The role will support the Supply Chain Procurement Team in the Americas Region in managing and executing category management strategies, including:
• Support category managers in obtaining quotes, development and issuance of RFXs, pricing analysis, and implementation of suppliers and logistics services to maximize customer service levels and value creation
• Management of smaller spend RFXs and quotations, including day-to-day spot and budgetary quotes
• Develop and maintain accurate road and rail lanes and rates, contract summaries and pricing sheets
• Designs, implements and drives distance analysis for road and rail to support investigation of network optimization opportunities
• Enter and manage new supplier requests and vendor master changes
• Enter and maintain contracts in SAP and master data maintenance as applicable
• Calculate, analyze and report volume trends, savings and value creation
• Obtain and analyze KPIs, spend, and other reports from suppliers and SAP
• Develop and publish monthly Team metrics reports, market intelligence summary reports, benchmarking reports, and other required reports
• Preparation of reports and presentations for periodical management information and sourcing projects
• Develop and maintain regional processes and procedure documentation
• Develop and implement process improvements
• Effectively communicate with logistics providers, carriers and internal stakeholders
• Serve as back-up to Team Analysts and Buyers
• Other activities and duties as assigned