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JLL

Sourcing Solution Manager

JLL, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


Sourcing Solution Manager - What this job involves

Manage, lead, and create the Sourcing & Procurement Solution Development (Sales) tasks for assigned industry vertical. These roles holistically create a total end-to-end Sourcing solution for new business deals; including net new clients, expanding accounts, and renewals of existing accounts. This role will also create and present written and verbal responses and marketing collateral to effectively demonstrate the solution we created. This position must be an independent thinker, have strong executive presence, demonstrate creativity for unique/unknown client requests, manage both strategic and tactical details, and have extraordinary problem-solving skills to never allow a roadblock to stop them.

Key Responsibilities: Be subject matter expert in support of JLL sourcing strategies, supplier relationships, and program management. Review all RFP client documents to develop a detailed Sourcing Strategy; including category specific strategies, resource models, cost-savings ideas, innovations, and creative approach to differentiate JLL from our competitors. Engage and leverage Sourcing & Procurement Platform and Key Stakeholders for support in developing a Sourcing Program. Engage suppliers to challenge the status quo, seek savings glidepaths, benchmarks or an underwritten solution for each category. Analyze supplier cost proposals, financial reports, and other data to determine the reasonability of price and contractor capabilities. Negotiate with suppliers to ensure we have accurately underwritten pricing assumptions. Provide/support technical written responses to client RFP questions where relates to Sourcing & Procurement. Ability to understand and identify contractual terms impacting Sourcing & Procurement; establish relationship with Corporate Legal & Risk to ensure all contractual terms are compliant. Ability to innovate new programs or processes that will benefit our Client and JLL in winning and solutioning new business for JLL. Work with Category Management to partner on periodic market trend analysis. Responsible for development, implementation, coordination, and communication of industry and national programs. Support Category Management team's supplier relationship and performance programs with key suppliers. Ensure compliance to JLL's sourcing and contracting policies, procedures, risk management programs, and ethics. Support and assist development of diversity programs in accordance with clients and company requirements. Ability to collaborate with counterparts and peers globally to develop uniform and succinct solution for global clients.

Minimum Requirements: Strong project management skills, independent thinker, self-starter, ability to be strategic and tactical, problem-solver, excellent inter-personal skills, strong analytical ability, and proven ability to work in a team environment. Excellent communication skills - oral and written. Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university and/or 7-10 years strategic sourcing or related experience; MBA preferred. Project management and business transitions experience preferred. Excellent PC skills, proficient in MS Office applications.

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