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Req ID: 59994

Locations: Junction City, Kansas

Address: 3210 South US Hwy 77

Department: Supply Chain

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Brand: Foot Locker

Mall: Distribution Center - Junction City

Job Description

Overview

The DC Procurement Manager is responsible for owning the strategy & execution of the procurement of indirect materials & services for the North American distribution network. The Purchasing manager will be primary point of contact for all vendors, manage cost savings initiatives, and delivery of supplies with 100% accountability for the North American supply budget. This role will also have indirect reports across the network to support managing inventory levels at all of the sites.

Responsibilities

• Owns the development of the analytics and creation of new reporting to drive improved on time delivery and deliver cost savings of supplies for the North American distribution network.
• Responsible for providing direction to all onsite DC planners to ensure the proper management of supply inventory levels to prevent shortages.
• Is the SME (subject-matter-expert) for the DCs supply strategy to standardize materials to aggregate volume across the network to drive better pricing year over year.
• Responsible for indirectly managing the team responsible for executing the procurement of MRO supplies at each facility ensuring on time delivery of material and consistent cost reduction projects.
• Must partner with other Global procurement team to develop purchasing strategies to help define a best-in-class indirect material process that is consistent across the entire network
• Owns developing and managing vendor relationships including contract management & renewal in partnership with legal.
• Must develop tools to be able to track historical trends and seasonality of SKUs and provide forecast to vendors for indirect materials.
• Drive continuous improvement strategies within department and across the entire network.
• Communicate issues or problems quickly to site directors and operations managers.
• Assist in resolving issues and solving problems by making suggestions and partnering with supervisors, operations managers and other departments.
• Ability to respond with a sense of urgency and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Use independent judgment and be self-motivated.
• Ability to enter data into multiple databases.
• Pay close attention to detail.
• Maintain a clean work area.
• Work with co-workers in a professional, respectful, cooperative, and courteous manner.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Demonstrate positive, customer service, and team-oriented demeanor.
• All other duties as assigned