This position reports into our Support Office in Phoenix, AZ. Hybrid schedule in office Tuesday-Thursday.
The Senior Procurement Manager – Center of Excellence (COE) plays a key leadership role in advancing procurement capabilities across the organization. This role is responsible for overseeing vendor management governance, central resource planning, and the optimization of procurement tools and technologies. As a people manager with one direct report, the individual will provide mentorship and direction while driving operational excellence, process standardization, and digital enablement across the procurement function.
Overview of Responsibilities
- Oversee the governance and continuous improvement of vendor management processes, including onboarding, segmentation, performance tracking, and risk mitigation.
- Manage the procurement technology ecosystem, including e-sourcing platforms, contract lifecycle management (CLM), supplier portals, analytics and reporting tools.
- Collaborate with IT, Finance, Legal, and Category Managers to ensure tools and processes align with business needs and compliance requirements.
- Drive procurement resource planning, including workload balancing, capacity modeling, and skills development across the sourcing organization.
- Develop and maintain procurement dashboards and report to track KPIs, savings realization, and supplier performance.
- Lead initiatives to standardize and automate procurement processes, templates, and best practices across the enterprise.
- Support change management and training efforts related to procurement systems and process enhancements.
- Oversee the development and execution of supplier scorecards, performance reviews, and corrective action plans.
- Ensure consistent application of vendor governance policies across all categories and business units.
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Qualifications
- Experience in a Center of Excellence or shared services procurement model.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in procurement or sourcing, with at least 2 years in a people management role.
- Strong understanding of vendor management, procurement operations, and technology platforms (e.g., Ariba, Coupa, SAP, Jaggaer).
- Proven experience implementing or managing procurement tools and digital transformation initiatives.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
- Strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with supplier risk management, ESG tracking, and compliance frameworks
Benefits
In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:
- Competitive pay
- Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
- Vacation accrual plan
- Opportunities for career growth
- 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
- Flexible schedules
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
- Company paid life insurance
- Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!
Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits:
- Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
- Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
- Health Savings Account with company match
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
- Company paid short-term disability coverage
- Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
- Paid holidays
Get Paid Every Day!
Sprouts Farmers Market offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible employee, you’ll be able to transfer the money you’ve already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free. We offer DailyPay so you don’t have to wait for payday to access the money you’ve already worked for. With DailyPay, you can see how much you’ve made every day and you can transfer your money any time before payday.
You can learn more by visiting https://www.dailypay.com/partners/sprouts-farmers-market/.
Why Sprouts
Grow with us!
If you have a passion for inspiring people and a flair for fresh food, consider applying for a job at Sprouts! With a focus on customer service, our neighborhood grocery stores offer high-quality, farm fresh produce, natural meats, plenty of scoop-your-own bulk goods and much more in a fun, friendly, old-fashioned farmer’s market setting. Come grow your career in healthy living with a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and teams that pride themselves on empowering others along their journey.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Sprouts’ management reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.
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