Strategic Procurement Manager

Strategic Procurement Manager Description - Job Summary • This role is responsible for leading the analysis of specific commodity data and industry trends, participating as a senior member on cross-functional teams for strategic procurement projects, and supporting procurement activities within their designated line of business. The role contributes to the development and execution of sourcing strategies aligned with the organization's strategic vision. The role utilizes supply chain and financial modeling for supply chain management, supplier selection, and contract negotiation. The role monitors supplier performance to ensure contract deliverables are met while identifying and mitigating contract risks. Responsibilities • Leads the analysis of specific commodity data and industry trends, or leads an individual supply chain sub-category, and reports the results to managers. • Participates as a senior member on a cross-functional team, leads specific strategic procurement projects for less complex domains. • Holds responsibility for supporting procurement activities within the designated line of business, ensuring product choices align with supplier strategies and cost-effectiveness. • Liaises with stakeholder managers to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement plan. • Utilizes supply chain and financial modeling to manage supply chain activities. • Participates in supplier selection activities, assesses the supply base of a category, and negotiates with suppliers with acceptable contracting outcomes using pre-packed solutions. • Engages with low-complexity suppliers, and monitors their performance to ensure contract deliverables and performance standards are consistently met. • Identifies common contract risk areas using cause and effect thinking, advises program level business representatives on fundamental contract risk areas, and executes risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management and operations strategies. • Initiates and champions best practices of procurement strategy throughout the supply chain, actively sharing insights and best practices globally, and collaborating with senior management to implement them within the organization. Education & Experience Recommended • Four-year or Graduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence. • Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in procurement, supply chain, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience. Preferred Certifications NA Knowledge & Skills NA Cross-Org Skills • Effective Communication • Results Orientation • Learning Agility • Digital Fluency • Customer Centricity Impact & Scope • Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process. Complexity • Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines. Disclaimer • This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management. Job - Supply Chain & Operations Schedule - Full time Shift - No shift premium (Mexico) Travel - Not Specified Relocation - Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) \- HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s). Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence. For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal"