As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status. **I. Job Summary** Directs and oversees purchasing function for one or more Market Areas in a region; manages and coordinates the procurement of materials, components, supplies, and services essential to the operation ensuring all policies related to the procurement of goods and services are relevant and upheld. Ensures purchases be of the required quality and quantity, at the most economical costs, and of timely delivery. Manages Procurement staff and reports to Corporate Procurement. **Location: 100 Brandywine Blvd, Newtown, PA** **II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned. **Area Support:** + Work across markets (creating regional centers of excellence) and take the lead on one or more enterprise-wide projects + Engage with Leadership as a strategic business partner to ensure continuous alignment of Area business objectives and financial goals with WM Supply Chain goals and objectives + Drive value to the Area through maximizing vendor relationships, expediting site sourcing requirements, creating regional supply agreements to drive better pricing, products or services and identifying and implementing cost savings/avoidance opportunities + Issue and manage cross-Market Request for Proposal (RFP) and/or Request for Quotation (RFQ) + Drive awareness of and compliance with WM Supply Chain policies and procedures + Lead implementation of Enterprise and regional Supply Chain programs including issue resolution related to Supply Chain programs, processes and vendor relationships + Direct and manage Supply Chain Area resources through leadership, experience and coaching + Collaborate with Sales Department to drive knowledge of existing WM partner suppliers to avoid potential reciprocity buying agreements + Train new Area employees involved in procurement of goods and services on WM Supply Chain processes and provide support as needed **Category Management:** + Responsible for managing one or more categories enterprise-wide. + Manages the business relationship between Waste Management and its strategic suppliers. Central point of contact for both internal/external suppliers related issues. + Sets direction & prioritizes projects/initiatives for suppliers as main liaison for all departments collaborating with suppliers. + Conveys Waste Management expectations to suppliers, establishes supplier performance criteria, and conducts formal supplier reviews. + With Procurement/Compliance team support, ensures supplier compliance to contracts and/or other specified criteria + Executes strategy with suppliers for the implementation of rollouts within a select category to support the field. + Establishes Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for all category products/services and continuous improvement/Shared Opportunity & Risk (S.O.A.R) goals. + Develops Supplier Management performance metrics and reports performance of suppliers. + Oversees and evaluates the impact of suppliers’ products/services on the field. + Facilitates the resolution of product/service-related issues from the field and home office departments after escalation process has failed. + Fosters and manages strategic relationships with internal/external customers and suppliers, external company counterparts, and industry and trade associations to garner best practices to continually enhance supplier performance management methodology **Strategic Sourcing:** + Oversees and participates in the procurement of materials, components and services, ensuring price value and stability, consistent quality, and expeditious deliver. + Guides, assists, and negotiates to satisfactory conclusion market area, regional or national purchasing contracts. Conduct vendor vetting to ensure preferred supplier alignment and risk management   **Contract Management:** + Act as contract liaison between Operations, Corporate Supply Chain and Legal team + Conduct contract risk analysis through reviewing and negotiating terms and conditions to better meet WM needs + Manage termination and renewals for market area, regional or national agreements/contracts. + Responsible for storing and maintaining all Area contracts and adhering to Corporate standards for management of national agreements. + Review lease or buy renewals for equipment right-sizing + Review primary vendors for contract compliance and service benchmarking requirements based on site feedback **III. Supervisory Responsibilities** The highest level of supervisory skills required in this job is the management of supervisory employees. **IV. Qualifications** The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job. Must Live and work in the US. A. Education and Experience Education: Bachelor's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience. Experience: Seven (7) years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement). B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements None required C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required + Good to excellent ability with MS office productivity tools. + Strong analytic ability + Able to teach others to extract information from data. + Able to communicate across all levels of the organization. Function well in a matrixed organization structure. + Ability to plan, organize and prioritize own work and that of others. + Thinks strategically. Applies new learning quickly. + Works well in team environment. + Able to coach and develop others. + Customer focused. + Bias for initiating action.   **V. Work Environment** Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the work day; Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely; Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely; Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely; Normal setting for this job is: office setting. Travel: 10-20%. **Benefits** At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site. If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click ""Apply.” Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran