Manager, Sourcing Portfolio

Requisition ID # 153280 

Job Category: Procurement / Supply Chain 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Supply Chain/Materials

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

 

 

Department Overview

The Sourcing organization is the functional lead for the procurement of materials and services at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The department collaborates with internal clients and suppliers managing >$10 billion of annual company spend to develop mutually beneficial total cost solutions for goods and services. The department provides the following services to internal clients:  procurement of goods and services, strategic sourcing and cost savings, contract management, supplier relationship management, supplier diversity planning, execution and outreach, compliance management, ongoing procurement field support and management of the procure to pay cycle. 

 

Position Summary

You will be responsible for driving the client experience by developing and leading effective Strategic Sourcing strategies and effective category management supporting Electric Distribution Services.  Your team will be responsible for managing a team ensuring business alignment in support of portfolio goals through the category planning, governance and contract execution processes which will result in identifying opportunities delivering the most value to the organization..  As a leader in the Sourcing organization, you will have the opportunity to foster an environment that encourages a speak up culture while promoting and exemplifying diversity and inclusion.

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The preferred work location is Oakland. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

 

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. 

 

A reasonable salary range is:​

 

Bay Area : $140,000

Bay Area : $238,000

and/or

California : $133,000​

California : $226,000​

 

 Job Responsibilities

• Develops strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimizes diversity spending and total cost of ownership for key functional areas.
• Directly supervise Category Leaders and assist them in ongoing development.
• Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories
• Develop and implement sourcing policies that integrate and align with other relevant companywide processes.
• Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development
• Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies
• Effectively design and communicate a business case with recommended alternatives to ensure stakeholder alignment
• Leads the review and approval of the Gated 7 Step Sourcing Process with CPO and functional area leadership
• Oversee and attend field visits, bid walks, conferences and other opportunities that will develop deep category knowledge
• Provide input and support to enable successfully implementation of key supply chain initiatives and to meet KPIs included on the CPO Dashboard
• Provide all oversight for compliance for Sourcing Portfolio including I.A., SOX and sourcing policies and contract quality (CQ).
• Facilitate continuous improvement in tactical processing of contracts in assigned Portfolio  and client experience through improved contract process require