Associate Director Indirect Sourcing

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What you’ll be doing...

The Associate Director, Indirect Sourcing, will lead the development and implementation of the Category Strategy for Towers and Leases Sourcing. You will lead a team of Category Sourcing Experts responsible for establishing and executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, negotiations, risk management and supply base performance management. The successful candidate will be a dynamic professional with a transformational approach to Sourcing, with the knowledge, skills, abilities and experience to design and execute strategies in a global environment. You will be responsible for a team of direct reports, working collaboratively with stakeholders to develop and implement sourcing strategies to solve business problems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategically partner with key business stakeholders (especially Network Real Estate and Network Planning) to understand needs, manage expectations, and align on priorities.

• Develop and implement comprehensive Category strategies and plans, ensuring they generate roadmaps for savings and value streams.

• Lead, manage, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Category experts.

• Drive all aspects of complex strategic sourcing processes, including negotiation and contracting with suppliers to secure global agreements that meet Verizon's needs.

• Execute robust supplier relationship management, fostering positive and ethical partnerships while leveraging market dynamics and mitigating risk.

• Balance short and long-term objectives to align with business strategy and efficiencies, including supplier rationalization.

• Manage team performance and development, including recruitment, compensation planning, appraisals, and customized development plans to enhance skill sets and team value.

• Oversee sourcing projects, assigning resources, tracking progress, and ensuring successful, on-time completion.

You will need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

• Extensive experience in sourcing.

• Strong negotiation skills and cost management practices.

• Proven team leadership skills.

• Analytical and/or technical experience with strong attention to detail.

• Strong presentation skills and ability to prepare and present across multiple organizational leadership levels.

• Proven ability to drive change and transformation.

Even better when you have:

• Knowledge of Strategic Sourcing processes, policies, and procedures.

• Previous experience in Towers, Network real estate

• Excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills.

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work in a fast paced matrixed global environment.

• Self-motivated /self-starter with ability to work independently.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.