Strategic Sourcing Specialist

It’s a great time to join AAA The Auto Club Group! 

Job Type:

Provides support for defined sourcing categories/commodities aligned with business lines and inter-club organizations.  Provides support for strategic sourcing and supply chain requirements that ensure competitive solutions that provide the greatest competitive value for the enterprise.  Acts as a liaison with all clubs and departments within the Auto Club Group (ACG) in order to facilitate the procurement and deployment of necessary goods and services at the optimal economic value for ACG.  Supports the development, implementation and on-going management of change between the strategic sourcing and supply chain (procurement) organization and internal client organizations.  Assists management with strategic procurement planning to ensure ACG business goals are met.

Supports the development of strategic roadmaps aligned to business requirements, ensuring best practices and competitive advantage solutions are utilized.  Assists management in the development and manages the process for supplier performance management, RFx development and execution and contract negotiation and implementation, ensuring department and corporate compliance standards are met.  Supports partnership opportunities with the AAA federation of clubs including AAA National and external organizations in order to gain leveraging opportunities for ACG.  Supports the department ombudsman process in order to provide timely resolutions to problems and client complaints, ensuring department quality service objectives are met.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Education:

College level coursework in supply chain management or related field. 

Experience:

• Project planning
• Identifying, analyzing and resolving moderately complex problems
• Resolving changes in scope, timing, costs, quality and client satisfaction
• Supporting and contributing transformational level change within a procurement organization
• Involved in supporting a highly rationalized and diverse supply base optimized to business needs
• Supporting strategic sourcing initiatives across a series of spend categories
• Supplier development and contract negotiation
• Developing cost/benefit analyses
• Writing bid proposals with analytical evaluation capability
• Goal setting, decision making and conflict resolution
• Willing to travel as required to meet business needs
• Organizing, monitoring and reporting projects
• Coordinating support activities provided by multiple off-site suppliers and internal clients
• Customer care and satisfaction

Knowledge:

• Trends and emerging technologies/services across assigned ACG procurement categories
• Best-in-class procurement transformational trends and traditional processes
• Acquisition principals and nomenclature
• Business process and technology solutions supporting internal clients, suppliers and department
• Negotiation techniques
• Basic auditing theory
• Statistical methods and analysis
• Supplier diversity and strategic importance

Skills:

• Support demand management objectives
• Communicate effectively
• Provide competitive solutions in support of business objectives
• Multitask or perform a variety of concurrent activities
• Explore alternative approaches/innovations to strategic sourcing and supply chain activities
• Negotiate and implement supplier contracts
• Ability to manage supplier performance to ensure optimal results
• Work under tight schedules and deadlines
• Strong oral and written communication skills to include report/proposal preparation and presentations to middle level management and external contacts

Education:

Bachelor degree and/or professional certifications preferred (e.g., Accredited Purchasing Practitioner, CPM).

Experience:

• In a variety of industry segments
• Broad procurement background with strong focus in non-production (indirect) procurement in an individual contributor/leadership capacity

This is a hybrid work arrangement (time spent in office and remote). Depending on the employee's role and leadership's assessment, some employees will come in to an ACG facility on a weekly basis, a monthly basis, or on an "as needed" basis for key meetings and collaborative activities. Most employees will be required to come into the office, at a minimum, for important departmental meetings or teambuilding events.

Who We Are

Become a part of something bigger.

The Auto Club Group (ACG) provides membership, travel, insurance, and financial service offerings to approximately 14+ million members and customers across 14 states and 2 U.S. territories through AAA, Meemic, and Fremont brands. ACG belongs to the national AAA federation and is the second largest AAA club in North America.

By continuing to invest in more advanced technology, pursuing innovative products, and hiring a highly skilled workforce, AAA continues to build upon its heritage of providing quality service and helping our members enjoy life’s journey through insurance, travel, financial services, and roadside assistance.

And when you join our team, one of the first things you’ll notice is that same, whole-hearted, enthusiastic advocacy for each other.

We have positions available for every walk of life! AAA prides itself on creating an inclusive and welcoming environment of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints, realizing our differences make us stronger.

To learn more about AAA The Auto Club Group visit www.aaa.com

Important Note:

ACG’s Compensation philosophy is to provide a market-competitive structure of fair, equitable and performance-based pay to attract and retain excellent talent that will enable ACG to meet its short and long-term goals. ACG utilizes a geographic pay differential as part of the base salary compensation program. Pay ranges outlined in this posting are based on the various ranges within the geographic areas which ACG operates. Salary at time of offer is determined based on these and other factors as associated with the job and job level.  

The above statements describe the principal and essential functions, but not all functions that may be inherent in the job.  This job requires the ability to perform duties contained in the job description for this position, including, but not limited to, the above requirements.  Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants, as needed, to enable them to fulfill these requirements.

The Auto Club Group, and all its affiliated companies, is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Regular and reliable attendance is essential for the function of this job.

AAA The Auto Club Group is committed to providing a safe workplace. Every applicant offered employment within The Auto Club Group will be required to consent to a background and drug screen based on the requirements of the position.