**Job Description:** **Job Summary:** The Procurement Center of Excellence Manager job typically involves leading initiatives to optimize procurement processes across an organization by identifying best practices, implementing new technologies, standardizing procedures, providing training, and acting as a knowledge hub for strategic sourcing and supplier management, aiming to achieve cost savings and improve overall procurement efficiency while aligning with company objectives; essentially serving as the expert on procurement strategies and driving continuous improvement across the function.  **Job Responsibilities:** + Identifies the use of sourcing strategies, best practices, and initiatives that support improvements in supplier quality, total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, delivery, pricing, lead-times, payment, and risk compliance for goods not for resale. + Develops and implements category sourcing strategies including development and execution of request for information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP); documents bid events through correspondence to suppliers; develops selection criteria and drives the selection of suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional teams; conducts supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier management. + Seeks ways to streamline business processes; researches and provides information on industry category trends and best practices. Provides input to maximize value and optimize project efforts. + Uses current spend information/data and business knowledge to identify sourcing projects for individual subcategories and develops an overall cost reduction and cost avoidance plan. Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of business requirements and category ownership by creating and defending category strategies and decisions with sound analytics. Delegates analytic tasks to key support functions and synthesizes results. + Supports stakeholder management of supplier scorecards to measure supplier performance against agreed upon key performance indicators; supports formal management reporting to director and or, group purchasing managers and other members of senior management. Benchmarks, tracks, and analyzes performance metrics and sourcing trends on a regular basis to demonstrate continuous improvement and progress against strategic objectives. Supports implementation of supplier management programs with key suppliers including metrics, performance goals, and improvement initiatives. + Participates in strategic meetings with suppliers and business leaders to ensure execution of defined strategies. Manages on-going category supplier relations and identifies and drives revision opportunities within supply base. Acts as an escalation point for stakeholders’ supplier management and complaint resolution; conducts regular supplier meetings and implements improvement strategies with suppliers. Creates, nurtures, and enhances supplier relationships. + Manages category performance by adhering to internal Savings goals and reviewing financial models for commodity type items. Ensures spend portfolio for recurring spend is balanced through coordinated sourcing waves and leveraged with Capital project sourcing activities. + Drives consolidation of spend and seeks out synergies across Business Units where applicable by forming and leading cross-functional strategic sourcing teams to develop and implement category/commodity strategies and drive cost from individual sub-categories. Champions category review meetings with cross-functional teams to manage category performance. + Cultivates team morale, motivation, and loyalty through continuous training and mentorship, setting obtainable performance goals, proving clear communication and constructive feedback. About Walgreens Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities. Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions. The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com **Job ID:** 1556860BR **Title:** Manager, Procurement Center of Excellence **Company Indicator:** Walgreens **Employment Type:** **Job Function:** Merchandising/Procurement **Full Store Address:** 104 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015 **Full District Office Address:** 104 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05121-01104-2 **External Basic Qualifications:** + Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of procurement experience in OR High School/GED and at least 5 years of procurement experience + Experience working with business and/or procurement lifecycles and best practices. + Experience in negotiations and developing/executing strategies. + Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to develop strategies that meet department goals within budget and established timelines. + Experience managing projects and/or cross functional teams. + At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership. + Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state). **Preferred Qualifications:** + Proficiency with PowerBI and/or other data visualization tools. + Experience in co-creating Learning and Development curriculum for procurement processes and systems. + Subject matter expert for both Ariba upstream and downstream (Sourcing, P2P) + Functional experience with SAP Ariba and Icertis We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. **Shift:** **Store:**