Strategic Sourcing Specialist

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community! **Meijer Rewards** * Weekly pay * Scheduling flexibility * Paid parental leave  * Paid education assistance * Team member discount * Development programs for advancement and career growth Please review the job profile below and apply today! The Strategic Sourcing Specialist role is responsible to execute strategic sourcing initiatives in a specific category; work with business stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and specification of materials and service being sourced/ procured; provide customer relationship support and track vendor performance; and assess elements of the supply base and help define, execute, and support strategic sourcing and procurement decisions.   **What You'll be Doing:** * Assist with the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting of category and spend data to build and maintain category spend and pricing databases. * Develop and issue RFX’s. * Lead basic and moderately complex sourcing events. * Review contracts, pricing, purchase orders, and service levels. * Perform value analysis and total cost of ownership analytical activities. * Monitor and report savings to Strategic Sourcing Lead. * Interview stakeholders to develop service specification levels. * Participate in cross-functional teams that will assess the opportunities and supply markets in order to develop, implement and institutionalize various sourcing strategies. * Maintain and help build supplier relationships. * Manage strategic category management processes, procedures, supplier and category segmentation, metrics/KPI development and application, scorecard format, contract management, etc. * Gathers and reviews data to support category management / strategic sourcing activities (i.e. specifications, statements of work, performance terms, and/or acceptance criteria) * Manage the sourcing process from analyzing the vendors proposals, communicating between stakeholders and determining a negotiation strategy. * Develop and execute pricing and contract negotiation strategies; understanding financial impact to all negotiations and assisting Strategic Sourcing Lead with negotiations and contract pricing and terms. * This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or require. **What You'll Bring with You (Qualifications):** * Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business or Supply Chain required, or equivalent job experience. * 1-3 years of experience in sourcing, contract negotiation, competitive price analysis, and purchasing. * 3+ years of experience in sourcing, contract negotiation, competitive price analysis. * Retail or Consumer facing industry preferred. * Superior quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. * Strong experience with use of analytical methods and tools. * Ability to function in ambiguous and/or time-sensitive situations. * Strong listening and interpersonal skills. * Self-directed, requiring limited guidance and / or structure. * Good communication and team skills. * Advance knowledge of Microsoft Excel. * Experience with SAP/Ariba a plus. * Aptitude for conducting wide-ranging research. * Financial acumen preferred. * Leadership and team building abilities. * Active curiosity—enjoy gathering and digging deeply into data to identify opportunities and risks. * Ability to develop communications and presenting to cross functional partners. * Strong organizational, planning, and time management skill with ability to prioritize multiple/competing projects and assignments.