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The Global Procurement Launch and Expansion (GPLE) team manages the flow of materials to new or expanding sites by monitoring and mitigating supply risks. Our Senior Supply Chain Program Manager role will work with various functional partners to make sure that items and equipment are ordered and delivered to sites just in time. The role will also create and review processes and continuously improve them.

Key job responsibilities

Be accountable for ensuring risks and escalations are mitigated to meet launch program timelines for new site launches and expansions in the network.
Serve as the interface between vendors, procurement, and the business to track, monitor and control procurement project plans.
Optimize the Supply Chain via deep dive and strategically identifying processes and tools to reduce manual effort, optimize costs and improve data visibility.
Plan and execute continuous improvement initiatives and alignment in the region, through implementation of best practices, standardization of project execution and governance that deliver long-term value to internal customers.
Collaborate with suppliers and establish monitoring processes, where applicable, to ensure timely deliveries and quality compliance.
Manage multiple, competing projects and priorities simultaneously.
Travel up to 50% domestically and internationally.

About the team
GPLE is a global function within GPO that enables the on-time launch of new sites, expansions, and retrofits, by ensuring non-inventory materials are planned for, ordered and delivered in full, and services are mobilized on-time, whilst managing a high level of ambiguity due to differing needs that span across multiple stakeholder organizations.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• 5+ years of supply chain experience
• 3+ years of defining and executing against program timeline & requirements experience
• 3+ years of program management, sourcing project management and supplier or customer relationship management experience
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
• Bachelor's degree
• Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Experience being responsible/leading large and complex negotiations
• 3+ years of relevant strategic sourcing and category management in indirect categories such as professional services, support or maintenance spend, supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience

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