Director, Indirect Procurement - Professional Services
Address: 104 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05121-01104-2
Job ID 1613900BRJoin our talented procurement team members and challenge the status quo. We’re leading critical change management initiatives, navigating business transformations and enabling sustainable innovations. The work you do will translate into greater efficiencies and cost reductions, reimagining our global processes and lifting up our entire organization.
Key Traits
What makes a great procurement team member at Walgreens? We’re always looking for that special something – those qualities that set a Walgreens team member apart from the rest. Take a look and see how you match up.
- Competitive
- Deadline-oriented
- Proactive
- Relationship expertise
- Results-driven
- Strategic
Director, Indirect Procurement - Professional Services
Job ID 1613900BRBasic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of experience in category management strategies for a retailer, wholesaler, or a services company.
- At least 7 years of experience applying strategic sourcing practices focused on meeting the business challenges and needs of the organization.
- At least 5 years’ experience developing and implementing requirements to execute strategic sourcing activities.
- Experience with business alignment and global sourcing.
- Experience in new business development of global partnerships.
- Leadership experience in synergizing global partnerships.
- Experience with conducting and guiding analysis for industry potential evaluation.
- Knowledge of the strategic sourcing, procurement lifecycle and procurement best practices and methods.
- Experience communicating both verbally (on phone, one-on-one, to groups) and in writing (emails, letters, reports, presentations) to various audiences (work group, team, company management, prospective acquisitions, external clients).
- Experience interacting with senior level executives.
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
- At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
- At least 3 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or other advanced degree or CPM certification
- Experience in facilities, construction equipment & materials, store fixtures & displays, and/or retail operations
- MRO category management strategies for an organization with sales in excess of $5B.
- Experience in managing category spends in excess of $1B.
Salary Range
$136000 - $231300 / Salaried
Benefits
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Health, dental and vision*
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Retirement Savings Plan (401(k))
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Paid time off benefits
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Maternity and Paternity Leave
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Holidays
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Employee discount
*with a 30-hour work week
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