Advisor, Indirect Procurement Sourcing - Enterprise Services

This position primarily supports the Consulting and Professional Services categories, and select various indirect spend categories as needed. Support includes indirect sourcing activities necessary to support the business in the purchase of indirect goods and/or services within assigned categories or within other categories as needed.

What Strategic Sourcing - Indirect contributes to Cardinal Health
Global Sourcing is responsible for creating and managing diverse strategic supplier partnerships that drive enterprise value with innovation, best cost and competitive advantages that benefit customers, suppliers and patients. Develops and executes strategic plans by leveraging market intelligence, industry knowledge and cross-functional collaboration. Competitive advantage is created through supplier selection and management, contract negotiation, supply chain optimization and risk mitigation.

Responsible for developing and executing strategy to source indirect goods and services to support our business stakeholders and programs. Perform analysis in order to select supplier and negotiate best value for Cardinal Health. Provide supplier relationship management and contract compliance management, including maximization of financial deliverables and risk mitigation. May work within various procurement systems to execute purchase orders and resolve technical issues as identified.

Job Summary
The Advisor, Strategic Sourcing is responsible for end to end sourcing for an indirect category(ies). This job develops relations with category business partners to understand and determine the sourcing needs of the business. The Advisor Strategic Sourcing executes the competitive bid, negotiation, contracting processes and/or technical continuous improvement for assigned commodities or services. This job leverages spend analytics and market intelligence to identify cost optimization opportunities in the sourcing of goods and services.

Responsibilities

• Category sourcing lead for the following indirect categories: Consulting & Professional Services, Aviation, Memberships, Office Supplies, and other categories as may be assigned.
• Develop category strategy activities to support the goals and objectives of the organization.
• Manages various aspects of overall supplier relationships with new and existing vendors.
• Primary Souring business partner support for key stakeholders within assigned indirect categories to determine sourcing needs and to provide indirect sourcing support.
• Manage Request for Proposal (RFP) events within assigned indirect categories to ensure competitive bidding and optimal supplier selection.
• Lead negotiation related to contractual terms & conditions, financials, and various other activities directly with current and new vendors.
• Collaborates cross functionally with various internal groups to drive and achieve project goals and milestones to a successful completion.
• Apply corporate-wide policy guidelines to projects and advise stakeholders on appropriate paths forward considering policy requirements.
• Maintains a working knowledge of existing contracts to navigate contract extensions and effective supplier relations.
• Drive purchasing discipline and compliance with internal stakeholders.
• Stays abreast of strategic projects to ensure timely execution of sourcing demands.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of direct or indirect procurement / purchasing experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred 

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects
• May contribute to the development of policies and procedures
• Works on complex projects of large scope
• Professional representation of the organization in the presence of external parties
• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives
• Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects
• Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives
• May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $79,700-$113,800 

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)