Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Analysis
Description
Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.
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We believe that inclusion helps us thrive and grow at United across our collaborative Finance teams consisting of Financial Planning & Analysis, Internal Audit, Treasury, Global Procurement, Controllership, Investor Relations and more. These teams provide the financial fuel that keeps our operation running from providing detailed analyses of financial planning, performance, and forecasts to managing our investments and financial strategies. Our Finance team plays an integral role in making our airline profitable and successful by meeting our financial goals.
Key Responsibilities:
The Global Sourcing organization at United Airlines is responsible for procuring goods and services and developing/ managing relationships with third-party providers with the objective of reducing total cost and risk to the company while improving levels of quality, service, and technology.
- The objective of this manager role is to support the entire Global Sourcing organization with a variety of strategic sourcing and special analytics projects. The position objective is to lead cross-functional teams through an established, sourcing methodology designed to deliver Total Cost of Ownership savings across the enterprise. This role will be responsible for leading existing procurement teams and affected division stakeholders through the Total Cost of Ownership process and will be accountable to driving incremental savings across the enterprise. In addition, this role is designed to build the internal capabilities of the Procurement division and will be instrumental in transforming current business model for sourcing which is an important element of the enterprise cost reduction efforts. This role will have direct managerial responsibility of analysts in United’s offshore India office.
- Participate in cross functional team responsible for managing and executing TCO methodology across direct and indirect enterprise category spends
- Execute strategic sourcing efforts such as RFI/RFP/RFQ's or other selected strategies; lead the development of all related materials (bid documents, pricing matrix, project plan, stakeholder interviews, etc.)
- Benchmark current internal processes & external markets to identify opportunities and develop strategies to capture identified gaps
- Act as a consultant and lead process-improvement initiatives for the Global Sourcing department; Process map current-state processes (such as RFx, catalog & contract management, etc.), and develop standardized future-state processes
- Manage an offshore team of analysts, providing guidance and extracting valuable output on all above-mentioned responsibilities
- Effectively manage relationships with all internal and external stakeholders
- QualificationsWhat’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Analytics, Supply chain or another business-related field
- 4+ years of consulting, sourcing, finance, or data analytics experience
- Highly analytical with excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Works well in high-paced cross-functional environment
- Good business acumen and demonstrated capability of managing complex projects
- Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills
- Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
- Authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
- Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
- What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
- MBA or Master’s in Data Analytics
- Management consulting experience
United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact [email protected] to request accommodation.
The base pay range for this role is $99,750.00 to $135,960.00.
The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.
You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.
United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact [email protected] to request accommodation.
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