Qualifications: - Contracting experience ?
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7-10 years - Intermediate to senior level - RFP ?
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7-10 years - Bidding & negotiations experience - Direct Experience, non-IT - Construction experience, large projects - Qualifications: - Bachelor??
?s degree from an accredited college or equivalent work related experience ?
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Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals ?
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Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with others ?
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Experience leading cross-functional teams ?
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Ability to build support and consensus ?
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Proven financial acumen and analytical abilities Preferred: MBA ?
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Certified Procurement Manager (CPM) ?
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Three years of leadership experience ?
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Experience managing large supplier agreements ?
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Experience working in a Shared Services organization ?
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Supply Chain experience in the utility industry ?
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Knowledgeable in category management and strategic sourcing practices Responsibilities: - Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross functional category management teams to develop and maintain category plans and ongoing category performance ?
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Developing deep knowledge and experience within assigned spend management responsibilities ?
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Developing spend/performance and external market analyses to monitor category performance and identify performance improvement opportunities ?
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Developing spend and savings/performance improvement forecasts to monitor progress and ensure goals are achieved ?
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Developing plans to capture identified opportunities ?
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Defining category requirements through collaborative efforts with respective stakeholder groups ?
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Collaborating with stakeholder groups to develop consensus on the appropriate category plans and priorities ?
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Leading performance improvement initiatives defined by the category plan including strategic sourcing and other performance improvement initiatives ?
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Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross functional strategic sourcing/performance improvement teams as needed/prescribed by category plans to achieve savings and performance targets (e.g
reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership, meeting supplier diversity goals) ?
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Leading negotiations with suppliers as needed ?
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Maintaining critical supplier agreements including renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking and resolution Supplier Management responsibilities include: ?
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Developing and maintaining supplier criticality ratings and managing resulting critical supplier relationships ?
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Managing supplier relationships including conducting Quarterly Business Reviews with critical suppliers and NiSource Executive Sponsors Stakeholder Management responsibilities include: ?
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Developing successful partnerships with key stakeholders / business partners to achieve desired results ?
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Developing and managing cross-functional category management and strategic sourcing teams as needed ?
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Collaborating with stakeholders to drive needed decisions to achieve desired results Comments/Special Instructions The candidate will need to be local in Valparaiso, IN