Sr. Manager, Category Sourcing Lead - Remote

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Job Title

Sr. Manager, Category Sourcing Lead - Remote

Requisition Number

R6303 Sr. Manager, Category Sourcing Lead - Remote (Open)

Location

Arizona - Home Teleworkers

Additional Locations

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Job Information

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG), a AAA insurer, is one of the top personal lines property and casualty insurance groups in the U.S. Our employees proudly live our core beliefs and fulfill our enduring purpose to help members prevent, prepare for and recover from life's uncertainties, and we're proud of the culture we create together. As we commit to progress over perfection, we recognize that every day is an opportunity to be innovative and adaptable. At CSAA IG, we hire good people for a brighter tomorrow. We are actively hiring for a Sr. Manager, Category Sourcing Lead. Join us and support CSAA IG in achieving our goals.

Your Role: The focus of this role will be to directly manage, lead and develop a team of six sourcing professionals, along with the development and execution of category strategies throughout all phases of the vendor lifecycle in collaboration with senior leadership. Scope of role will span across several indirect procurement categories, including (but not limited to) IT, Claims, Facilities, Professional Services, Marketing and HR.

The role is accountable for establishing stakeholder relationships. Ensures that Category Sourcing delivers the type, kind, and timely service and support desired/promised to assigned stakeholders.

Frequently engages with businesses to train, educate and "sell" Procurement services and benefits.

Enables collaboration with stakeholders to occur across wide varieties of specialties at all levels across the enterprise.

The leader of Category Sourcing will be responsible for Intake process, triage assignment, Savings, Sourcing, Sourcing Pipeline, Diversity and Sustainability activities with the team.

Your work:

• Constant Strategic thinking and planning.
• Fluid Category strategy development.
• Sourcing pipeline creation and monitoring.
• Meeting savings targets via the team.
• Full analytical ability to review raw data and tell the story.
• Negotiation
• Contract compliance and governance.
• Approvals
• Manages supplier evaluation and formal development process.
• Demonstrated project management capability and track record of meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated track record of developing and implementing commodity strategies resulting in significant financial and operational benefits for the organization.
• Ability to operate both at strategic and tactical level. Strong strategic thinking, problem solving and analytical skills. Ability to apply a long-term view while ensuring day-to-day delivery of results.
• Strong sense of accountability, results oriented, can-do attitude.
• Strong financial acumen especially as related to sourcing.
• Detail-oriented with demonstrated strong analytical skills, including ability to gather data, evaluate trends, identify gaps and generate useful information from the dataset.
• Proactive, ability to meet aggressive deadlines and maintain strong internal customer focus required.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent self-discipline works under limited supervision.
• Develops or oversees Category Spend Strategies focused on not just savings but vendor service optimization, knowledge transfer, brand alignment and various other soft Sourcing objectives.
• Acts as a mentor and leader for contract construction, negotiations, and policy interpretations for subordinates, stakeholders, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Enables and develops expert level negotiation strategies for assigned contracts and categories.

Leadership:

• Acts as a consultant and mentor for negotiating large, complex, and/or highly visible contracts and facilitates communication and process development between businesses, Legal and Sourcing.
• Establishes and drives stakeholder and supplier expectations for seeking win-win negotiations outcomes.
• Directs and assures the success of the goals and work of various levels of Sourcing specialists.
• Consults with stakeholders at all levels to identify needs and requirements for changes to supply chain, suppliers, and enterprise supplier relationships.
• Develops and educates stakeholder on early engagement and benefit of category spend planning.
• Ensures that continuous improvements cause contract cycle times to improve and/or that the quality of delivered contracts improves over time.
• Seeks opportunities to enhance and/or expand the effectiveness of contracts and/or or the improvement of suppliers supporting the enterprise.
• Advocates and champions for and of Sourcing both internally and externally.

Sourcing Process:

• Works with stakeholders, stakeholders, and suppliers to create documents that adhere to approved sourcing processes and other requirements.
• Conducts research and technical readings to elevate and improve the sourcing process; expert in collaborating and seeking best value solutions from suppliers.
• Determines best financial options as balanced against other demands.
• Partners with stakeholders to ensure the needs of the business are sufficiently addressed and articulated; responsible for stakeholder satisfaction for delivered services.

Required Experience, Education and Skills

• Bachelor's degree and or equivalent business experience.
• 10+ years of relevant procurement, consultation, and sourcing experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years' experience directly managing, building and leading high performing sourcing teams.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, project management, problem solving, and leadership skills.

What would make us excited about you?

• Understands, drafts, and negotiates contracts at nearly any/all levels of complexity and/or dollar thresholds.
• Knowledgeable and able to apply best practice methods, strategies, and operational options.
• Above average knowledge and understanding of industry contracting methods, operational norms, supplier demands, and market trends.
• Advance collaboration skills.
• Ethics above reproach.
• Outstanding writing and contractual drafting skills.
• Major and complex deal negotiation experience.
• Category Spend analysis expertise.
• People leader
• Ability to present ideas and sell concepts.
• Creates a collaborative, inclusive and psychologically safe environment, demonstrating authenticity and fostering trust to inspire and empower team members and colleagues.
• Actively shapes our company culture through words and actions (e.g., supporting employee resource groups, mentoring employees, volunteering, joining cross-functional projects, encouraging team member involvement in these activities).
• Champions our cultural norms (e.g., willing to have cameras when it matters: interviewing candidates, building relationships with team members, etc.).
• Translates our enterprise strategy and priorities for their team members to connect to the bigger picture.
• Demonstrates a company ownership mindset, thinking beyond boundaries of their own area.
• Travels as needed for role, including enterprise meetings, divisional / team meetings, and other in-person meetings - approximately 20% travel.
• Fulfills business needs, which may include investing extra time, helping other teams, etc.

CSAA IG Careers

At CSAA IG, we're proudly devoted to protecting our customers, our employees, our communities, and the world at large. We are on a climate journey to continue to do better for our people, our business, and our planet. Taking bold action and leading by example. We are citizens for a changing world, and we continually change to meet it.

Join us if you

• BELIEVE in a mission focused on building a community of service, rooted in inclusion and belonging.
• COMMIT to being there for our customers and employees.
• CREATE a sense of purpose that serves the greater good through innovation.

Recognition: We offer a total compensation package, performance bonus, 401(k) with a company match, and so much more! Read more about what we offer and what it is like to be a part of our dynamic team at https://careers.csaa-insurance.aaa.com/us/en/benefits.

In most cases, you will have the opportunity to choose your preferred working location from the following options when you join CSAA IG: remote, hybrid, or in-person. Submit your application to be considered. We communicate via email, so check your inbox and/or your spam folder to ensure you don't miss important updates from us. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].

As part of our values, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at CSAA IG. We actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.

We are always recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the U.S. workforce. The diversity of our team fosters a broad range of ideas and enables us to design and deliver a wide array of products to meet customers' evolving needs.

CSAA Insurance Group is an equal opportunity employer.

The national average salary range for this position is $144,450-$160,500. However, we have a location-based compensation structure. Our salary ranges vary and are calculated based on county of residence. The full salary range for this position across all the states we hire in is $129,870-$192,500. This role also includes an opportunity for a company-wide annual discretionary bonus, through our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP), of up to 18% of eligible pay.

If you apply and are selected to continue in the recruiting process, we will schedule a preliminary call with you to discuss the role and will disclose during that call the available salary/hourly rate range based on your location. Factors used to determine the actual salary offered may include location, experience, or education.

Please note we are hiring for this role remote anywhere in the United States with the following exceptions: Hawaii and Alaska.

Must have authorization to work indefinitely in the US.

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