Chewy is currently recruiting for a Sr Procurement Manager at our headquarters in Dania Beach, FL, Seattle, WA, or Boston, MA. This role will support the Chewy Health business, working with procurement professionals to handle the flow of non-inventory goods including warehouse supplies, office supplies, corrugate, safety equipment, tools, medical equipment and services, and material handling requests. This role requires scoping and creating project plans, developing processes, coordinating and propelling execution, and communicating to senior management on status, risks, and process/product changes. In addition to creating and implementing processes and procedures regarding procurement, this is an opportunity to make an immediate and lasting impact on our fast-growing company. You should be prepared to deal with a high degree of ambiguity and scale with the company.
- Partner with a team of Procurement Operations professionals with responsibilities across multiple buildings and ensure network-wide standardization for all procurement-related processes.
- Work in conjunction with cross-functional teams to select new products, identify strategic business partners, and optimize the supplier base.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal business partners, building a robust understanding of strategic business direction, requirements, and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.
- Develop network sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients.
- Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking analysis; leverage key insights to inform and support the category strategy development process.
- Manage the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFPs, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
- Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on the total cost of ownership.
- Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies, maintaining procurement ethics.
- Prepare and hold business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and/or challenges.
- Lead strategic sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units to enable operational support and scalability.
- Maintain high-level supplier communications, including forecasts.
- Continuously evaluate existing processes, supplies, equipment, and services, and propose improved solutions where applicable.
- BA/BS plus a minimum of 5 years of strategic purchasing experience.
- Advanced degree is preferred.
- APICS /CPP, CPIM, CSCP, or ISP Certification is a plus.
- Ability and experience managing contracts across departments.
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to comfortably work in an intensely deadline-oriented environment.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong working knowledge of standard Microsoft Office applications.
- Demonstrated experience obtaining the highest value during negotiations for corporate purchases is desired. You must have hard-core negotiating skills!
- Experience in purchasing and contract renewal negotiations.
- Intermediate to advanced level Excel proficiency.
- Strong analytical skills and detail orientation.
- Lean / Continuous Improvement and Change Management experience.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
Compensation & Benefits:
Our salary range for a position is $87,000.00 - $130,000.00. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.
We offer different types of insurance, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
Non-exempt hourly team members accrue paid time off (PTO) while salaried-exempt team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Non-exempt hourly team members in Fulfillment Centers and Customer Service are also eligible for additional unplanned unpaid time off (UTO). Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
What We Do
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. We view pets and pet parents as family, and are obsessed with meeting their needs and exceeding customer expectations through every interaction. Behind the scenes, our talented teams are made up of innovators, delighters, big-thinkers and of course, passionate pet people—creating a place where you'll be empowered to build, growand unleash your fullest potential.
Launched in 2011, we offer the personalized service of a neighborhood pet store alongside the convenience and speed of e-commerce. Customers love shopping our wide selection of products of more than 100,000 products (including our Private brands and prescription Rx food and Rx medication products), which we offer at competitive prices, fast 1-2 day shipping and around-the-clock convenience that only e-commerce can offer.
Chewy’s commitment to customer service is the core of our brand, and our customers love us for it. We “WOW” pet parents through 24/7 assistance, advice and encouragement every day of the year. We make pet parenting easy with our convenient Autoship subscription program—which allows our customers to schedule their orders, so they never run out of their pet food, supplies and medication they need.
As an e-commerce company, product innovation drives our operations, and our team is constantly striving to find new and better ways to improve our customers’ experience. From an easy-to-navigate website and highly rated mobile apps, to detailed order tracking and personalized “Pet Profile” features, we are transforming the way pet parents shop.
Why Work With Us
We're proud to be one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies of all time.
With growth comes the exciting opportunity to be a part of a world-class organization of engineering, product, and design team members, responsible for driving our latest innovations and designing "out-of-the Chewy box" experiences.
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