Procurement Manager
Topco Associate Inc
Total years of experience :18 years, 5 Months
Develop sourcing & procurement strategies for assigned categories with a total annual spend of $265 million.
• Establish annual goals and objectives for assigned categories aligned to company/department objectives
• Manage the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFX, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiation, and supplier consolidation.
• Initiates RFIs, RFPs and category review strategy based on category and market-specific conditions.
• Applying best in class procurement practices utilizing benchmarking, RFX, reverse auctions and contracting.
• Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on the procurement process and maintain procurement ethics in accordance with company's policy.
• Write and review contracts/business agreement according to company’s policy and legal laws/regulations.
• Set negotiation strategies to negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with the supplier and logistic companies
• Prepare and hold business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance future opportunities and strategic plans
• Drive Productivity (outside category reviews): Analysis total ownership cost components and work with the supplier to drive out cost where possible. Seek new logistic, packaging, design and storage alternatives to reduce total cost of ownership.
• Analyzes department finances and maintain sound financial position by developing operating budgets, forecasts, controlling expenses, and taking responsibility for achieving sales, inventory levels, packaging, and expense budgets for assigned area.
• Motivates and trains support staff to achieve department and company goals.
• Identify additional opportunities across multiple categories and present opportunities to stakeholders.
• Develop supplier base by evaluating current suppliers on a regular basis, develop scorecards, evaluating and recommending new suppliers to include domestic and international suppliers.
Other Category Responsibilities
•Responsible for developing and implementing the short term (day to day) and long-term (2-5 year) strategic category strategy for assigned categories measured by sales growth, brand penetration and profitability.
•Analyze market trends and conditions that affect suppliers, IRI data to determine the best product assortments, SKU rationalization, cost of goods, raw materials and commodities impacting business and supply chain.
•Develops new products and programs with existing vendors or new vendors to maintain and enhance competitive positions, in line with overall category strategy that will deliver to the overall company goals.
•Analyzes assigned program areas to develop marketing strategies and to identify areas of business and program growth opportunities to meet current and future category and consumer needs.
Teaching undergraduate business related computer software, including MS window, Access, Visual Basic, ERP for Business, SAP
Recognized as a CFO silver award winner for accountability in Focal Year 2009
• Oversaw new software development that reconcile, match and process wholesale CMs with 900 stores' CBs, which also expected to reduce labor at store level, increase efficiency and customer service level, eliminate error and expected to reduce overall cost by $40 Mil in the next three years
• Established reputation in leading small projects within inventory control and presented inventory control in developing, testing and implementing wholesale auto credit system
Responsibilities
• Maintained ownership of many month end / year end closing procedures and booking required journal entries and maintain records of all supporting documentations.
• Comparing budget to actual, Vs prior year’s numbers to develop and analyze trends that can be used for accounting purposes using various financial software including SAP and Lawson
• Using SAP, Hyperion, Excel, and Access to organize extensive financial data into reports
• Analyzed negative inventories, yearend shrink, purchase and return accounts and departments' margin and process any required adjustments or accruals
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