Director, Supplier COE Strategy

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Overview

The Director, Supplier COE Strategy is responsible for the development and implementation of internal COE strategy and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives across the Supper Center of Excellence, working directly to support the VP, Supplier COE Strategy, SVP Sales and Marketing, SVP Supplier Strategy & Insights Center of Excellence and the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. The role’s primary focus will be to support the development, oversight, and implementation of strategic initiatives—partnering directly with the Supplier COE leadership team, including the Supplier Strategy VP, Supplier Insights VP, Multicultural Strategy VP, VP of Supplier & Customer Collaboration, and SVP Commercial Operations in support of SDM Supplier Commercial teams. This role will be expected to be a key cross-functional partner and work closely with other SGWS functions, including OSM, Commercial Effectiveness, Supply Chain Management, and Finance.

Primary Responsibilities

Commercial Planning & Execution
•    Partner and collaborate with the Supplier Insights and the Commercial Effectiveness team to embed Ways of Working and best practices within the SDM organization to drive a strong understanding of Commercial Effectiveness initiatives and consistency across the SDM team with regions
•    Identify opportunities to drive Supplier Standardization and leverage best practices across Strategic Supplier Universe (e.g., programming and planning)
•    Manage supplier quota commitments by collaborating with Supplier leads and Commercial Effectiveness organization
•    Develop process to optimize supplier national program design and execution across suppliers
•    Collaborate with Insights and Strategy COE to develop standard department templates for supplier activities including recap reports
•    Work with SDM Commercial and COE teams to develop and capitalize on subchannel opportunities
•    Drive national consistency, process standardization and tool deployment across the SDM and SG+ corporately managed suppliers, in close coordination with the SDM leadership team, COE leaders and Commercial Effectiveness team

Performance Management 
•    Develop standard approach to manage contractual and day-to-day Supplier Ways of Working across Supplier Teams
•    Develop and deploy Supplier Contractual Compliance Playbook
•    Create, Launch and partner with COE Insights and Supplier Strategy teams to actively manage Supplier “Sense of Urgency” Report focused on key supplier terms, opportunities and transition updates to share with SGWS Executive Team, OSM and Regions
•    Partner with Commercial Finance and SDM leadership to develop a standard Center Fund Template and Review Process
•    Work directly with Commercial Finance and Supplier teams to develop a standard process for LMF contributions management
•    Collaborate with Corporate and Regional teams to identify supplier management best practices that can be redeployed across the SGWS supplier network (e.g., planning, programming, goals, commercial deliverables)
•    Work with Supplier Commercial leads and COE to identify and communicate supplier/brand opportunities when comp brands exit SGWS

 

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Project Management
•    Drive coordination and collaboration on Supplier