Vice President, Purchasing

AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, owns or controls a collection of companies including facilities such as STAPLES Center, Toyota Sports Center and many others.

Position Overview:      

The Vice President, Purchasing is responsible for strategic volume purchasing of goods for the company.  This individual will develop a centralized model for sourcing and managing a wide network of suppliers who will assist the company in driving its sustainability initiatives through its purchasing power.

The individual will also be responsible for driving process and systems improvements/ controls and purchasing activities with the goal of optimizing the contribution to operating profit. The individual will direct the usage of resources in such a way that the purchasing and procurement processes are always as effective as possible. This position reports directly to the Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer.  

Responsibilities:

• Major contributor to the organization's productivity and success via strategies to reduce and avoid cost, as well as assure the timely receipt of materials.
• Ensures that the successful strategy criteria will include best value and volume pricing terms and conditions, in addition to payment provisions and technical performance requirements that conform to the business unit's specifications.
• Oversee the selection of suppliers that meet our business requirements and direct all vendor negotiations to guarantee favorable contract terms and conditions.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously advance procurement and planning procedures for the organization. These actions should represent best practice procedures for the resources available now, but should also be scalable to the larger organization that we are becoming.
• Manage all aspects of the department in order to achieve performance excellence in support of the organization's strategic and tactical objectives, including supporting the Director of Supplier Diversity and his staff in the development of the procurement equity program; supporting and driving the company's sustainability initiatives; managing existing and future reciprocal sponsorship and founding partner agreements (e.g., STAPLES Business Advantage , The Home Depot, Olevia, etc.) and working with The Anschutz Company sourcing and purchasing teams.  
• Support the development of minority business to business development through the Supplier Diversity initiatives.
• Provides systems and tools that create a positive experience for vendors, making it easy to do work for the company.  Develop and maintain high quality purchasing systems - e.g., vendor self service, e-procurement, vendor master maintenance, etc.
• Manage suppliers by use of formal Key Performance Indicators ("KPI's") on a quarterly basis.
• Create and maintain meaningful analytics such as cost of non-compliance to standards, productivity measurements and quality measurements.
• Maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements and ethical standards related to purchasing and procurement.
• Recruit, coach and develop staff with the objective of monitoring and continually improving the capabilities of the purchasing staff, to optimize individual performance and improve efficiencies, processes, and overall lower costs.
• Communicates effectively and continuously, aligning employees with organizational goals and develops employees through guidance and training
• Other projects, functions, and duties as may be assigned by management.

Qualifications: 

* BS/BA in related field. 
*Minimum of 10 years purchasing experience within a dynamic, high growth and  complex business environment. 
*Experience in taking a manual environment and developing an automated environment is highly desirable. 
*Experience developing volume purchase agreements and sponsorship reciprocal agreements required.
*Minimum of 5 years managing and developing subordinate staff. 
* Masterful negotiation, analytical, and vendor relationship management abilities.
* Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to work with cross-functional internal and external teams. * Superior decision making, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
* Excellent organizational and time management skills necessary to meet deadlines and multitask.
* Demonstrated ability to partner with domestic and international teams helpful;
* Computer skills to include excellent knowledge of JD Edwards, Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

TO APPLY:      

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