Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
Allstate is hiring for Sourcing Lead Consultant for Marketing Category.
Work Location - Bangalore
Experience - 9+ years in sourcing & procurement, 3+ years in marketing category
Global stakeholder management experience is a must
Experience in Ariba/ Coupa/ SAP/ Oracle is a must
Looking for strong experience in strategic sourcing, category management & spend analytics.
The Sourcing Lead Consultant is aligned to the Marketing category as an individual contributor. In this role, you will be part of the centralized enterprise/global procurement team, supporting the Director of your specific category.
- Work with internal stakeholders and category teams to understand business objectives, requirements, market /industry benchmarks/trends, and company purchasing patterns to assess sourcing opportunities, develop sourcing strategies and lead sourcing events
- Coordinates with multiple support teams to drive category initiative implementation, lead category program and process outcomes, and develop and manage a procurement project pipeline
- Utilizes industry and future trend analysis to identify opportunities to implement strategic change to supplier relationships and supplier quality measures.
- Leverages quantitative and qualitative internal and external category information and deep subject matter expertise to direct category maintenance and oversight as well as to support sourcing initiatives
- Collaboratively influences and integrates category demand plans and category purchasing adherence utilizing syndicated data
- Socializes category metrics (Value Tracking, KPIs, SLAs, etc.), monitors and reports on realized value, category performance and category adherence by communicating accountabilities for adherence tracking, analysis and reporting.
- Facilitates and communicates category objectives, initiatives and non-adherence with cross-functional stakeholders and oversight committees.
- Leads execution of the sourcing strategy for primarily high-complexity sourcing projects including the ability to create and utilize appropriate sourcing tools / templates, align business client needs, negotiate with suppliers and provide transparency into savings opportunities.
- Facilitates business reviews with suppliers and internal clients to measure supplier performance, contract adherence and identify performance issues and manage resolution through on-going process/service delivery improvement.
Interested candidates can share their CV at dk**m@al*****e.com
Job Classification
Industry: Insurance
Functional Area: Purchase / Logistics / Supply Chain,
Role Category: Purchase/Material Management
Role: Purchase/Material Management
Employement Type: Full time
Education
Under Graduation: Any Graduate in Any Specialization
Post Graduation: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization, Post Graduation Not Required
Doctorate: Doctorate Not Required, Any Doctorate in Any Specialization
Contact Details:
Company: Allstate Solutions
Address: Building No.1, 7th Floor ,, RMZ Ecoworld, Devarabeesanahalli, Varthur Hobli, , BANGALORE, Karnataka, India
Location(s): Bengaluru
Keyskills:
Global Procurement
Negotiation
Category Management
Strategic Sourcing
Purchase
Supplier Performance
Sourcing Strategy
Ariba
Coupa
Stakeholder Management