Indirect Manager Job Description
Indirect manager
provides QMS and lean manufacturing expertise to the organization for the development of associates, products, services and business processes.
Indirect Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Work closely with regional and global procurement team to implement global/regional strategies, support global projects
Review of VAT and Intrastat returns
Review of VAT account reconciliations
Task management of ERP (Oracle) and related Procure-to-Pay activities
Support strategic sourcing objectives through effective procurement of goods and services while building robust working relationships with business partners
Collaborate with stakeholder groups to ensure implementation of sourcing initiatives to realize procurement value
Manage e-procurement tool iBuy for internal requisition processing, and drive usage to improve indirect spend visibility
Develops and manages procurement plans necessary to ensure program success and in line with LCM process
Drive for Reseller and Distribution channel partner business development and sales
Development and growth of OEM partner business & sales
Indirect Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Indirect Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, CPSM, CPM, PMP, CPA, ISM, CPP, C.P.M, CPIM, C.P.I.M
Education for Indirect Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the indirect manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Engineering, MBA, Business/Administration, Economics, Education, Law, Technical
Skills for Indirect Manager
Desired skills for indirect manager include:
Business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
SAP
Regulations
Past
Rulings
Procedures and court decisions
Present and potential future tax laws
Vertex
Experience working in Canadian Indirect Tax
Oracle
Desired experience for indirect manager includes:
Management of Alliance partner co-operation and joint sales
Development and growth of SMB and territory sales
Preferably 5 years of leadership experience in channel business
Experience in leading a large organization through transformation and change
Language Skills – Ability to prepare clear, concise and persuasive communications in French, Dutch and English
Sales force development – Mentoring sales representatives to ensure optimum selling and aggregating sales performance and people development
Indirect Manager Examples
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Indirect Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an indirect manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for indirect manager
- Responsible for ensuring all Indirect Tax compliance obligations are met
- Managing junior staff member
- Provides total account business activity reports and monthly forecasts
- You will identify the top opportunities for savings and productivity for indirect goods and services
- Utilize and Champion the Strategic Sourcing method (7-Step Process) and applicable DBS Tools
- Do category and supplier research to understand the market as part of sourcing initiatives
- Lead or participate in negotiations of global or regional master agreements that result in preferential pricing, terms and conditions for the Coca-Cola system
- In partnership with functional leaders, identify areas where improvement is required then develop and lead global sourcing strategy for assigned indirect commodities
- Using consultative and change management skills, work with finance and budget owners to meet budget/savings goals by capitalizing on supplier opportunities and/or alternative ways of filling needs
- Negotiate to drive savings and uncover departmental needs/wants to capitalize on opportunities of cost avoidance and cost out
Qualifications for indirect manager
- C – Level Partnering - Assists in securing executive contacts for partners, and facilitates sales at the executive level
- Business Knowledge - Understands the intricacies of the channel business and the changing IT environment
- University degree above
- Expect less than 5% travel
- 5-8 years experience in the areas of property tax and indirect tax management, in etiher an accounting firm, or a large corporate environment, or both
- Experience with tax controversies, experience in addressing unclaimed property tax matters, are a plus
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for an indirect manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for indirect manager
- Develops strong cross-functional relationships with departments external to Procurement to achieve goals and improvement opportunities in a Continuous Improvement (CI) culture
- Collaborate with internal subject matter experts and engage them to actively participate in on-going sourcing efforts
- Track saving projects and report results monthly
- Putting together and reviewing RFQ’s, while coordinating proposal reviews with stakeholders during the bidding process
- Construct financial/qualitative models to assess supplier abilities at competitive price points
- Embrace and track supplier diversity spend by reporting performance annually to GSA and developing the small business subcontracting plan
- Track and update relevant commodity indexes as required
- Ability to coordinate and impact a geographically diverse workplace with multiple site locations and operations in LATAM
- Comfortable communicating and presenting at all levels of the organization
- Maintains reporting requirements and forecasts
Qualifications for indirect manager
- At least 8 years of strategic sourcing relevant experience
- Bachelor degree, prefer master and MBA
- Broad experience of Sales and Business Management (P&L Management
