Job Description

Job summary:
The Manager, Procurement Center of Excellence works under the direction of the department head or assigned designee on specific projects to support strategy and development of Procurement procedures, processes, and tools across Walgreens. Contributes in planning, development, management and implementation of strategic initiatives to drive improvements in operational efficiency, simplify business procedures and digitize processes. Sustains the continuous growth of procurement by pursuing simplicity, standardization, improvement upon Procurement spend and data knowledge and by exploiting opportunities offered in new technologies and industry best practices. Assists with ensuring cross-divisional strategic and information system alignment, generates effective communication, builds stakeholder relationships, and maintains objectivity and equity among coworkers, stakeholders, and suppliers.

Job Responsibility:

• Assists in creating strategies for procurement procedures, processes and tools across Walgreens, Boots and Alliance Healthcare.
• Acts as a Center of Excellence advisor and assists in developing a robust Learning and Development strategy and materials to drive compliance and efficiency across Walgreens for goods not for resale.
• Develops and communicates creative rollout strategies, change management plans, training, reports, policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Assists in the development of the professional competency and technical capability of the category team and managers to maximize individual impact and positive contribution to procurement sourcing and category management
• Creates strategies, tools, and guidelines to improve access to procurement processes, analytics and insight across Group Procurement and wider Group. Provides thought leadership to Group Procurement colleagues to develop robust category strategies by sharing industry best practices.
• Assists with the coordination of multiple Procurement Transformation work streams to ensure consistency across vision and strategy, policy and process, technology and organization.
• Assists in the development of cost-benefit, return-on-investment, and business case analysis to aid in decisions on program investments and system implementations where applicable.
• Proactively seeks new opportunities to add value, through a deep understanding of procurement practices, economics, market, and technology trends.
• Analyzes requirements and complex procurement situations to formulate solutions to problems.
• Develop and mentor staff through on-boarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes; fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace.

“About Walgreens and WBA
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170 year heritage of caring for communities. WBA’s purpose is to create more joyful lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving nearly 10 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those that drive equitable access to care for the nation’s medically underserved populations. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in communities nationwide.”

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.

"An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans".
 

External Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor degree and at least 2 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, operations process experience, communications, training development, process improvement, process implementation, and/or strategy development OR High School/ GED and at least 4 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, operations process experience, communications, training development, process improvement, process implementation, and/or strategy development.
• At least 2 years of experience in category management, operations, supply chain, strategy, process improvement/implementation, training, communications, and/or applying procurement practices/strategies.
• Experience designing and building training materials and comfortable speaking in front of small and large groups, as well as facilitating and setting up meetings.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community and with vendors.
• Experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Willing to travel up to/at least (10%) of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree and at least 5 years of procurement process experience OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 8 years of procurement process experience.
  • Proficiency with PowerBI and/or other data visualization tools.
  • Experience in co-creating Learning and Development curriculum for procurement processes and systems.
  We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
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