Support the day to day execution of strategies for assigned categories and focus on reducing organizational spend to improve savings and enhancing relationships with business stakeholders and suppliers. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
Responsibilities- Tactical Sourcing
- Design and execute sourcing events for pertinent category
- Utilize available e-sourcing and optimization tools efficiently
- Develop different award optimization scenarios to minimize total cost of ownership
- Respond to supplier and stakeholder questions (e.g. category, supply, event, price, or specification)
- Support the execution of supplier financing programs maintaining a holistic view of early payment and accounts payables programs
- Prepare planning guide to facilitate the completion of the negotiation and support where needed
- Sourcing Analysis
- Conduct opportunity assessments, benchmarking, and should cost modeling to develop sourcing opportunities
- Prepare category improvement projections and conduct post-implementation variance analysis
- Identify total internal costs associated with supplier price, delivery, operations and quality
- Quantify the overall total ownership cost of each product or service to identify cost savings
- Contract Management
- Work with the contract management team in the administration of contract data, addendums, item master sheets, and additional supplier documentation
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Support category managers in the development of supplier performance/continuous improvement targets and related scorecards
- Work with the SRM team in the administration of supplier assessments, score cards, and other analytics to manage supplier performance
- Benefit Tracking
- Partner with the KPI & Benefits team to develop a tracking mechanism to report and communicate the savings achieved
- Additional Support
- Support other initiatives / projects in the company that may affect organization’s performance and collaborate with necessary stakeholders
- Support talent development framework and proven experience in creating/maintaining training curriculum
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
Qualifications
Minimum
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, CPG, or similar
- 1-year professional experience in procurement activities
- Ability to identify, quantify and effectively communicate business risks
- Self-starter, ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while delivering solid action-oriented results quickly
- Analytical skills with the ability to identify, quantify and effectively leverage data to support business decisions, communicate opportunities and/or raise business risks
- Ability to monitor compliance with established guidelines, policies, procedures, and regulations
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Vizio)
- Ability to synthesize analysis into compelling oral and written communications and presentations
Desired
- CPM/CPSM, CSCP or equivalent certification
- Expertise in Microsoft Office, data visualization tools
- 1-year professional experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Retail
What you’ll receive from us:
The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:
- A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
- Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
- Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
- Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
- Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
- Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.
Top Skills
What We Do
At Kroger, we believe no matter who you are or how you like to shop, everyone deserves affordable, easy-to-enjoy, fresh food. This idea is embodied in our simple tagline—Fresh for Everyone™. Kroger ranks as one of the world’s largest retailers. We are nearly half a million associates across 2,800 stores in 35 states operating two dozen grocery retail brands and 34 manufacturing and 44 distribution locations, all dedicated to living our Purpose: to Feed the Human Spirit™. Together, we serve more than 11 million customers daily in our stores and online through convenient e-commerce options like pickup, ship and delivery, serving America through food inspiration and uplift. Customers love Our Brands, including the popular Kroger®, Private Selection® and Simple Truth® brands. Our own manufacturing plants produce many of Our Brands products, including breads, dairy products, meat and thousands of grocery items. We also believe in and are committed to doing our part to create #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025.
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