- Creative & Innovative - Drives innovative selling strategies among the sales force in recognition of changing sales dynamics and customer accessibility
- Bachelor degree above, computer science related majors are preferred
- Minimum of 3 years direct, complex solution software sales experience, preferably in the DoD with a smaller percentage of tie dedicated to commercial partners – 80% DoD/20% commercial
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an indirect manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for indirect manager
- Develop a comprehensive selection matrix which will be used by both Engineering and Procurement for all hardware needs
- Identifying and prioritizing procurement initiatives allocating the appropriate time and resources to ensure timely completion
- Sets up and delivers all training requirements for third party retailers in the markets
- Overseeing existing supplier relationships to optimize savings delivery through vendor negotiations and continuous improvement opportunities
- Act as indirect tax contact for specific business lines and projects, providing quality and timely guidance
- Directly managing account managers and sales specialists in a specific channel sales territory
- Participate in the design, development and implementation of the country's taxation strategies, inline with the Global guidelines continuously enhancing the role in improving Business performance and competitiveness in the market place
- To proactively represent and champion Tax & other tax related activities at all Sectors of J&J, fostering positive cross-functional working
- To ensure compliance with local statutory legal requirements
- Coordinate with the external and internal auditors, Govt
Qualifications for indirect manager
- Prospecting and developing a Greenfield - proven success prospecting, building a pipeline, moving opportunities through the sales cycle
- Basic knowledge of commodities
- Effectively work in cross functional environment eg
- BS/BA with 9+ years, Masters degree with 7+ years, or Doctoral degree with 4+ years of experience from accredited institution is a requirement, with major in Business, Finance or Economics preferred
- Expertise in multiple Professional Services categories, such as HR, Legal, Marketing and Consulting is required
- Knowledge of Lean and/or Six Sigma concepts highly desirable
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Indirect Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of indirect manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for indirect manager
- To maintain a highly compliant culture through continuous review of the processes and engagements with key stakeholder
- To lead change projects throughout the organization
- Be ultimately in charge of all commercial relationships with suppliers within the assigned commodity CAPEX, securing targeted levels of cost, quality, delivery precision, sustainability
- Form a long term strategy of how to deliver the greatest value for indirect sourcing in your assigned commodity and crafting a plan how to achieve it
- Drive value by implementing strategic sourcing and entering into cost efficient agreements that fulfil supply requirements, by using a systematic methodology and a continuous total cost of ownership focus
- Develops efficient processes for Indirect Originations ensuring competitive turn times and reliability
- Monitors and analyzes the loan portfolio reviewing for trends and potential growth or loss mitigation strategies ensuring profitability
- Monitors performance and coaches and develops team members
- Manage all aspects of supplier cost from IT suppliers
- Responsible for all channel marketing creative
Qualifications for indirect manager
- Knowledge of key contract terms and clauses
- Ability to assess risk
- Broad range of indirect category expertise
- Ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders, including Senior Leadership
- Bachelor/Master degree (preferably in economics or engineering)
- Business School and MASTER in Purchasing
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Indirect Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of indirect manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for indirect manager
- Manage print suppliers and agencies to ensure ROI and CSR
- Budget management and ROI measurement
- Cross functional working with Channel Partners marketing team to ensure all comms opportunities are spotted and maximised
- Managing Marketing through Indirect Channels – Carphone warehouse, Asda, Argos etc
- Work with Brand Specialist – Channel Marketing to ensure the portal is fit for purpose
- Actively leads the category strategy development process to ensure that the category needs of North American business units are met
- Establishes and leads cross-functional teams that are critical to designing savings initiatives related to materials
- Actively collaborates with Indirect Corporate Tower Category leaders and managers to ensure strategic objectives are aligned with the Regional Business Unit requirements
- Actively collaborates with branch operation leadership to identify and implement strategies which drive year-over-year performance improvements from suppliers providing products and services
- Actively collaborates with plant operation leadership to identify and design strategies which drive year-over-year performance improvements from suppliers providing Indirect goods and services
Qualifications for indirect manager
- 7 to 10 years of experience with a previous experience within in commodity management
- Sourcing professional background (5 years)
- Polish – a must
- Category Manager must perform functions with independence and judgment
- Good understanding of indirect tax principles
- C A with at least 5 years of relevant experience