Global Logistics Sourcing Manager
This role has been designed as Hybrid with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Responsibilities:
- Leads Procurement and Contract negotiation of complex logistics services in Surface transportation/ last-mile, Parcel, Warehousing and Brokerage service
- Responsible for optimising the cost of the assigned region & mode and managing significant financial spend budget for the assigned region.
- Accountable for executing the Procurement Logistics Partner strategy for the region.
- Creates multi-year strategies for logistics network optimisation across multiple stakeholders.
- Evaluate key market drivers of logistics cost & services and publish region & country-specific logistics market intelligence regularly.
- Builds strategic relationships and actively partners with multiple internal and external stakeholders and/or suppliers at the VP and SVP level regularly.
- Independently drives and executes HPE's logistics sourcing initiatives - multiple RFPs/ tenders/ contract negotiations in a year.
- Negotiates and completes contracts with highly complex and critical suppliers.
- Collaborates with peers as a team player in multi-modal, cross-region synergies.
- Curious learner, ability to commit and lead, pushes for better!
Education and Experience Required:
- First-level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced university degree preferred.
- Typically, 10 years of experience in logistics or supply chain or related function.
- Proven performer in the 3PL industry or Logistics Procurement function.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Extensive know-how of developing Air & Ocean Freight, Surface/ road transportation/ last-mile or Parcel or Warehousing modes.
- Deep knowledge of the logistics marketplace and commercial pricing of any of the logistics modes.
- Advanced ability to partner with logistics suppliers in forward-thinking strategic development and relationship building.
- Adept at negotiation of logistics commercials and timely management of contractual agreements
- Advanced analytical and data modelling skills.
- Ability to multitask and navigate between strategic & hands-on work effectively.
- Ability to close complex deals in a timely fashion.
- Advanced business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint) and supply chain modelling skills.
