Intuit
Senior/Staff Sourcing Manager
Intuit, Mountain View, California, us, 94039
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The Senior Sourcing Manager, Services will be in charge of leading global sourcing activities and projects across a group of categories worth $200M+. The Professional Services scope includes, but is not limited to, Temporary Labor and Contingent Workforce, Management Consulting, Workplace Services, and HR and Benefits.This role will be a leader and contact point for the company. They will build and manage relationships with important suppliers and Intuit business owners. It will require identifying global strategic sourcing initiatives, driving cost savings, impacting efficiencies, and supporting growth strategies within the respective departments supported.This role also requires creating and implementing sourcing strategies. It also requires the ability to find, analyze, and measure opportunities, as well as managing RFIs and RFPs, and handling vendor negotiations.What you'll bring
Relevant industry experience5-10 years of strategic sourcing or consulting experience (e.g., RFI/RFQ/RFP, reverse auctions, interests-based direct negotiations)Experience with ERP and Source-to-Pay toolsExperience leading a team (team of direct reports or cross functional teams)Experience developing and/or presenting business cases to executive leadershipExpertise with written and verbal communication of quantitative and qualitative information with executivesBachelor’s degree in Business or other quantitative discipline or equivalent work experienceExperience in contract development, administration, and/or managementExperience managing multiple simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment with several stakeholdersExperience in negotiating deals with global vendorsExperience in managing global vendor relationshipsExperience in managing transformational projects that require high-level of change managementSolid financial and/or quantitative modelingAttention to detail and ability to analyze complex dataAbility to travel up to 30% of the timeAvailability to directly support and interact with multiple international business unitsDesired skills:
A proven track record of cost reduction and productivity improvements; ability to influence and drive change while building solid relationships with your internal clients and external vendorsInternal or external business consulting experience highly desiredKnowledge and interest in key sourcing areas such as:Management ConsultingFacility Services, Construction & MaintenanceProfessional ServicesKnowledge of global supply baseStrong analytical skills; MS Excel proficient; financial modeling preferredStrong written and communication skills; MS PowerPoint, MS Word proficientAbility to work independently as well as lead and participate in cross functional teamsAbility to collaborate in a team environmentAwareness of best practices regarding vendor management (e.g., strategic alliances, supplier certification, etc.)Excellent documentation and requirements analysisHow you will lead
Take ownership and responsibility for proactively leading and managing strategic sourcing initiativesDirect, define, and implement sourcing strategies and initiatives to drive the delivery of corporate earnings, growth strategy, and business transformation objectives for responsible categoriesPartner with the business to assist management in the development of tower strategy and operational roadmapProvide leadership, mentorship to non-direct reports including strategic sourcing analysts, specialists, procurement managers and specialistsDevelop plans to achieve team’s strategic priorities, goals and objectives planning projects accordinglyProactively build relationships with and influence stakeholdersCollaborate with procurement team where applicable to ensure sourced supplier is setup for ongoing procurementPartner with International team with to implement global suppliers, category strategies to ensure local supportDemonstrate and practice a high degree of professional integrity and ethical responsibility in all business activitiesKeep abreast of industry innovation and bring ideas that will help the company re-imagine and leap frog ahead resulting in advancements in company priorities, process methodologies, etc.Opportunity Assessment
Conduct opportunity assessment with the right balance of strategic insights (spend, supplier, category, contract) and current state illustration to drive senior stakeholder engagementEvaluate and recommend strategic opportunities/initiatives to Strategic Sourcing leadership utilizing current and emerging business models, assessing short-term and long-term industry and strategic considerationsDevelop and present insights to senior leaders on opportunities, including alternative strategies assessments.Conduct opportunity assessment with or without support of Strategic Sourcing AnalystStrategic Sourcing Process Execution and Project Management
Provide category expertise and leverage that understanding to determine potential sources of supply, determine capabilities of suppliers’ product and service offerings, and relate offerings to stakeholder needsDetermine the right sourcing process considering bidding approach, formal and informal negotiations, and structure process to resolve conflicts and build consensusDrive project activity across large cross-functional team through communication of expectations, decisions, changes, enforcement of deadlines, and creation and evaluation of deliverablesDefine data needed to meet objectives and develop an effective plan for gathering it (including spend, contracts, supplier information, stakeholder insights, current state process & tools)Utilize analysis to solve business problems. Draw conclusions and insights that are not immediately obviousGather, analyze, and document requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, business analysis, and task and workflow analysisLead and Manage RFI/RFQ/RFPs from start to finish, which includes creation, issuance, and facilitation of the entire process, through vendor evaluations (using scorecards) and vendor selectionDirect the negotiation of highly complex, enterprise-wide, strategic supplier partnersManage issues & risks and communicate to management. Consult with senior management and project management experts as needed. Facilitate communication between project team and stakeholdersDrive consensus across critical business decisions that are complex and high impact to the organizationCreate supporting documentation to applicable standards such that the value generated can be included in executive-level presentationsContinuous Improvement and Supplier Management
Develop analytics and insights that drive supplier segmentation planning, key priorities and activities within spend categoriesLead measurement, management and improvement supplier performance against negotiated SLAs and quality metrics as neededDevelop SRM plans with a focus on continuous improvement and innovationLead activities such as supplier discussions, QBRs, scorecards and other supplier performance activities in alignment with supplier segmentation strategyReport on key performance indicators and analytics that improve supplier performance management, compliance, cycle time and process savingsEOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.
