Strategic Sourcing Manager II - Indirect Spend-Remote

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.
Why work for Dawn Foods?
PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.
Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.

Job Purpose and Overview
The Strategic Sourcing Manager II works under general supervision negotiating & managing contracts, creating strategies to leverage opportunities while managing risks to optimize results to benefit DFP.
This is a remote with up to 25% travel. The successful candidate will reside in the EST or CST time zone.
What will you do as a Strategic Sourcing Manager II at Dawn Foods?
Category Leadership

• Responsible for all aspects of category management including developing the category strategy and executing competitive events. Conducts category spend analysis and supplier segmentation. Conducts the RFI/RFP/eRFx process from requirements gathering to contracting and savings tracking.
• Leads the process of supply market understanding, supplier search and due diligence, negotiations, supplier selection and contract strategy. Works with legal to finalize contracts.
• Manages multiple sourcing projects concurrently across the organization.
• Develops a deep level of understanding of global supply base. Develops and leads the strategy and execution to drive cost, innovation, risk management and other value-added elements of supplier relationships including supplier diversity and sustainability.

Driving Value to the Organization

• Achieves year-over-year benefit targets for the category developed with supervisor.
• Benefits can include savings, cost avoidance, payment term extension and continuous improvement efforts among others.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Manages and develops strategic supplier alliances with a select group of suppliers to assure a preferred status in the presentation of new opportunities, while creating an advantaged cost position for Dawn.
• Supports supplier relationship management activities as needed.

Senior Leadership Support

• Supports senior leadership team members. Maintains a high level of professionalism while supporting organization. Demonstrates an understanding of business needs and requirements.
• Works in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure their requirements are being met by contracted suppliers, contingency plans exist, and additional sourcing opportunities are presented.
• Partner with Finance, Margin Management, and other cross functional teams to improve existing processes for savings/value generation capture and realization.

Operational and Indirect Team Support

• Supports other category management activities as needed within the indirect procurement team including PO management activities.
• Works closely with manufacturing plant contacts, SMEs, corporate & sales office representatives.
• Supports other indirect categories based on team needs.

What Does It Take to be a Strategic Sourcing Manager II at Dawn Foods?

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or related field with 5 years of work experience in the indirect procurement space or 10 years of related work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience within an SAP-based ERP environment, experience in a S2C, P2P, or S2P software a plus (Jaggaer, Coupa, Ariba etc.) highly preferred.
• Manufacturing & Supply Chain Spend/Category Knowledge: Freight, Commercial Supplies, Material Handling, Contract Labor, Utilities, Facilities Management, MRO (Maintenance Repair, Operations)
• Support Office Spend/Category Knowledge: Marketing (Agency, Fleet, Professional Services (i.e. Consulting), Finance & FinTech, Travel, IT knowledge: ( have a base of knowledge related to IT hardware, software, consulting, outsourcing, offshoring and managed service contracts; have a desire to continually learn about evolving IT opportunities)
• Procurement knowledge: Deep understanding of procurement category management, stakeholder management and negotiations
• Strong interpersonal skills: empathy, integrity, enthusiasm, collaborative, driving consensus.
• Strong written and oral communication skills. Strong listening skills and ability to work with senior leaders - inside and outside of the organization - to understand their goals and objectives; share project objectives and progress in a clear concise manner.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills: have a strong ability to analyze significant amount of data and summarize findings or options for senior leadership.
• Strategic thinking: able to "see around corners", synthesize insights from disparate data sources, and form convicted, high accountability recommendations.
• Desire to be a supportive and proactive business partner across the organization.

Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Normal setting for this job is: office setting or work from home office.
• This role is 100% Remote with up to 25% travel.

Compensation Range:
$1 00,130 - $165,220 with bonus incentive
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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID: 35116
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Date: Dec 1, 2023
If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an email to [email protected].