and navigating ambiguous scenarios
• Establish and sustain strong supplier relationship management through effective communication and support for all internal customers
• Establish and maintain effective supplier relationships with external suppliers.
• Gains understanding of each supplier’s internal supply chain processes and uses this information to benefit the overall Asurion supply chain
• Serve as industry expert in functional area of responsibility and maintain market intelligence
• Source data used to create “Fair Market Value” dashboard
• Develop business plans based on AOP initiatives
  
  

Leadership Accountabilities

• Maintain a high level of morale and energy
• Ability to establish a high degree of accountability across their organization
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
  
  

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree preferred + 3 years of experience in procurement
• Strong motivational and leadership skills
• Possess strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to react, in a proactive way to ‘crisis’ situations
• Likes to challenge the status quo and think ‘outside the box’
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to communicate at multiple levels of the organization
• Ability to be self-managed and set priorities
• Advanced computer skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  
  

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

• A strong strategic mind with an eye for implementation and continuous improvement
• A self-directed individual with a strong ability to manage ambiguity and who adapts readily and easily to changes in priorities and business conditions.
• An individual who is self-confident, competent, outgoing, and independent with a straight forward personality and executive presence.
• Entrepreneurial appreciation; talent for leading change to achieve best results.
• Fits well in an environment that rewards bright, self-starting, energetic, and action-orientated managers with increasing responsibility and challenge.
• Professional and personal integrity beyond reproach.
• Comfortable working with very sensitive data and able to maintain a high degree of discretion.
• Ability to excel in working within an open, flexible, results-oriented, performance based environment.
• Ability to work with all levels of people in the company and in the client world.
• Proven ability in a “rapid growth environment”.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.