The Senior Manager, Buying is responsible for replenishment operations leading a team of Buyers in their procurement activities. This position is responsible for optimizing the complex balance between cash flow efficiency, service level maximization, and compliance to manufacturer and customer agreements.

Responsibilities

• Places strong emphasis on staff development and growth by creating challenging work assignments, and providing mentoring opportunities with a group of supply chain professionals.

• Accountable for key business processes driving procurement activities and contributes substantially to the quality and effectiveness of the service level performance measures; ensures that performance results are continuously improving.

• Works with leadership to resolve open issues that impact other departments such as sales, customer service, operations, finance and contracts.

• Continuously reviews forecasting and purchase order placement processes to leverage and maximize service level objectives and minimize inventory investment and overstock creation.

• Recommends new processes in line with best practices to achieve desired outcomes.

• Assists in the optimization of items within the Cencora network through effective SKU rationalization and new item on-boarding.

• Monitors compliance to meet manufacturer contract requirements and provides subject matter expertise in contract negotiations with manufacturers.

• Accountable for training and validating that the buyers are meeting all expectations and requirements relative to all buyer activities.

• This role would be the primary back-up to the Director during any time that the Director is unavailable.

• Travel required for management of remote employees, vendor meetings, trade shows or as required by the business.

• Complies with all appropriate policies, procedures, safety rules and regulations.

• Performs related duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience

Requires broad training in fields such as business, procurement, administration, accounting, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree program; normally requires a minimum of five (5) years related experience in supply chain management with progressively increased responsibility.

Skills and Knowledge

• Proven track record for managing & developing teams

• Ability to work collaboratively across the organization and lead multiple projects of

• Outstanding problem solving skills and ability to apply the appropriate tools and level of analysis to a specific situations

• Ability to work with suppliers and customers in designing and implementing solutions that yield incremental value-added solutions in the supply chain arena

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Strong analytical and mathematical skills

• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail

• Ability to implement processes resulting in satisfactory audit practices

• Strong computer skills; SAP knowledge beneficial

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

$98,200 - 151,360

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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Affiliated Companies:

Affiliated Companies: AmerisourceBergen Sourcing LLC