Manager of Strategic Sourcing and Programs

About QuenchQuench’s purpose is to impact people’s lives and improve the earth by helping to eliminate the 500 million plastic bottles consumed each year.  We play a front-line role in the battle against single-use plastic water bottles by delivering on-demand filtered water solutions to more than 120,000 healthy and environmentally conscious customers across North America. Quench bottle-free water coolers, ice machines, sparkling water dispensers and coffee brewers purify the existing water supply, providing an endless supply of clean water and water-based beverages for a fixed monthly fee, typically under a long term bundled service and rental subscription agreement.  Quench has grown from a small regional company to an international leader that had a successful NYSE public offering in 2016 and is now a strategic company owned by private equity backed Culligan.  Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Quench has more than 1,200 team members operating out of more than 90 locations across North America and Puerto Rico. For more information visit www.quenchwater.com.  
About CulliganFounded by Emmett Culligan in 1936, Culligan is a world leader in delivering superior water solutions that will make a real difference in improving the health and wellness of consumers. The company offers some of the most technologically advanced, state-of-the-art water filtration and treatment products. These products include water softeners, drinking water systems, whole-house systems and solution for businesses. Culligan's network of franchise dealers is the largest in the world, with over 900 dealers in 90 countries. Many of Culligan dealers have valuable equity in their local communities as multigenerational family owners of their franchises. For more information visit www.culligan.com. 
Values: 5CsCulligan as OneCustomers come firstCommitment to InnovationCourage to do what's rightConsistently deliver exceptional results
The PositionThe Manager of Strategic Sourcing and Programs will be entrusted with a pivotal role in driving sourcing strategy, procurement execution and oversight, and other projects to enhance FCF across Quench. You will play a critical role in helping to define and drive strategic sourcing and cost reduction efforts as well as supporting ongoing initiatives and identify new opportunities that help us improve our inventory positions, reduce Capex, and improve our AR position. You will work closely with the CFO and other key leaders across the organization, including the COO and  VP of Supply Chain to drive major strategic programs (SDP) tied to FCF and identify new opportunities through analytics across sourcing spend categories, and process improvements that support our supply chain transformation and our AR and collections processes. As a key team member, you will lead key initiatives, help drive and program manage key programs, and apply analytics to identify new opportunities to bring to the team and get buy in to define new projects and efforts with a major focus on sourcing and cost reduction.  To be successful you will be a strong collaborator with leaders and key stakeholders to create alignment on efforts, define priorities for areas of execution , and support and lead defined efforts across sourcing, inventory and AR, to enable profitable growth, and create flexibility and efficiency for our strategic cost objectives. Responsibilities·       Project identification and Program management o   Define and drive sourcing programs across the organization that will help the organization meet our annual procurement goals, while supporting existing strategic initiatives across supply chain, continuous improvement, inventory and AR. This will include both working with the functional leads to drive existing programs, but also to define future efforts, establish goals and action plans, and manage progress against these efforts  ·       Procurement execution and process developmento   Develop and implement procurement strategies and best practice processes aligned with organizational goals and objectives. Align on key spend categories to execute procurement and total cost of ownership efforts (TCO), including defining and driving the end-to-end procurement process. Work with organizational leaders to continuously assess areas of opportunity through analytics and market trends to define areas of focus and prioritized efforts to lead and support. o   Implement cost reduction initiatives while maintaining quality standards, improving operational efficiency,  improving service levels, and driving down costs.o   Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure procurement performance and track progress against targets. o   Generate reports and analysis to provide insights into procurement activities and performance metrics. ·       Inventory improvement:o   Collaborate with the VP of Supply Chain to ident