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Zebra Technologies Sourcing and Procurement Specialist, Senior Advisor in Lincolnshire, Illinois
Remote Work: Yes
Overview:
At Zebra, we extend the edge of possibility by shaping the future of work on the front line—reinventing how businesses run and moving society forward.
We are a community of changemakers, innovators and doers who come together to deliver a performance edge to the front line of business. We develop new technologies and create new solutions with partners to help organizations act with greater visibility, connectivity, and intelligence—delivering better experiences for workers and those they serve.
Being a part of Zebra means being seen, heard, valued, and respected as you define your path to a fulfilling career. Here, you'll have opportunities to learn and lead at a leading company, and you can channel your skills towards causes that you and the Zebra community care about, locally, and globally.
Together, we've only begun to define the edge of what's possible—for our people, our customers, and the world.
In this exciting role, you will be responsible for procuring Memory from the world's leading semiconductor companies to support our key hardware businesses, including Mobile Computing, Data Capture, Asset Tracking and Warehouse Automation.
An individual in this role must demonstrate proficiency of his/her semiconductor category expertise, efficiency and effectiveness of complex global multi-project management, leadership capabilities including influencing and communication, an innovation mindset and being an agent of change for the Procurement organization. More specifically, the Sourcing and Procurement Specialist Senior Advisor is responsible for leveraging their category expertise by working closely with the business stakeholders to identify, define and execute key technology roadmap planning that supports defined business requirements over a 12–36-month horizon.
The Senior Advisor will chair our strategic component team (SCT) for this category and leverage his/her industry and category expertise to build out and execute collaborative procurement strategies with cross-functional business unit stakeholders. The Senior Advisor is recognized as a member of the Procurement Leadership team with the expectation to support and drive Zebra and Procurement’s goals and objectives.
Responsibilities:
Inspires trust and confidence with executive leadership.
Engages with management team and stakeholder team members to drive strategic initiatives effectively balancing the RFx process and the TCO evaluation of suppliers against the business stakeholder’s requirements and supplier preferences. Recognized as a company expert
Manages full sourcing process for the most complex projects– inclusive of supply market analysis, leverage spend, establishing business requirements, driving requirements, negotiating SOWs and supply agreements, contract terms, executing and monitoring complex contracts, conducting and monitoring supplier business reviews.
Independently collaborates with key stakeholders to develop annual category management plan that incorporates the stakeholder’s strategy, goals, challenges, constraints and objectives with a 1 to 3- year time horizon – key outputs included but not limited to spend breakdown, strategic sourcing pipeline, process improvements, supplier rationalizations, targeted supplier business reviews, sourcing levers, supply & pricing metric development etc.
Performs significant total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research, conducts the most complex pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.
Works collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve significant and unique strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction.
Contributes to measuring success, including savings, innovation related to process improvements, improved delivery and simplified proces.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree preferred with a preference for Accounting/Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related
12+ years as a procurement professional
Experience with contract negotiation and compliance
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to maintain accountability, delivering against timelines, building relationships and becoming a trusted advisor with business stakeholders, executive management and suppliers.
Ability to simultaneously manage 8+ highly complex projects, leading all deliverables, analytics, negotiations and project management details (as needed). These projects will span from a regional to global scope and will support the company’s key strategic priorities. Additionally, these projects will typically impact multiple functions and involve medium to large sized project teams representing multiple business areas.
MBA, CPSM is a plus
Proficiency in spreadsheet software (e.g. Microsoft Excel), presentation software (i.e. Microsoft PowerPoint), Oracle iProcurement, Scout, and SpendHQ (or similar programs).
Equivalent work experience accepted in lieu of a degreers as a procurement professional
Perform significant total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research, conduct the most complex pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.
Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve significant and unique strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction.
Contribute to measuring success, including savings, innovation related to process improvements, improved delivery and simplified proces
Demonstrated experience in the following areas:
Strategic Sourcing
Stakeholder Management
Project Management
Spend Analytics
Supplier Management
Contract Compliance
Strategic Collaboration Management
Executive Presentation
Leadership skills
Project Management skills
Travel Requirements: 10-15% domestically and telework approximately three days in office, 2 days remote
Zebra is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability and protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at workplace.accommodations@zebra.com. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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Salary: USD 117700.00 - USD 176500.00 Yearly
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