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Overview:

At Zebra, we extend the edge of possibility by shaping the future of work on the front line—reinventing how businesses run and moving society forward.

We are a community of changemakers, innovators and doers who come together to deliver a performance edge to the front line of business. We develop new technologies and create new solutions with partners to help organizations act with greater visibility, connectivity, and intelligence—delivering better experiences for workers and those they serve.

Being a part of Zebra means being seen, heard, valued, and respected as you define your path to a fulfilling career. Here, you'll have opportunities to learn and lead at a leading company, and you can channel your skills towards causes that you and the Zebra community care about, locally, and globally.

Together, we've only begun to define the edge of what's possible—for our people, our customers, and the world.

The Sourcing and Procurement Team is responsible for handling the Supply Chain end to end sourcing and procurement operations. The Sr. Manager will be part of the leadership team, supporting and driving procurement goals and objectives. Instrumental to the team for managing strategic execution for revenue attainment.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with stakeholder team members to execute strategic initiatives set by senior leadership -- effectively balancing the RFx process and the TCO evaluation of suppliers against the business stakeholder’s requirements and supplier preferences. Recognized as a company expert within his/her field

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop annual category management plan that incorporates the stakeholder’s strategy, goals, challenges, constraints and objectives included but not limited to spend breakdown, strategic sourcing pipeline, process improvements, supplier rationalizations, targeted supplier business reviews, sourcing levers, etc.

• Ability to maintain accountability, delivering against timelines, building relationships and becoming a trusted advisor with business stakeholders, executive management and suppliers

• Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve significant and unique strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction

• Oversee activities related to the sourcing and procurement specialist team

• Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures of sourcing and procurement

• Manage the supply chain portfolio ensuring transparency of spending

• Develop and implement efficient sourcing and procurement management strategies

• Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure

• Optimize sourcing and procurement to attain maximum efficiency

• Collaborate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes

• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

• Sets operational goals for key metrics. Ensure metrics driven to root causes and process changes implemented where needed

• Responsible for the training, development, and management of talent within organization

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 12+ years of experience including minimum 5 years of management experience

• Proven work experiences as a manager in the field of business operations, sourcing and procurement of relevant industries

• Strong familiarity with vendor management and relevant software

• Advanced knowledge of the region and/or product lines supported

• Demonstrated leadership skills coupled with a desire and ability for continuous learning/self-development

• Excellent communication skills (listening, providing clear and concise information, using proper language and grammar)

• Strong working knowledge of Oracle and MS Office

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