Senior Manager, Procurement Transformation

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Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Create a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by promoting trust, transparency, and inclusion. Work with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support ongoing development.
• Lead with influence and expertise. Contribute to division or department leadership team. Communicate and support organization mission, vision, values and policies.
• Oversee the development of sourcing, procurement, category, and supplier strategies to improve spend, performance, and risk with department priorities.
• Oversee the development of long-term category and supplier strategies that align with our goals, achieve mutually beneficial outcomes, establishes processes to manage supplier risk and performance, and assure contract compliance. Lead development of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports for senior management on important metrics. Report progress against plans, vendor performance and market trends.
• Develop relationships with important partners to build business knowledge and support strategic plans by aligning team resources and prioritizing team activities while promoting category management, vendor management, and strategic sourcing as strategies to achieve our goals, mitigate risk and create enhanced value.
• Develop a team by empowering a customer-focused culture of learning and teamwork, establishing performance goals, leading change, and communicating.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Solid communication and influencing skills across varying leadership levels.
• Demonstrated experience driving business results.
• Demonstrated experience in creating meaningful data analysis and metrics to support business needs.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills related to complex vendor matters.
• Knowledge of vendor contracts.
• Experience leading large, complex cross-functional projects
• Solid knowledge base of procurement processes
• Strong financial acumen

Preferred Knowledge & Skills Requirement

• Experience leading procurement tranformation.

Licenses

• Not applicable.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not applicable.

• In this hybrid role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from the office. Candidates should reside within approximately 35-50 miles of one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783; Boston, MA 02110
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• Internal candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of location and will be considered based upon the needs of the role.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.