Sr. Specialist, Services Procurement Sourcing at Best Buy in Richfield, Minnesota

Job Description:

The Best Buy Procurement organization is undergoing a significant transformation to a strategic value generating business enabler. This strategy includes launch of new suite of source to pay technologies, investment in training, organizational redesign and addition of new strategic capability. If you have strategic sourcing or procurement operations experience, passion for value generation, professional presence, aptitude for relationship building, excellent communication skills, curiosity, creativity and drive for results we encourage you to apply.

Sr. Specialist Strategic Sourcing is responsible for sourcing, negotiation, and contracting for an established portfolio of products and services across Consumer Services. This position is responsible for creating value while reducing total cost of ownership through proactive category management in alignment with category strategies and by leveraging world-class negotiation and sourcing strategies. This position interacts with leaders throughout all levels of the Best Buy organization. The position interacts with 3rd party contracted partners.

Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management:

• The following business units supported within Consumer Services: Large Product Home Delivery and Installation, Fleet Operations, In-Home/Depot Repair, Call Center Operations, and other related services.
  • Day to day activities include continually building relationships with stakeholders and understanding of their supply base needs, develop a deep understanding of the categories you are responsible for, conduct research to support your category and sourcing strategies. draft, negotiate and execute contracts.
  
  


• Support development of category and sourcing strategies with objective to determine and leverage optimal approaches, tools, and methodologies for each project


• Leverage tools, policies, and relationships to help educate and influence internal clients on sourcing recommendation to achieve optimal results


• Partner with colleagues in Sourcing & Procurement Operations teams to ensure optimal executional results


• Create and nurture stakeholder relationships, ensuring ongoing partnership and engagement ensuring compliance in the use of sourcing and procurement services


• Support Category leadership with more complex category management activities including but not limited to spend reporting, negotiations, supplier research and RFx.

• 1 or more years of Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Operations, or equivalent experience

• Experience and expertise in contracting (legal work), use of procurement tools and practices such as supplier diversity programs, TCO calculation, etc.
  

• Category-specific procurement experience, with outsourced relationship/ partner development


• Bachelor’s Degree


• Demonstrated strong negotiation, analytical, planning and execution skills


• Expert MS Office skills, emphasis on Excel and ability to complete complex spend or data analysis


• Strong organization, communication, presentation, and collaboration skills