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Global Sourcing System Manager

Global Sourcing System Manager

CompanyFortune Brands
LocationHighland Park, IL, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8+ years of experience in Global Sourcing/Global Supply Chain in systems environment, with deep understanding of upstream and downstream procurement processes.
  • Advanced level of experience in SAP.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management Business Administration, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field.
  • Proven ability to utilize analytical tools and methodologies to drive insights and support decision-making.
  • Experience in organizational change management, introducing new processes to cross-functional teams and organizations.
  • Excellent problem solving skills working through ambiguity, in a highly matrixed organization, managing trade-offs, balancing conflicting demands while collaborating and executing ideas cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

  • Leverage deep Sourcing and ERP systems experience with a data driven approach to continuously innovate and creatively develop solutions and process improvements to make the Sourcing infrastructure more efficient, effective and robust.
  • Conduct detailed assessment of existing infrastructure, identify process gaps and inefficiencies with defined action plan to address and prevent future process and data gaps.
  • Oversee Sourcing platforms and tools, creating dashboards and user interfaces to meet the needs of the organization.
  • Utilize data and analytics to create insights to accelerate results-oriented decision making.
  • Manage and improve supplier lifecycle processes (onboarding, sourcing, contract lifecycle, offboarding) meeting the growing needs of the business.
  • Identify trends and opportunities for Sourcing through industry involvement that drives insights into best practices, including opportunity identification and adoption of AI.
  • Provide training and change management for the organization to foster awareness and user adoption of changes as they occur; often partnering with other functional teams outside of Sourcing.
  • Take an active leadership role in initiatives and opportunities to advance the Sourcing Center of Excellence.
  • Establish and maintain effective governance and technical management of key internal systems to ensure data accuracy and sustainability through automated refreshes.

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.