LM859: Manager Sourcing & Procurement

Description

Involves management responsibility for a team of people or a specific location(s) within the business. Management responsibilities include disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

This position manages and leads a team of professionals in support of enterprise-wide global sourcing initiatives.

Essential Functions
Responsibilities include Corporate strategic planning, analysis, process/project management development, system support, creating and implementing the most effective short- and long-term global sourcing strategies, and managing complex negotiations with third parties.
Responsible for creating long and short-term strategies that align with corporate goals and produce the most cost-effective solutions.
Responsible for the development of professionals while creating an innovative and effective organization in support of Company goals.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements
Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree in science / arts or equivalent in business analysis, strategic management, marketing, or other analytical field; degree in supply chain, logistics, finance, mathematics, or other quantitative discipline preferred.

Minimum Experience
Six (6) years professional business experience in analytical/quantitative sourcing activities across multiple complex categories, including program or project management roles. A related advanced degree may offset the experience requirements. Proven leadership experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Outstanding human relations, negotiating and communication skills both written and verbal. Ability to interact effectively with senior leadership. Excellent analytical, process/project management skills. Ability to innovate and produce high quality results and sourcing solutions across multiple categories on a consistent basis.

FedEx is widely acknowledged as a world-class company. We are honored and proud to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, a technology innovator and one of the world’s most admired and respected companies.

FedEx is consistently named among the World’s most valuable and admired brands. Some of our recent awards include:

• 2020 Fortune’s World Most Admired Companies (14th)
• 2019 Fortune’s Best Places to Work (15th)
• 2019 Forbes’s One of the “Best Employers for Diversity”
• 2020 FedEx LAC included in the GPTW’s Best Workplaces in Latin America Ranking (24th)
• 2021 FedEx Mexico was included in the GPTW Ranking for 18th consecutive years
• 2020 FedEx Mexico received the CEMEFI Certification for 13th consecutive years endorsing FedEx as a company socially responsible
• 2021 FedEx Chile was re-certified with Giro Limpio, a seal from the Agency of Sustainable Energy that seeks to improve the energy efficiency of the ground transportation sector, by reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
• 2019 FedEx Uruguay selected by GPTW among the 5 best companies to work for.