Procurement Solutions, Supply Chain Manager

Jacksonville, FL, United States

Procurement Solutions, Supply Chain Manager Full-time

Working at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is more than just a job. It’s a career. It’s a community of people who invest in your development and empower you to blaze your own trail. Each of us is here to create real, measurable impact that moves needles. We operate beyond "roles" or "jobs" to realize the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a bigger idea. Because we believe that when you build a workforce that’s designed to harness human enterprise, you design a workforce that’s built for impact.

At AGS, we help companies all over the world transform their people into a competitive advantage. It’s not about filling seats. It’s about designing workforces to meet missions and unleash the most transformative power in business today: The power of human enterprise.

With services around the globe, we have a point of view on the future of work that enables us to be a transformative partner in the way work gets done for our clients’ organizations. Meeting clients where they are, we design a plan and guide them along a transformational journey, applying bold actions and diverse minds to solve the most complex challenges – from permanent and extended workforce management to services procurement, consulting, direct sourcing and our Universal Workforce Model.

We also represent over 100 countries and speak dozens of languages. So as you’re building relationships and doing your job, you’ll be exposed to other cultures and advancement opportunities while expanding your knowledge of global markets and strategies.

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In this new role, the Supply Chain Manager, Procurement Solutions will have responsibility for continuing to evolve the SCM product offering and will work closely with the Executive Director of Procurement Solutions and the Executive, Supply Chain Management to ensure the Procurement Solutions offering meets client's needs. This Manager will train new team members in SCM best practices to support the Procurement Solutions line of business and scale the department as AGS portfolio grows.

The Supply Chain Manager, Procurement Solutions will partner with Program Leaders to effectively manage service provider relationships, often serving as the primary point of contact for executive level relationships at the national account level.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO):

Serve as primary contact for supplier related issues/projects

Provide strategic oversight and technical guidance for all Procurement Solutions accounts

Build strategic relationships with procurement solutions suppliers

Support the business development process for new/potential procurement solutions accounts as well as expansion and evolution of existing procurement solutions accounts

Provide a consultation to potential new clients (either those within the AGS staff aug portfolio or the BD pipeline) and analyze their data and technology setup to determine their story and provide recommendations for the best in class services

Liaise with other GBS teams and PMO to determine current program landscape, challenges and desired outcomes ensuring a cohesive solution for the client

Using data to influence client decisions and why other suppliers (consulting companies) can do the job just as well or better (quality, price, speed)

Manage client expectations through timely feedback and proactive communication

Analyze business information to identify issues or trends and propose actions to refine success

Manage a team of Supply Chain Consultants dedicated to procurement solutions accounts

Career manage team, including performance and EBR's

Train and mentor team

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Experience with procurement and/or sourcing processes, focused on services spend categories

Deep understanding of strategic sourcing and category management processes and their connection to broader procurement strategy

Correlation of spend data to strategic decisions

Strong knowledge of MSP value proposition, and its relation to management of services spend.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Leading and managing a team of high performers

Developing people in a customer-focused work environment

Manage complex customer issues

High level of service delivery

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong data competency specific to spend analysis

Ability to derive "data stories" from structured data elements to enable and drive decision making

Able to interpret complex data and distill down to meaningful and consumable elements

Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

Project planning

Strong competency in change management principles and proven results in driving change and influencing detractors

Risk identification and development of mitigation strategies

Financial results and definition and development of cost savings approaches

LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE

3-5 years of procurement experience, or equivalent functional competencies required

Bachelor's degree preferred, with a focus on business, finance or supply chain management

At AGS, we recognize our people are our strength. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer (M/F/Disability/Veterans) and consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law. We value our people, their varying perspectives and are committed to fostering an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.

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