Manager of Supplier Strategy

Job Title

Pinnacle Group exists to connect people with opportunity. For the last 25 years, we've done exactly that by living our core values of putting people first, delivering excellence in all we do, and giving back to the communities in which we live and work. We are a leading workforce solutions company supporting the talent needs of global leaders in financial services, technology, communications, utilities, and transportation and we are one of the largest women and minority-owned companies in our industry. Our team of service-driven, energetic, and diverse professionals is well-respected in our industry and our leadership team is aligned and focused on taking the company to the next level. If you're looking for a new opportunity where you can truly make a difference, we hope you'll apply for a position with us.

Job Summary

Champion supplier diversity initiatives and ensure requirement distribution alignment to goals. Perform supply base analysis, create recommendations, and obtain sign-off on strategies to drive optimization, savings, diversity, and other goals. Drive change management within supplier strategy by using data to understand the situation at hand and effectively communicate the benefits of adopting a new strategy. Lead preparation (analysis and accompanying slide decks) for quarterly supplier management review with program & client leadership. Lead supplier scorecard meetings and prepare supporting materials (analysis, messaging, scorecard PDFs, etc.). Creation of Tableau reporting to enable Supplier Strategy and account teams to track supplier performance, compliance, and operational activity. Support internal & client supplier summits. Support vetting & onboarding of new suppliers. Support compliance audits and discussions with suppliers. Track and follow-up on action items from supplier meetings. Collect information from internal & external stakeholders to gather a full understanding of problems at hand, draw conclusions, and make recommendations to remediate the situation. Support rollout of new supplier management tool within supplier onboarding, contact management, and reporting.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with a major in MIS, Business Analytics, Economics, or Finance preferred. Advanced Excel skills. Ability to complete advanced analysis and effectively communicate results / recommendations. Tableau or other similar BI tools. 5+ years in an analyst role, preferably supply chain or procurement related. Ability to translate business problems into requirements for analysis.

Core Competencies

Ownership. Support creation of account specific supplier strategy & onboarding (ex. supplier portal management, distribution list updates, QBR content). Own supplier relationships and alignment to strategy / data at the account level. Client supplier management relationship at day-to-day level. Strategic. Work with MSP operations to create and establish supplier strategy for the account. Determine distribution and management approach in accordance with client and program goals. Operational. Identification and execution of analysis with increased complexity within supplier strategy. Alignment of supplier strategy goals to operational processes. Account specific Supplier Strategy goals (ex. diversity, rebates, efficiency).