Job Description
The Category and Sourcing Management Lead Consultant is accountable for both supporting and, when appropriate, leading category strategy development and execution, while managing a portfolio of strategic sourcing initiatives with medium to high spend thresholds and complexity, focusing on quality, cost, delivery, risk, sustainability, and supplier inclusion. This role requires collaboration with internal stakeholders to align strategies with business objectives and market conditions, challenge and rationalize requirements, including demand and specifications, researching and analyze market and business insights to provide actionable recommendations that drive value creation. The Lead Consultant will employ proficiency in driving increasingly difficult projects while maturing practitioner skills to evolve from purposeful use of knowledge (proficiency) to creative use of knowledge and skills (innovation). This role is an individual contributor but may lead work performed by others.
This role will focus on outsourcing of service categories including travel, meetings and events, logistics, and delivery of new customer-facing programs. Work may expand into other category areas. Experience supporting travel, meetings and events is preferred, but not required.
Key Responsibilities
• Support the development and execution of enterprise category and/or supplier strategies that align with business product/technology goals and incorporate relevant market intelligence.
• Collect and analyze internal and external category data to support data-driven decision making, translating market research competitive insights into high-quality, high-impact procurement solutions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop and implement sourcing and/or category strategies that maximize value for Allstate, aligned to market conditions and stakeholder's rationalized requirements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop clear scopes of work and contractual metrics (e.g., KPIs, SLAs) leading to effective negotiations and related contractual outcomes.
• Uphold a proficient understanding of contracting and the legal commercial environment to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• Display proficiency in procurement technology platforms (e.g. e-sourcing, spend analysis, contract management) required to enhance efficiency and optimize processes.
• Develop negotiation strategies with stakeholders and ensure stakeholder alignment, effectively influencing decisions at all levels as required.
• Employ contemporary commercial contracting practices with proficiency in negotiating favorable contract terms in partnership with Allstate Legal, when deemed appropriate.
• Partner with Enterprise Risk & Return Management and Supplier Management to ensure risk management and supplier performance management practices, ongoing monitoring, and issue resolution, including supplier on-boarding/off-boarding, are incorporated.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers, where appropriate, to maximize value for the company.
Experience
• 5 or more years of experience in sourcing / contracting of services in a highly regulated environment (Preferred)
Supervisory Responsibilities
• This job does not have supervisory duties.
Skills
Category Sourcing, Contract Agreements, Market Intelligence, Negotiation, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy Execution, Supplier Performance Management (PM)
Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is 90,700.00 - 153,925.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.
To help create a more personal and engaging experience, we ask that you join with your camera on if your interview is virtual. Please also have a Valid Photo Identification available at the start of your interview. If you require any accommodations or have questions ahead of your interview please reach out to your recruiter.
Note: Internal candidates are only asked to join on video; a Valid Photo Identification is not needed for the interview.
