As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay

• Scheduling flexibility

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Care.com/back-up care assistance

• Team member discount

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

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What You'll be Doing:

• Develop and implement category sourcing strategies in Agile Retail Environment.
• Work with cross functional teams to provide advice on the development and direction of category sourcing plans that will have a positive impact on budgets and P&Ls.
• Drive continuous improvement in spend management processes and implement tactics to drive compliance across the organization.
• Continually develop strong relationships with internal business partners across the company and stay connected to their individual business strategies and needs.
• Develop, execute RFX's and manage supplier contracts and agreements.
• Accountable for the realization of strategic and financial value.
• Lead strategic/critical thinking and supplier management in assigned indirect spend categories. Accountable for leading the development and execution of multi-year category strategies.
• Bring new ideas, methods, and approaches to stakeholders. Leverage expertise to challenge the status quo and drive decisions and actions necessary to improve business processes.
• Cultivate leadership skills and create an environment of continual improvement both in and outside of the team. Provide leadership and direction to Strategic Sourcing Specialists and/or Analysts.
• Continue learning new category knowledge to prioritize and adapt in a constantly changing retail environment. Serve as a thought leader aligning Meijer's sourcing objectives and strategies with overall business objectives.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You'll Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management or related, MBA desired.
• 5+ years of experience in a sourcing environment with a successful track record of developing and executing supplier or customer strategies and programs to achieve savings goals.
• Retail or Consumer facing industry preferred.
• Demonstrated skills in partnering effectively across business to meet objectives and savings goals.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others.
• Demonstrated category expertise in the categories under management.
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal and communications skills.
• Professional, ethical personal conduct and demeanor.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex pricing proposals and formulate a strategic plan.
• Proven ability to work in a matrix structure or lead teams across reporting lines
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and resources at once.

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