National Sourcing & Contract Manager (MRO, Capital Equipment)-01023834

Description You are a forward thinking, strategic procurement leader who has a passion for category management, sourcing suppliers, contract negotiations, implementing and analyzing metrics, managing supplier partnerships on a national level and performance improvement. You will play a critical role in partnering with our Wood Products and Timberlands businesses with initiatives, by executing the best procurement strategy. You are a leader who can influence indirect teams and other stakeholders to maximize procurement performance and minimize costs. In this role, your primary responsibility will be to identify, plan, develop, and execute structured spend category strategies aligned to the Procurement Roadmap and business requirements. To be successful in this role, you will build relationships with key stakeholders, communicate and partner with all levels of the organization. You will need to be involved with and understand our current demand and replenishment practices. It is also expected that you will be well informed of changes in our industry that may impact our operational costs, customers, and products. Primary Responsibilities: Manage multimillion spend categories primarily related to (but not limited to): Maintenance, repair & operations (MRO) (power transmission, bearings, belts, electric motors, conveyor chains, gear boxes, cylinders, etc.), Mobile Equipment, respective spare parts, and associated reliability initiatives (forklifts, log-stackers, wheel loaders, engines, transmissions, grapples, chargers, battery packs, tires, etc.), various small Capital Projects, and other assigned categories. Including: Solicit RFx and conduct sourcing events Draft contracts in support of business requirements and procurement strategy Negotiate and award contracts (generate savings, mitigate potential price/cost increases, and generate value added supplier support) Establish performance expectations, and monitor supplier performance Cost management: analyzing costs, identifying cost saving opportunities, maintain pricing reports, conduct data analysis, update contract pricing on SAP Risk management, address supply disruptions, identify risks, and implement mitigation measures Manage contract lifecycle (expiration, renewals, amendments, terminations, etc.) Generate synergies by collaborating across Weyerhaeuser divisions Compliance with all procurement procedures, relevant laws, regulations and Weyerhaeuser policies. Monitoring market prices related to commodities embedded in managed categories Communicate timely relevant updates with numerous stakeholders across the company Pursue continuous process improvement on managed categories, and other processes Create multiyear forward looking category strategies for spend under management Create, maintain, and/or contribute to various procurement and materials management procedures, whether relevant to managed categories or as contributor to broader efforts Collaborate with the Procurement team, and numerous multi-functional stakeholders across the United States and Canada Serve as a subject matter expert regarding market prices, procurement processes, contractual expectations, and other workflows related to MRO and managed categories Plan, develop, and provide structured training sessions in support of Procurement of MRO, performance metrics, and Reliability's goals Support cost reduction efforts across the businesses and various plant locations Mentor procurement succession planning candidates