Manager, Indirects – Marketing Agencies

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Job Description Essential Functions & Responsibilities: · Ability to deeply understand and utilize procurement processes, tools, and systems, execute, and oversee lifecycle management processes. Be a proven expert in category planning, development, and execution, as well as ability to achieve tangible results in competitive and non-competitive supplier negotiations both directly and as a coach to others. · Manage mid-to-executive-level clients and supplier relationships on an ongoing basis to ensure customer satisfaction. · Lead Sourcing and Category Management for a wide portfolio of complex and/or critical categories to Kraft Heinz. · Establish and deliver performance goals for a portfolio of categories representing a significant amount of spend. · Lead strategic sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to execute Category Management vision and strategies. · Manage Supplier Relationships and conducts Supplier Business Reviews – High Level Escalation Point for Performance and Risk Issues. · As a component of supplier management activities for the role, you will segment suppliers at the category level, while developing and managing the supplier base for your categories...