Strategic Sourcing Manager

| Nashville, TN
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About JLL -

We're JLL-a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 91,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That's why we're committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We're using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities.

Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we're honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.

Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we're headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all of the requirements below. We're interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

LOCATION: Client site Downtown Nashville

  • Paid Downtown Parking
  • 12 total paid holidays
  • 90 days onsite for onboarding then hybrid work schedule (3 days remote, 2 days onsite)


Strategic Sourcing Manager

  • Develop, lead, and execute commodity sourcing strategies for local, regional, national and global initiatives for facility and project management services
  • Develop category plan to provide visibility to subcategory spends, supplier summaries, stakeholder engagement plans, contract summaries and market insights that lead to both short and long-term strategies.
  • Lead development and execution of all sourcing-related functions: performing due diligence and assessment of prospective suppliers, executing RFPs/bids, negotiating contracts and ensuring effective transition to operations during implementation
  • Identify and lead appropriate field resources to execute initiatives, manage supplier relationships as it relates to administrative and operational activities and issues
  • Effectively onboard new suppliers and lead account team in change management activities as new entities opt into Facility Management program
  • Ensure contracting and procurement standards, policies and procedures are maintained and followed throughout the portfolio
  • Partner with the client and Jones Lang LaSalle Facility Management team to drive both immediate and sustained benefits to the client
  • Assess and build annual sourcing initiatives that provide detailed service commodity strategies that identify objectives, leveraged spend initiative, and milestone timelines
  • Bring strategic thought leadership to account to identify additional cost and operational efficiencies
  • Responsible for communication, coordination and implementation of local and regional sourcing initiatives and contract negotiations to suppliers and operations team
  • Proactively manage internal and external customer expectations
  • Conduct local and regional Preferred Supplier performance review meetings, manage supplier scorecards, contract compliance and service obligations
  • Support e-commerce procurement initiatives either corporate or client mandated
  • Analyze price proposals, financial reports and other data to determine the reasonability of price and contractor capabilities
  • Support a supplier diversity program in accordance with client and company requirements


EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

  • 5-7+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, and contract administration experience for services or indirect categories (e.g., facilities, highly desired)
  • Procurement/Sourcing for public institutions a plus
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related discipline
  • MBA, a plus


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

  • Proven track record of leading decentralized teams, with an ability to influence across the organization and deliver results in evolving environments
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to develop strategic roadmaps and translate into executable plans and supply solutions
  • Superior customer service, relationship building and follow up skills
  • Experience in data reporting and presentation of complex KPIs and metrics
  • Highly self-driven and accountable for deliverables; possesses an entrepreneurial, "can-do" attitude
  • Strong analytical and organizational abilities
  • Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
  • Computer proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint


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What you can expect from us

We succeed together and believe the best inspire the best, so we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our success.

Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your career ambitions, recognizing your contributions, investing in your well-being and providing competitive benefits and pay.

We can't wait to see where your ambitions take you at JLL. Apply today!

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Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously. Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL's recruitment process. We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons. We will then delete it safely and securely.

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This position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If required, you'll be asked to provide proof that you're fully vaccinated upon your start date. You're considered fully vaccinated two weeks after you receive the second dose of a two-dose vaccine series (e.g., Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson/Janssen). Failure to provide proof of vaccination may result in termination.

Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process - including the online application and/or overall selection process - you may email us at [email protected]. This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.

More Information on JLL
JLL operates in the Financial Services industry. The company is located in Chicago, IL, Seattle, WA, Sacramento, CA, San Francisco, CA, Brea, CA, San Diego, CA, Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, Denver, CO, Dallas, TX, Austin, TX, San Antonio, TX, Houston, TX, Miami, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Charlotte, NC, Raleigh, NC, Minneapolis, MN, Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, OH. It has 66101 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Disability insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Health insurance and Life insurance. To see all jobs at JLL, click here.
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