Director, Sourcing

Requisition ID # 158964 

Job Category: Procurement / Supply Chain 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Position Summary

The Director, Sourcing leads the Contract Operations function within Supply Chain to deliver strategic value and operational excellence in procurement transactional contracting.  Responsible for providing direction for a team of contract professionals responsible for initiating, negotiating, implementing, tracking, and ensuring governance for procurement transactions for Gas Operations, Electric Operations, and Environmental and Land Management.  Works to enhance client experience with Sourcing by demonstrating aptitude in driving strategic value, operational and process excellence to meet business goals and needs. Collaboratively works with senior management, teams, peers, business partners and subject matter experts in developing and amending contracts that meet business objectives. 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business needs. The assigned work location will be within the Service Territory.

Reporting Relationship

This role reports to the Senior Vice President, Enterprise Service Delivery.

Job Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains effective partnerships with LOBs aimed at identifying and understanding the needs of the business obtain their feedback on the quality and costs of such services.
• Reviews and evaluates current business practices and identify areas of opportunity for improvement, including standardization, driving efficiency across the entire procurement process, focusing on spend reduction and service optimization.
• Identifies of organizational, operational, market and business process drivers based on ongoing monitoring of trends, conditions and other key performance indicators.
• Develops and executes short and long-term plans within the resource requirements and budget to meet department goals and objectives including cost savings, customer service, employee engagement, supplier diversity, green procurement and safety.
• Develops and implements policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards to promote cost-effective performance of all indirect sourcing functions and associated planning, management, and operating activities.
• Direct reports include multiple Sr. Managers & Portfolio Managers & Operations Managers. Through these direct reports, incumbents are responsible for all sourcing activity for the assigned areas of the business.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions.

Salary

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.  Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $167,000

Bay Area Maximum: $284,000

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 10 years of total sourcing or related industry experience; some positions may require technical/category experience.

Desired

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
• Project Management experience, Utility industry experience.
• 5 years of supervisor experience.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills required.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams is required.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills are required.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers required.
• SAP/SRM proficiency desired.
• Reviews and provides feedback on project deliverables for team members serving as a point of quality control. 
• Works with and leverages relationships with Officers, Directors, and Managers across functions to implement organization wide initiatives. 
• Demonstrates ability to lead multi/cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.
• Inter-organizational management of complex, strategic projects.
• Expertise in communication strategies and planning. 
• Demonstrated history of improving processes to create efficiencies within technical systems/tools.
• ISM-Institute for Supply Management CPSM-Certified Professional in Supply Management certification.
• ISM-Institute for Supply Management CPSD Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity certification.
• LSS-Lean Six Sigma Certification.

Salary : $167,000 - $284,000