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Role Description

Working closely with cross-functional teams, develop and lead implementation of global category procurement strategies for assigned Indirect Procurement Logistics categories; key areas of focus include Full Truckload (FTL) and other indirect categories as assigned.

• Lead both traditional and non-traditional supplier procurement activities, ensuring timely execution and focusing on global solutions which improve services and reduce costs.
• Facilitate supplier procurement process and negotiations relative to business requirements and cost, maximizing JCI’s leverage and negotiation position.
• Lead supplier contracting negotiations and execution, collaborating with corporate legal for escalation of certain risk-related terms and conditions.
• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to increase engagement and develop a robust procurement project pipeline across all business segments of manufacturing, corporate and service (branches).
• For each procurement project, ensure project alignment and drive collaborative procurement efforts with the necessary cross-functional counterparts and matrix teams (e.g. Risk Management, Compliance, Legal, Operations, etc.) to maximize transactional efficiency and mitigate potential risks.
• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with key suppliers to understand the suppliers’ current services for the company as well as additional capabilities.
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of business and functional strategic roadmaps and resulting business requirements, as related to assigned categories.
• Drive cost out targets for the supply management organization; calculate and report savings.
• Drive compliance of enterprise agreements.
• Assist with key supplier issue resolution and risk mitigation, as required.
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of marketplace, benchmarks and industry best practices for assigned categories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university is required.
• Advanced degree in business, finance, and/or legal is highly desirable.
• 6+ years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Significant negotiating experience is required.
• Operational and procurement experience.
• Prior contracting experience (negotiation, implementation, management of agreements) is required.
• Fluency to speak and write in English.

Requirements

• Extensive project management experience and/or PMP certification.
• Operational and/or procurement experience in most if not all of the assigned Indirect Categories.
• Leadership and Project Management Skills.
• Ability to lead complex procurement events and demonstrated negotiation skills.
• Ability to influence others and manage competing internal stakeholder priorities.
• Ability to generate alternative solutions for consideration to increase total value to the organization while reducing cost and minimizing risk.
• Ability to develop and communicate vision and strategic procurement initiatives, both verbally and in writing, to internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated project management capabilities to lead multiple and complex projects.
• Demonstrated capability to translate strategies into executable implementation plans.
• Ability to identify new procurement opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse groups of people in a global, matrix organization.
• Clear problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Sound prioritization skills to balance multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Comfort with ambiguity.
• Ability to embrace change in the organization.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus.
• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time.
• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care.
• On the job/cross training opportunities.
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment.
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy.
• Remote based role.