Indirect Sourcing Manager

Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive
Store Code: NFR-Capex (2761778)
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
Primary Purpose: Responsible for the strategic sourcing and management of Indirect Goods and/or services Not for Resale for the brands of Ahold Delhaize USA. Responsible for $500M to $1B annual spend. Position responsible for the development, management and tracking of category strategies to minimize Indirect Center of Excellence cost structures while ensuring delivery against strategic needs of the company. A key leader on the Indirect Center of Excellence Team, this leader often sets or assists in developing the strategies for ADUSA's activities in these functions. Success in this position will allow the company to improve our long-term competitive strength through minimizing our cost structure.
Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC , Chicago, IL, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, Scarborough, ME, Hyattsville, MD and Mauldin, SC.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and oversight for an assigned category of spend of $500M - $1B, with a goal of lowering total cost of ownership for Ahold Delhaize USA.
• Proactively seeks optimization and cost reduction opportunities when sourcing and contracting of suppliers for the purchase of goods and services that are not-for-resale. Implement cost savings across the Indirect COE categories which provides funding for reinvestment in the growth of our business.
• Establishes and implements best practices and policies for the procurement of not-for-resale goods and services, within the organization while supporting stakeholders needs.
• Establishes and strengthens relationships with internal business partners to ensure leveraging of size and scale, maximizing value creation. To ensure the team moves further down the continuum to become a world class sourcing organization.
• Provides core category knowledge to department and business partners. Manages and balances needs between quality, cost, service, sustainability, and innovation. Seeks out new opportunities to improve in each of these areas as an agent of change.
• Development of self and team members to ensure understanding and execution of best practices in sourcing, spend analytics, negotiations, supplier management, relationship building, and total cost management. Assist in the selection, development and preparation of team members comprised of Sourcing Managers and Sourcing Analysts when requested.
• Responsible for planning, managing and executing against annual and LTP strategic Indirect COE sourcing calendar consisting of an average of 50 projects annually, to deliver annual cost savings equal or greater than targets defined between Indirect COE leadership and Executive Leadership. Contribute significantly to the attainment if ADUSA's financial and operational annual goals.
• Collaborate with Director in the strategic planning of department's workload and coordinate priorities, working with various business stakeholder to ensure resources are deployed appropriately to realize savings opportunities through ADUSA and Global sourcing initiatives. This leadership position will collaborate with Senior Management to identify unaddressed spend and work with the VP and SVP owners of the spend to obtain support and approvals to build teams of business stakeholder representatives and move forward with sourcing initiatives.
• Develop a continuous comprehensive multi-year strategy to achieve our long-term Indirect COE goals in defined Indirect COE categories. Execute against continuous improvement model for how we will manage Indirect COE over the long term. This includes evaluating performance relative to financial, risk management, productivity measurements, and the marketplace.
• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.

Qualifications:

• 5 -7 Years of experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Contracting & Negotiation
• Category Management
• Relationship and conflict management
• Adaptability
• Strategic thinking
• Creative problem solving
• Communication (oral & written)
• Strong Presentation skills
• Collaboration
• Thought leadership
• Detail-oriented
• Time management
• Data Analysis

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At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.
We offer an experience where our associates are valued; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business and our employees are representative of the communities that we serve. We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a blend of physical, financial and emotional wellness.
We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.
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