Sourcing Specialist (Hybrid)

As a Sourcing Specialist with American Family Insurance, you will serve as the primary contact for the CAO division. You will be responsible for developing and executing a sourcing project portfolio to enable the department to achieve its objectives. Serve as the project manager for the entire sourcing event utilizing the expertise of other roles in the organization to deliver results.

Position Compensation Range

$62,000.00 - $103,000.00

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Define the scope and strategy for a sourcing event. Identify sourcing opportunities based on spend, value opportunity, risk and resource availability. Present proposed goals, strategy and project plan to partners and sponsors, obtains approvals and aligns sponsorship and resources needed to move project into active execution.
• Develop contract terms and conditions by negotiating with suppliers, involving internal subject matter experts, to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes while supporting overall our goals.
• Establish and grow productive relationships with assigned team leaders to understand our goals and sourcing needs. Be a contact to assigned teams for sourcing needs. Use knowledge of team's operations and goals to determine our sourcing needs. Be contact between our organization and suppliers when trying to maximize the relationship and resolving issues.
• Market the value of strategic sourcing to management and internal customers. Provide reports to your department leaders to help them understand spend, sourcing project activity, risks, opportunities and results.
• Help evaluate competitive offerings and determine best overall offer for a product or service. Compare supplier bids across financial parameters and identify expected timing of savings/value cash flows. Assess qualitative trade-offs between the different supplier proposals.
• Lead the entire sourcing process for RFxs, renewals, new contracts and oversee the project management process.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned supplier contracts. Assure compliance with contract approval process and adherence to contract standards. Support partners in contract management from award to completion.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Moderate knowledge of sourcing practices including RFxs, contract negotiation, market intelligence.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of supplier performance management techniques.
• Solid knowledge employing advanced end-to-end strategic sourcing processes, practices and tools to large, complex spend categories.
• Demonstrated experience leading small to medium projects.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of contract negotiation techniques.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of project management practices.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of goods and services contract terms.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of preparing reports, charts and presentations.

Licenses

• Not applicable

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not applicable.

Additional Information

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks
• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

In this hybrid role you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month out of the Madison, WI or Boston, MA offices.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email [email protected] to request a reasonable accommodation.