Chuze Fitness - Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Manager
From our Clubs to our Corporate Offices you'll work with others who share your passion, values, and commitment to delivering an outstanding member guest experience. We seek individuals who are passionate about strategic sourcing, fitness, personal health, and wellness. Someone who has great people skills and is driven to grow and advance in their careers. Our growth is creating exceptional opportunities for professional development and personal enrichment throughout our organization.
Position Purpose:
Lead sourcing initiatives and the processes for selecting and managing strategic providers. Administer contractual agreements with outside vendors providing services, including the negotiation of contracts and contract amendments. Act as the procurement liaison to ensure the company’s sourcing needs are met. Directly negotiate business terms with vendors in support of the company’s strategic partnerships. Collaborate with leadership to provide the best service offering with compelling value that delivers on the company’s strategic initiatives.
Essential Job Functions:
The incumbent must be able to perform all of the following duties and responsibilities with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Own, develop, manage and execute programs for all assigned sourcing services. Prepare strategic plans and manage the planning of RFIs and RFPs as contracts expire. Competitively bid and negotiate purchase requests to reduce overall acquisition costs. Prepare purchasing contracts in accordance with the approved policies and procedures, ensuring that such commitments are within budget.
Manage vendor selection and negotiation processes to ensure the needs of the company are being met. Establish and maintain contractual and business relationships with vendors. Monitor contract compliance and adjust sourcing strategies based on changing business needs. Ensure strategies are implemented and cost reduction is realized.
Work collaboratively with internal partners and suppliers to quantify requirements, timing and scope to fully manage supply chains in assigned categories. Create secondary supply strategies for critical products and services and lead identification and development of long-term alternate sources.
Evaluate suppliers based on qualitative and quantitative data gathered regarding performance, quality, competitive pricing and service level metrics, and review this data with the suppliers to establish goals. Perform fact-based analysis to allow for objective decision making, including total cost of ownership (TCO) opportunities.
Maintain visibility into business partner’s needs. Lead, guide and assist internal partners with regard to details on specifications, service level agreements (SLAs,) Statement of Work (SOW,) deliveries and costs of goods. Challenge business partners to consider additional cost effective strategies.
Lead the competitive bid process and negotiation strategy development, and conduct negotiations with suppliers. Negotiate contract terms for master service agreements (MSA), schedules and amendments in conjunction with business partners.
Oversee the supplier qualification process. Lead supplier on-boarding activities, training and coordination for all new suppliers. Develop an understanding of future business objectives in order to design and implement consistent and efficient processes and systems for the acquisition of professional services
Supervisory Responsibility:
This position may have future responsible for management and administration of additional Sourcing Partners.
Work Environment:
The majority of job duties are conducted while seated indoors at a computer terminal. Overnight domestic travel may be required.
Education/Experience:
Normally requires a Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Business or Procurement. Requires 7 to 10 years progressively responsible procurement experience and a demonstrated track record in successfully developing, negotiating, and managing complex contracts. Advanced experience developing moderately complex cost and financial models with financial accounting is a must. Requires strong drive for continuous process and productivity improvement. Requires advanced negotiation skills and ability to develop successful relationships with internal and external customers. Requires excellent communications skills with the proven ability to lead, influence and motivate others. Very strong and well developed experience sourcing goods and services is a must. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be substituted for a degree. Must be able to demonstrate an advanced understanding of legal concepts and principles as they relate to Confidentiality, Service, and Consulting agreements.Professional services sourcing experience is strongly preferred