Remote Procurement Manager

Summary

Join our team as a Procurement Manager and guide the team in overall company strategy, monitoring and managing supply plans, and supporting projects across Supply Chain disciplines.

Requirements

• Extensive functional knowledge of planning, forecasting, purchasing execution and supplier relationship management, along with related supply chain areas
• Understanding and proficiency using technology tools that enable demand and supply planning and reporting
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong mathematical / statistical abilities
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate with people at all levels of the organization and external contacts
• Generates, validates, and prioritizes value propositions for areas of opportunity to improve financial and service metrics across supply chain functional areas
• Consistently resolves conflict and persuades others to resolve conflict without requiring elevation

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading assigned planning teams to achieve inventory goals aligned to financial sales strategy, level load buy plans and associated KPI’s
• Responsible for purchasing & managing assigned key suppliers
• Support the company’s Purchasing and Marketing programs, rebates and other initiatives to ensure adequate inventory is planned and available to support product launch, business initiatives, promotions, and events
• Monitor, and manage supplier constraints and delivery plans to achieve desired service levels, minimize stock-outs, working capital expense, and delivery costs
• Foster key supplier relationships and provide appropriate insights relative to iherb growth plans, and new hub & fulfillment center information when necessary to be proactive in planning additional product needs
• Train, coach, and mentor assigned planning teams to maximize sales, standardize business processes and optimize planning tools and systems towards constant improvement and automation
• Maintain a high level of employee engagement by ensuring the team’s basic needs are met
• Partner with the system data management team to ensure system integrity of supply chain parameters and settings in support of approved business and working capital objectives
• Partner with other Managers in the planning department to ensure a cohesive, productive approach in all planning related functions and aspects across the department
• Provide actionable reporting to Sr. Management , KPI updates and metric data related to meeting the company goals, as well as to uncover new opportunities
• Lead by example, dig into the details
• Develop and deliver well thought out presentations internally (IM&P & cross -departmentally ) and externally (supplier base)
• Propose and drive automation and continuous improvement in department processes

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) that meet eligibility criteria as outlined in applicable plan documents are eligible to participate in our medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance programs
• Employees will also be eligible for Time Off and Paid Sick Leave pursuant to the company’s policies
• Employees will enjoy paid holidays throughout the calendar year