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Lead a supplier category in providing strategic value to assigned customers that also includes the following: Managing supplier relationships (SRM) between suppliers and company, coordinating complex and critical decisions, implementation, and service delivery for assigned customers. Responsible to work with internal key stakeholders to establish and manage strategic supplier goals to deliver savings and efficiencies to company. This position also manages key stakeholder relationship management (CRM), coordinating complex and critical projects in the supply chain for the key stakeholder. Responsible for annual business plans, sourcing initiative tracking and reporting, key stakeholder coordination and communication on supply chain initiatives. Also responsible to schedule, track, and report supply chain initiatives back to key stakeholders.

This position manages all supply chain aspects on behalf of a specific business service line(s)..  This position has complete oversight of the sourcing/contracting/procure-to-pay process, as well as experience in customer and supplier relationship management (CRM/SRM), change management, communications, and project management within their assigned portfolio. The scope includes stakeholders / decisions makers within their assigned portfolio

What you will do:

• Directs efforts between key stakeholders. Develops a multi-year business plan with assigned VPs and Directors that align stakeholder’s goals to supply chain initiatives. Collaborates with stakeholders to prioritize opportunities. Engages the appropriate supply chain leaders and their respective teams to deliver the value outlined in the business plan. Using a solid understanding of finance, business case development, financial modeling, and the related analysis and total cost of ownership understanding and analysis, implements demand management strategies, utilization management strategies and supply management strategies.

• Serves as primary executive point of contact on behalf of Company with suppliers. Monitors, evaluates and manages performance of suppliers. Monitors, develops, and manages overall relationships with suppliers. Defines center of excellence for supplier business reviews (process and templates). Works with business leadership to implement business reviews and business plans with the suppliers representing 80% of the contracted portfolio. Work with business to establish and manage strategic supplier goals. Monitor supply risk contracted suppliers in portfolio. Drives continuous improvement plans with suppliers. Ensures that executive level relationships exist between supplier and Intermountain where appropriate such that value can be optimized.

• Provides industry insights and marketplace understanding to stakeholders and other senior leadership for assigned portfolio. Provides product, service and category expertise to stakeholders and other senior leadership for assigned portfolio. Ensures that sourcing strategies are consistent with stakeholder's strategies and objectives. Ensures that distribution/logistics strategies proposed by supply chain Operations departments are consistent with stakeholder's strategies and objectives.

• Leads the stakeholder-facing implementation, project planning, and communications planning efforts for supply chain initiatives. Tracks value and generates insightful reports for stakeholders and end users.

• Guides stakeholders to ensure they’re aware  of policies, procedures, guidelines, contracts and standards for assigned service line(s). Collaborates with Audit to ensure compliance. Manages requests for product standard deviations. Develops and implements process to manage new product introductions, new product innovations and new technology throughout portfolio.  Influences compliance to preferred suppliers and to product standards throughout the system.

• . Ensures company’s contractual obligations are met and that expiration dates are proactively managed. Serves as escalation point between company and supplier. Reconciles pricing discrepancies and other supplier related issues. Responsible to lead activities surrounding supplier legal regulatory compliance tracking. Leads the dispute resolution process on contract items and ensures a high level of contract performance management.

• Acts as a liaison between assigned staff and other teams. This would include contract issues, Privacy issues, participating in supplier business meeting, etc. Acts as a liaison between Department and non-Supply chain departments (Such as AP, IT, HR, Auditing, etc.).

Who you are:

• Three to five years of experience in a role requiring strategic and operational focus on supply chain sourcing and / or supplier management involving highly-complex analysis and project management.

• Experience using word processing, spreadsheet, database, internet and e-mail and scheduling applications.

• Master's Degree in business or supply chain management.

• Five years of direct experience in strategic sourcing and/or category management.

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

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