As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community! Meijer Rewards • Weekly pay • Scheduling flexibility • Paid parental leave • Paid education assistance • Team member discount • Development programs for advancement and career growth Please review the job profile below and apply today! The Strategic Sourcing Specialist role is responsible to execute strategic sourcing initiatives in a specific category; work with business stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and specification of materials and service being sourced/ procured; provide customer relationship support and track vendor performance; and assess elements of the supply base and help define, execute, and support strategic sourcing and procurement decisions. What You'll be Doing: • Assist with the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting of category and spend data to build and maintain category spend and pricing databases. • Develop and issue RFX’s. • Lead basic and moderately complex sourcing events. • Review contracts, pricing, purchase orders, and service levels. • Perform value analysis and total cost of ownership analytical activities. • Monitor and report savings to Strategic Sourcing Lead. • Interview stakeholders to develop service specification levels. • Participate in cross-functional teams that will assess the opportunities and supply markets in order to develop, implement and institutionalize various sourcing strategies. • Maintain and help build supplier relationships. • Manage strategic category management processes, procedures, supplier and category segmentation, metrics/KPI development and application, scorecard format, contract management, etc. • Gathers and reviews data to support category management / strategic sourcing activities (i.e. specifications, statements of work, performance terms, and/or acceptance criteria) • Manage the sourcing process from analyzing the vendors proposals, communicating between stakeholders and determining a negotiation strategy. • Develop and execute pricing and contract negotiation strategies; understanding financial impact to all negotiations and assisting Strategic Sourcing Lead with negotiations and contract pricing and terms. • This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or require. What You'll Bring with You (Qualifications): • Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business or Supply Chain required, or equivalent job experience. • 1-3 years of experience in sourcing, contract negotiation, competitive price analysis, and purchasing. • 3+ years of experience in sourcing, contract negotiation, competitive price analysis. • Retail or Consumer facing industry preferred. • Superior quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. • Strong experience with use of analytical methods and tools. • Ability to function in ambiguous and/or time-sensitive situations. • Strong listening and interpersonal skills. • Self-directed, requiring limited guidance and / or structure. • Good communication and team skills. • Advance knowledge of Microsoft Excel. • Experience with SAP/Ariba a plus. • Aptitude for conducting wide-ranging research. • Financial acumen preferred. • Leadership and team building abilities. • Active curiosity—enjoy gathering and digging deeply into data to identify opportunities and risks. • Ability to develop communications and presenting to cross functional partners. • Strong organizational, planning, and time management skill with ability to prioritize multiple/competing projects and assignments.