Company
Alaska Airlines
The Team
Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.
Role Specific Details
The Manager, Supply Chain Management, drives strategy and leads a team of supply chain professionals focused on all phases of strategic sourcing, contracting, and supplier performance management, as related to aircraft materials and material repairs.
Role Summary
This role is responsible for executing on the strategy including leading contracting and supplier oversight efforts at Alaska Air Group. The role requires significant, broadscale negotiation experience to deliver required business outcomes via best-in-class sourcing and contracting deliverables. As a people leader, the Manager Supply Chain leads and establishes priorities for the team to achieve company and division goals, including project assessment, strategy development, vendor management, supplier evaluation, and negotiation of terms to meet quality, cost and performance targets.
Key Duties
Sourcing
- Manages the sourcing process, including strategy development, supplier evaluation and selection, vendor management and negotiation of terms to meet quality, cost and performance objectives for assigned divisions / teams.
- Serves as the main point of contact for administering RFx’s and executing contracts for the division.Utilizes data and analysis to develop and manage cost models to accurately forecast costs and project the impact of sourcing outcomes.
- Maintains and deepens the relationship between Supply Chain and operations leadership to ensure results meet company and division targets.
- Leads the 5-phase sourcing process.
Supplier Oversight
- Builds and manages supplier relationships to achieve strategic objectives and contracted outcomes.
- Provides commercial oversight of key supplier relationships.
- Leads supplier business review meetings, performance improvement plans and dispute processes.
- Drives proper and effective communications between internal stakeholders and suppliers.
Contract Administration
- Coordinates with Legal and other stakeholders to develop and manage the contracting process, including drafting key commercial terms and conditions.
- Standardized contracting agreements across common products and services to improve consistency and improve the speed of contract throughput.
- Documents and communicates proper business practices to ensure awareness of and adherence to policies and internal controls.
- Drafts commercial contract language, leads negotiations on key terms and conditions, and liaises with legal department and other stakeholders to finalize agreements.
- Administers, navigates, and leverages the contract lifecycle management system to improve internal transparency of contracts, including tracking of milestones and key conditions.
General
- Participates in strategic and operational planning on behalf of Supply Chain.
- Champions ‘best practices’ to help business stakeholders review existing processes to meet changing needs.
- Develops and uses metrics to design, develop and implement oversight programs to monitor supplier performance.
- Identifies process improvements to reduce cost and increase performance and efficiency.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
- 5 years of experience in negotiations, contract management, program management or related field.
- 2 years of leadership experience.
- Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business administration, supply chain, finance or related discipline, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
- Demonstrated use of strategic sourcing processes, including strategy development, RFP writing, and contract administration.
- Experience negotiating high-value and high-impact contracts required, specifically services-related agreements with Service Level Agreement components.
- Superior ability to present complex problems and situations to senior/executive leadership and to drive resolutions with limited guidance.
- Detail oriented and highly organized, with the ability to execute on multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines and work independently with limited guidance in a fast-paced environment where flexibility is key.
- Ability to draft contract language, negotiate, and influence others to gain desired outcomes within various types of agreements.
- Good judgement, with the ability to make recommendations based on imperfect information.
- Ability to build influence across departments around company strategies.
- Proven track record of sustaining strong customer/supplier relationships.
- Experience with change management and challenging the status quo.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum age of 18.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
- Experience with financial analysis of complex topics and proposals.
- Experience in key aspects of supplier management and oversight.
- Familiarity with airport operations and/or airline experience.
- Previous supervisory experience.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.
Starting Rate
Salary Range
$117,850 - $176,800 / year
Bonus
Salary Details
Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
- Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
- Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
- Generous 401k match program
- Quarterly and annual bonus plans
- Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
Regulatory Information
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.
We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.
To implement this policy, we will:
(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories; (2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and (3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
FLSA Status
Exempt
Employment Type
Full-Time
Regular/Temporary
Regular
Requisition Type
Management
Location
Seattle - General Office (GO)
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