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The Senior Sourcing Manager, Services will be in charge of leading global sourcing activities and projects across a group of categories worth $200M+. The Professional Services scope includes, but is not limited to, Temporary Labor and Contingent Workforce, Management Consulting, Workplace Services, and HR and Benefits.This role will be a leader and contact point for the company. They will build and manage relationships with important suppliers and Intuit business owners. It will require identifying global strategic sourcing initiatives, driving cost savings, impacting efficiencies, and supporting growth strategies within the respective departments supported.This role also requires creating and implementing sourcing strategies. It also requires the ability to find, analyze, and measure opportunities, as well as managing RFIs and RFPs, and handling vendor negotiations.What you'll bring
Relevant industry experience5-10 years of strategic sourcing or consulting experience (e.g., RFI/RFQ/RFP, reverse auctions, interests-based direct negotiations)Experience with ERP and Source-to-Pay toolsExperience leading a team (team of direct reports or cross functional teams)Experience developing and/or presenting business cases to executive leadershipExpertise with written and verbal communication of quantitative and qualitative information with executivesBachelor’s degree in Business or other quantitative discipline or equivalent work experienceExperience in contract development, administration, and/or managementExperience managing multiple simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment with several stakeholdersExperience in negotiating deals with global vendorsExperience in managing global vendor relationshipsExperience in managing transformational projects that require high-level of change managementSolid financial and/or quantitative modelingAttention to detail and ability to analyze complex dataAbility to travel up to 30% of the timeAvailability to directly support and interact with multiple international business unitsDesired skills:
A proven track record of cost reduction and productivity improvements; ability to influence and drive change while building solid relationships with your internal clients and external vendorsInternal or external business consulting experience highly desiredKnowledge and interest in key sourcing areas such as:Management ConsultingFacility Services, Construction & MaintenanceProfessional ServicesKnowledge of global supply baseStrong analytical skills; MS Excel proficient; financial modeling preferredStrong written and communication skills; MS PowerPoint, MS Word proficientAbility to work independently as well as lead and participate in cross functional teamsAbility to collaborate in a team environmentAwareness of best practices regarding vendor management (e.g., strategic alliances, supplier certification, etc.)Excellent documentation and requirements analysisHow you will lead
Take ownership and responsibility for proactively leading and managing strategic sourcing initiativesDirect, define, and implement sourcing strategies and initiatives to drive the delivery of corporate earnings, growth strategy, and business transformation objectives for responsible categoriesPartner with the business to assist management in the development of tower strategy and operational roadmapProvide leadership, mentorship to non-direct reports including strategic sourcing analysts, specialists, procurement managers and specialistsDevelop plans to achieve team’s strategic priorities, goals and objectives planning projects accordinglyProactively build relationships with and influence stakeholdersCollaborate with procurement team where applicable to ensure sourced supplier is setup for ongoing procurementPartner with International team with to implement global suppliers, category strategies to ensure local supportDemonstrate and practice a high degree of professional integrity and ethical responsibility in all business activitiesKeep abreast of industry innovation and bring ideas that will help the company re-imagine and leap frog ahead resulting in advancements in company priorities, process methodologies, etc.Opportunity Assessment
Conduct opportunity assessment with the right balance of strategic insights (spend, supplier, category, contract) and current state illustration to drive senior stakeholder engagementEvaluate and recommend strategic opportunities/initiatives to Strategic Sourcing leadership utilizing current and emerging business models, assessing short-term and long-term industry and strategic considerationsDevelop and present insights to senior leaders on opportunities, including alternative strategies assessments.Conduct opportunity assessment with or without support of Strategic Sourcing AnalystStrategic Sourcing Process Execution and Project Management
Provide category expertise and leverage that understanding to determine potential sources of supply, determine capabilities of suppliers’ product and service offerings, and relate offerings to stakeholder needsDetermine the right sourcing process considering bidding approach, formal and informal negotiations, and structure process to resolve conflicts and build consensusDrive project activity across large cross-functional team through communication of expectations, decisions, changes, enforcement of deadlines, and creation and evaluation of deliverablesDefine data needed to meet objectives and develop an effective plan for gathering it (including spend, contracts, supplier information, stakeholder insights, current state process & tools)Utilize analysis to solve business problems. Draw conclusions and insights that are not immediately obviousGather, analyze, and document requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, business analysis, and task and workflow analysisLead and Manage RFI/RFQ/RFPs from start to finish, which includes creation, issuance, and facilitation of the entire process, through vendor evaluations (using scorecards) and vendor selectionDirect the negotiation of highly complex, enterprise-wide, strategic supplier partnersManage issues & risks and communicate to management. Consult with senior management and project management experts as needed. Facilitate communication between project team and stakeholdersDrive consensus across critical business decisions that are complex and high impact to the organizationCreate supporting documentation to applicable standards such that the value generated can be included in executive-level presentationsContinuous Improvement and Supplier Management
Develop analytics and insights that drive supplier segmentation planning, key priorities and activities within spend categoriesLead measurement, management and improvement supplier performance against negotiated SLAs and quality metrics as neededDevelop SRM plans with a focus on continuous improvement and innovationLead activities such as supplier discussions, QBRs, scorecards and other supplier performance activities in alignment with supplier segmentation strategyReport on key performance indicators and analytics that improve supplier performance management, compliance, cycle time and process savingsEOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.
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