Title: Vice President of Sourcing and Suppy Chain Management
Location: Oakland, CA
The VP of Sourcing & Supply Chain Management provides executive leadership to KP's national procurement & supply chain management infrastructure. The VP is responsible for the development & successful implementation of a dynamic contracting, & supply chain organization that provides premier customer service to all regional customers. The VP has program-wide responsibility for reducing & controlling product/service costs & providing industry standard supply chain services by improving the quality & price point of procured products & services, & identifying, analyzing & implementing supply chain improvement opportunities.
This includes but is not limited to the identification of sourcing opportunities for standardization of products & suppliers, consolidation of suppliers, optimization of supplier relationships & value-added services from suppliers & distributors, & research/entry into new markets. In addition, the position will be responsible for leading the development & implementation of supply chain strategy to support organization strategies and goals. Additionally, the leader will establish the infrastructure to ensure continuously improved supply chain performance, including delivering against product & service level agreements, cost objectives, financial, service, & quality metrics. The VP is responsible for managing these activities for an array of products & services, which collectively account for an annual spend over $2 billion.
Essential Functions:
The VP will:
- Develop supply chain strategy that supports & meets organizational strategy, performance objectives & customer expectations.
- Develop a national sourcing strategy to identify products & services that are supportive of program & regional strategies, & ensure that KP receives the best value for dollars spent on products & services.
- Lead the supply chain team to develop & consistently deliver materials, products & services according to established core supply chain metrics (e.g., responsible for operational productivity including sourced, material, labor, transportation & variable cost productivity).
- Minimize company risk & maintain compliance for assigned areas of responsibility (e.g., Safety/Regulatory Requirements, EHS, Warehousing, Transportation, Operations, etc.). Lead, develop & establish company policies that have enterprise-wide effect; analyze & evaluate complex policy issues & make recommendations on actions to be taken; set direction for governance & control programs to ensure compliance with corporate & regulatory policies.
- Identify & develop talent within the organization & continued focus on developing a diverse workforce.
- Develop & sustain distribution & resource management best practices such as systems integration & optimization, inventory control, demand planning, & SKU optimization.
- Create & manage the operating budget, including required productivity, maintenance & other capital spending requirements.
- Create & develop appropriate centralized functions to maximize operational efficiency & cost controls (e.g., purchasing/sourcing department responsible for procurement & purchase price cost reductions; supply chain & logistics management system; focusing on optimization of transportation cost & the distribution and delivery of materials/products).
- Lead the supply chain team to take responsibility for improvements in safety, diversity spending & environmental stewardship across all operating locations.
- Identify opportunities across product lines, & synergies between products, equipment & services.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's and/or master's in business administration (MBA), finance, operations research, purchasing, materials management, health administration or related field.
- A minimum of 15 years of procurement and supply experience.
- 10 years of progressive management experience, in combination with strategic planning, purchasing, contracting, supply chain management.
- 5 years of designing procurement and supply processes for or management and oversight of the procurement and supply function of an organization with an annual spend of at least $1 billion.
- Experience managing procurement and supply activities for a health care or pharmaceutical organization.
- 5 years of management experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
- Identify and implement end-to-end strategy from identification of contracting opportunities to implementation and monitoring of contracts for efficiency in the organization.
- Ensure benefits are realized and tracked for organizational capital and operating investments.
- In depth knowledge of key supply chain/logistics processes & current best practices.
- Experience in supply chain technology/processes such as SAP, JIT; in-depth ERP; in-depth MRP/ERP knowledge required.
Proven ability to:
- Build and maintain strategic alliances and other high-level contractual relationships;
- Deliver results, effectively build global relationships both internal and external and communicate well with all organizational levels;
- Exhibit and in-depth functional knowledge of modern strategic sourcing/procurement methodologies and tools;
- Administer contracts and resolve claims/disputes in a manner that produces fair and timely resolution of issues;
- Determine key issues in a project or operational situation, involve the appropriate individuals and develop effective plans of action from a multi-disciplinary perspective;
- Lead professionals and manage others through influence and cooperation;
- Communicate persuasively and effectively to wide a range of internal and external customers;
- Consistently make sound business and financial judgments;
- Manage employee and promote customer satisfaction;
- Build effective teams and resolve conflicts;
- Manage complex projects with cost-effective utilization of resources;
- Manage and function well within a complex reporting relationship, and satisfy accountabilities to a wide range of internal customers; and
- Perform in an exceptional manner in the following areas:customer service, performance and results focus, strategic thinking, staff development and empowerment, ability to facilitate/implement change, collaboration and team stewardship, communication, effective problem-solving and decision-making, self-learning and development, business and technical knowledge.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA is highly preferred.
