General Motors

Lead Procurement Analyst

General Motors • $85K — $110K *
Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of procurement experience negotiating with vendors
  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field required
  • Multi-national work experience is a plus
  • Proven track record of year-over-year category growth
  • Demonstrated leadership capability with senior management trust
  • Advanced negotiation skills for cost savings
  • Expertise in strategic development of category strategies
  • Ability to build and maintain effective business partner relationships

Responsibilities

  • Manage contract creation, execution, and amendments to maximize performance and minimize risk
  • Find, evaluate, and engage suppliers while defining business needs and developing sourcing strategies
  • Segment spending into related categories for focused management and efficiency
  • Maintain strong relationships with vendors to mitigate risks and enhance service delivery
  • Draft and design procurement processes that meet specific requirements and objectives
  • Oversee procurement operations including sourcing, purchasing, and documentation of processes
  • Lead projects to improve procurement efficiency and add value to the business

Benefits

  • Generous benefits package available from day one
  • 401K matching
  • 12 weeks of bonding leave for new parents at 100% paid
  • Tuition assistance and training opportunities
  • GM employee auto discount
  • Community service pay and nine company holidays
  • Flexible hybrid work environment with 2 days a week in office
Full Job Description
Job Description

Responsibilities

About the role

A Lead Procurement Analyst leads one or more procurement categories within a GMF functional area, managing day-to-day activities based on a mid-term plan and objectives. The role develops and executes category strategies to meet business needs and address risks. This position provides leadership and influence across category peers and stakeholders, even without direct reporting responsibility. The Lead Procurement Analyst partners closely with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure effective sourcing and strong contractual frameworks. The role makes proactive recommendations to leadership and manages projects that improve efficiency and add business value.

In this role you will:
  • Contract Management - management of contracts with vendors and includes negotiating the terms and conditions in contracts as well as documenting and agreeing on any changes or amendments that may arise during its implementation or execution. Process of systematically and efficiently managing contract creation, execution, and analysis for the purpose of maximizing financial and operational performance and minimizing risk
  • Sourcing - finding, evaluating, and engaging suppliers of goods and services which includes defining business needs (identify what goods or services are required), market analysis (researching potential suppliers and market conditions), and develop sourcing strategy (deciding on the approach for sourcing - whether it's single-sourcing, multiple-sourcing, etc.)
  • Category Management - segmenting spending into areas that contain similar or related products, allowing for a focused approach on categories that offer opportunities for consolidation and efficiencies. Tracking the market to understand pricing trends, regulatory changes, and innovation for the entire category.
  • Vendor Management - managing the interaction with vendors and maintaining good working relationships with the vendors and internal stakeholders to mitigate risks. Tasks include reducing vendor risks, ensuring service delivery, and help build stronger relationships with vendors which can lead to opportunities to negotiate better rates.
  • Process Development - drafting and design of processes under specific requirements (quality, cost) and within certain time-frames through defining and describing a sequence of activities that need to be performed to meet the process's objectives and to produce the process's desired outcome.
  • Procurement Operations - this involves every activity involved in obtaining the goods and services needed to support daily operations, including sourcing, negotiating terms, purchasing items, and documenting all the steps in the process. Additional roles can include: travel, company vehicles, telecom, invoicing, credit card administration, P2P processes ,procurement business systems, and corporate events.


Qualifications

What makes you an ideal candidate?

  • Multi-national work experience (in-country or in a support capacity) a plus
  • Proven track record and continually displays growth within managed category YoY
  • Is trusted by Senior Management when making decisions and managing staff
  • Demonstrated leadership capability
  • Manage one or more categories: set direction and monitor results; assign projects; ensure priorities are clear and standards and delivery schedules are met; and remain informed of the services being provided
  • Manage business partner relationships for a particular supply chain specialty: to understand business issues and requirements; to define services/outputs required; and to manage supplier/contractor relationships
  • Advanced/Expert level negotiation skills to drive savings, avoidance, and recovery for GMF - achieving substantial cost savings through negotiations, and category consolidation (supplier rationalization, demand optimization)
  • Advanced/Expert level development of strategic short-term/long-term category/sub-category strategy for responsible areas
  • Category lead for given category, and provides direction to GSMs, Specialists, and Analysts
  • Advanced/Expert ability in working with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements
  • Expert Ability to engage with market resources to derive at decisions around category supply base
  • Maintain "subject matt expertise" in a particular supply chain specialty, in addition to adding second area of specialty, demonstrating the ability to present ideas and concepts to and influence management and business partners
  • Strong ability to influence and steer highly ethical process with business partners and suppliers
  • Promote innovation and continual improvement in GMF operations
  • Expert analytic skills and ability to conceptualize and develop strategies and build models for business-related concepts
  • Expert verbal and written communication skills; ability to prepare and deliver compelling business presentations
  • Good organizational skills
  • Ability to operate effectively in an environment with changing priorities and a level of ambiguity


Work Experience & Education
  • 5+ years of experience in Procurement; negotiating with vendors; Oracle or other procurement software experience required
  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, or closely related business field required


What We Offer: Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.

Our Culture: Our team members define and shape our culture - an environment that welcomes innovative ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work - we thrive.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office.

NOTE:We are unable to consider candidates who require visa sponsorship for this position

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This position is not open to agency submissions

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Learn more about General Motors
Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
NASDAQ
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