Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing - MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Sr. Manager of Strategic Sourcing, MRO • Hire, train, develop and lead a team of sourcing professionals for the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) commodity. • Develops and support the overall vision, strategy and execution plan for the MRO Sourcing function. Achieving deeper alignment with stakeholders to pursue business strategies in innovation, agility and supply reliability.  • Conduct RFP and lead cross functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance with company policies • Collaborate with Operations/Legal stakeholders to assess, understand, and prioritize business needs to optimize value with WD’s supply base • Conduct spend/contract/proposal analysis for MRO Services, and present recommendation’s to Sourcing and MRO leadership team • Lead negotiations on commercial procurement agreements, including, but not limited to, Master Agreements (MSA’s), Statements of Work (SOW’s), Change Orders (CO’s) balancing business deliverables, legal interests and pricing • Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage Western Digital purchasing power • Research market intelligence to understand cost drivers and market trends Category Management • Develop, refine and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of technology products and services at the highest value benefit to the company • Cultivate, enhance, and deepen cross functional stakeholder relationships at all levels serving as the subject matter expert on behalf of the procurement organization • Actively monitor internal/external trends, synthesize and distill the business intelligence into actionable opportunities and pipeline projects that can and will be delivered Western Digital’s bottom line on an ongoing basis Supplier Management • Manage supplier relationships with a focus on supply/contract and cost management • Lead supplier performance business reviews on a quarterly basis to enhance performance delivery from strategic partners • Mediate supplier issues and resolve supplier contract disputes as needed • Develop supplier rationalization entitlements for each category Contract Management • Evaluate processes and recommend improvements to standardize lifecycle contract and sourcing processes and systems • Ensure pricing & deliverables as negotiated are included in the contract; coordinate comparison of proposals and final contract terms • Act as liaison between Legal and the business     REQUIRED: • Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in indirect strategic sourcing with a multi-national organization with an emphasis in MRO • MBA or JD preferred • Extensive experience leading sourcing initiatives of all kinds (e.g., rapid sourcing, targeted negotiations, complex category strategies, supplier relationship management, outsourcing) • Contract Negotiation / Vendor Mgmt. / Influencing skills required • Experience and expertise with sourcing & contracting ERP tools (SAP and/or Oracle) SKILLS: • Self-motivated, flexible, and creative leader, able to prioritize, multi-task, and work in a fast-paced and demanding environment. • Skilled negotiator with experience developing and executing complex negotiation strategies. • Strong leadership presence with ability to garner respect through sound technical analysis, business judgment and clear decision-making. • Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to lead, interact with, influence, resolve conflict and drive decisions among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines. • Excellent analytical, interperso