Sr. Manager- Advisory Services
On-siteSan Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Develop monthly commodity updates and quarterly analysis reports on raw materials like aluminum, copper, and rare earth metals, detailing industry supply dynamics and cost outlooks. Identify savings and risk opportunities for customers using LevaData platform insights to guide comprehensive sourcing programs. Train clients on extracting value from the platform and lead change-management processes to drive adoption across their procurement organizations. Evaluate customer sourcing gaps, collaborate with sales on pre-sales opportunities, and provide feedback to Product Management on feature enhancements. Act as a Subject Matter Expert to augment sourcing frameworks with innovative approaches and best-in-class methodologies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- 8-10 years of direct procurement/sourcing experience in global companies
- Global Direct Material Sourcing experience in a varied Raw Materials category (such as aluminum, copper, rare earth metals, resin, cobalt, etc)
- Experience with custom categories such as Mechanicals/metals, Plastics/resins, PCBs, and Packaging
- History of achieving best-in-class results using innovative approaches in sourcing and supplier management
- Experience in developing analysis reports or summaries on various commodities such as aluminum, copper, resin, etc
- Strong 'executive presence' skills, being able to present to and work with individual contributors up to the CPO level
- Ability to adjust tone and approach accordingly
- Ability to drive engagement and buy-in from all stakeholders
- Proactive and organized cross-functional project management skills
- Ability to drive an Advisory change-management process across customer procurement organizations
- Experience in a consulting environment
- Experience developing and presenting industry insight reports to corporate clients
- Strong analytical and writing skills for evaluating raw material commodity reports and developing a concise yet comprehensive summary/perspective
- English language proficiency
- Effective Excel/spreadsheet and presentation software skills
- Willingness to travel as needed
Desired Qualifications
- Master degree
- Experience in a consulting environment, having had experience developing and presenting industry insight reports to corporate clients ideal
- Software consulting skills
- Experience with spend/supply chain analytics platforms
- Working knowledge of Jira, Smartsheet or similar project tools
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