Supplier Performance Expert (Sourcing & Procurement)
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Northbrook, Illinois
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Oct 24, 2019
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- Category
- Administration / Clerical, Operations, Executive / Management
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
Where good people build rewarding careers.
Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Description
The Supplier Performance Expert is responsible for the development, implementation maintenance, and governance of supplier performance. The role is responsible for planning, design governance and communication of the Supplier Performance results. The role partners with key stakeholders across the organization to promote the supplier performance value proposition and drive a customer centric mindset.
Key Responsibilities
• Develops and maintains standards for the supplier management framework though identification, support, and maintenance of supplier segmentation criteria, risk assessment processes, roles and responsibilities, relationship management and escalation policies and practices
• Manages maintenance of governance framework to monitor adherence to supplier management processes including: risk identification, assessment and mitigation, financial health, key performance metrics and supplier governance
• Contributes to the supplier performance communication strategy which includes relevant input to enterprise risk and return dashboards, supplier management governance framework and leadership messaging
• Identifies operational trends and works with internal resources to develop and implement reporting and improvement initiatives
• Recognizes gaps in supplier due diligence documentation and audit reports, communicate areas of risk and determines remediation efforts
• Contribute to the development of supplier management targets, dashboards and communication strategy
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job does not have supervisory duties
Job Qualifications
Education and Experience
• 7 or more years of related experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), or similar certification preferred
Functional Skills
• Advanced ability to influence others to achieve results by thinking strategically, communicating clearly and fostering mutually beneficial internal and external relationships
• Demonstrates a high-level understanding of relevant 3rd party supplier management and risk management processes and can apply breadth and depth of knowledge to engage in strategic conversations and decisioning
• Advanced understanding of internal business processes, enterprise risk management, strategic direction and business objectives
• Ability to think strategically, conceptually and analytically to assess problems, identify and consider potential solutions, and make timely recommendations
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment
• Advanced ability to manage multiple complex, high profile projects
• Application of systems thinking requiring focus on constituent parts interrelated to how a system works over time and in relation to a larger system
• Advanced ability to apply analytical skills and techniques to research, analyze, synthesize and integrate data/information
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
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- Website
- https://www.allstate.com/
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