Enterprise Strategic Sourcing Category Manager (hybrid)
Job Description
Summary: This position is responsible for managing a portfolio of spend by Grange business functions, developing cost reduction strategies, conducting rigorous market analyses, recommending short-term and long-term sourcing opportunities, providing risk/benefit analysis, leading/facilitating supplier evaluations, negotiations, and change management efforts, managing cost reduction programs and activities in pursuit of total cost of ownership savings and enhanced service levels for the portfolio.
What You'll Be Doing:
What You'll Bring To The Company:
Bachelor's degree in Business (or other related degree program) or related experience, MBA strongly preferred. 4-8 years of strategic sourcing or supply chain related experience with a major company preferred. Insurance industry experience is preferred. Certified Purchasing Manager or Certified Professional in Supply Management, or Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity Certification is a plus. Demonstrated success of leading project teams to achieve quantifiable savings by applying various sourcing methods. Strong project management skills and results oriented. Firsthand working knowledge of strategic sourcing methodology required. Knowledge of eProcurement and eSourcing systems is a plus. Strong negotiation experience and excellent interpersonal skills and oral and written communication skills required.
About Us:
Grange Insurance Company, with $3 billion in assets and more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio. Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home, life and business insurance protection. Life insurance offered by Grange Life Insurance and Kansas City Life Insurance. Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. With partner Integrity Insurance based in Appleton, Wisconsin- the 13-state Grange Enterprise has nearly $3 billion in assets and more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue and holds an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent).
Who We Are:
We are committed to an inclusive work environment where we welcome and value diversity and inclusion. We hire great talent from a wide variety of backgrounds, and our associates are our biggest strength. The diversity of our associates, their backgrounds, experiences, and individual differences are the foundation for our success. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to "Be One Team", "Deliver Excellence", "Communicate Openly", "Do the Right Thing", and "Solve Creatively for Tomorrow". We have active Associate Resource Groups and a Diversity and Inclusion Team, that focuses on professional development, networking, business value and community outreach; all which encourage and facilitate an environment that fosters learning, innovation, and growth. Together we use our individual experiences to learn from one another and grow as professionals and as humans.
We welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender stereotyping, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.
Grange Enterprise is proud to be part of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion™, a national initiative of more than 1400 CEOs working for the advancement of diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Responsible for overseeing a portfolio of cross-functional categories, with multiple concurrent projects.
- Manage cross-functional teams to execute the category-specific sourcing strategies, including the development of requirements.
- Develop market intelligence specific to the assigned portfolio of commodities including but not limited to analysis of supplier capabilities and offerings, competitive landscape, market trends, impact of various factors on cost, price and availability of the assigned categories.
- Responsible for tracking and reporting the performance of the category portfolio, as well as managing any modifications to the portfolio.
- Develop project plans for relatively complex projects.
- Establish or support the establishment of contracts for strategic purchases and large spot buys when no existing contract exists.
- Develop and sustain processes and procedures for efficient sourcing and procurement.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders and Manager of Purchasing to identify and achieve the category goals.
- Drive Supplier Diversity efforts
- Drive Supplier Relationship Management efforts
What You'll Bring To The Company:
Bachelor's degree in Business (or other related degree program) or related experience, MBA strongly preferred. 4-8 years of strategic sourcing or supply chain related experience with a major company preferred. Insurance industry experience is preferred. Certified Purchasing Manager or Certified Professional in Supply Management, or Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity Certification is a plus. Demonstrated success of leading project teams to achieve quantifiable savings by applying various sourcing methods. Strong project management skills and results oriented. Firsthand working knowledge of strategic sourcing methodology required. Knowledge of eProcurement and eSourcing systems is a plus. Strong negotiation experience and excellent interpersonal skills and oral and written communication skills required.
About Us:
Grange Insurance Company, with $3 billion in assets and more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio. Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home, life and business insurance protection. Life insurance offered by Grange Life Insurance and Kansas City Life Insurance. Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. With partner Integrity Insurance based in Appleton, Wisconsin- the 13-state Grange Enterprise has nearly $3 billion in assets and more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue and holds an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent).
Who We Are:
We are committed to an inclusive work environment where we welcome and value diversity and inclusion. We hire great talent from a wide variety of backgrounds, and our associates are our biggest strength. The diversity of our associates, their backgrounds, experiences, and individual differences are the foundation for our success. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to "Be One Team", "Deliver Excellence", "Communicate Openly", "Do the Right Thing", and "Solve Creatively for Tomorrow". We have active Associate Resource Groups and a Diversity and Inclusion Team, that focuses on professional development, networking, business value and community outreach; all which encourage and facilitate an environment that fosters learning, innovation, and growth. Together we use our individual experiences to learn from one another and grow as professionals and as humans.
We welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender stereotyping, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.
Grange Enterprise is proud to be part of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion™, a national initiative of more than 1400 CEOs working for the advancement of diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
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08/12/2022
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