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Job Description

Job Group: Management Job Family: Procurement Job Subfamily: Purchasing Job Location: United States

Job Title:

Manager Procurement

Job Number: 50001176

FLSA:

Exempt

Job Summary and Mission

This job contributes to Starbucks success by managing a team of purchasing professionals that develop, implement, and manage global purchasing strategies. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: Leadership - Setting goals for the work group, developing organizational capability, and modeling how we work together: - Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the immediate team of direct reports promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results. - Supports the implementation of company programs to ensure the success of Starbucks. Planning and Execution - Developing strategic and operational plans for the work group, managing execution, and measuring results: - Develops purchasing team goals to support departmental and company goals. - Develops strategies, schedules and work assignments to ensure that projects meet time and budget goals. - Leads strategic planning activities to ensure long term supply and cost savings. - Leads the design, implementation and utilization of measurement tools to evaluate business process effectiveness and supplier performance. - Plans and manages business unit/department processes and practices to ensure that programs are aligned with business goals and objectives. - Prepares, communicates and educates business partners and team on changes in procurement policies and practices. Business Requirements - Providing functional expertise and executing functional responsibilities: - Assesses critical information required to make effective decisions or recommendations for process changes. - Develops and implements reporting processes to communicate project status to project teams and other business partners. - Ensures that processes and systems improve service, gain efficiencies or improve quality and reduce costs. - Leads the design and implementation of global procurement strategies to support business requirements; to include sourcing, commodity management, negotiation, contracting, inventory control, cost and capacity analysis while aligning with corporate social responsibility inititiatives. - Leads the design and implementation of procurement processes and foundational procurement systems

across the global supply chain. - Manages strategic relationships with business units, functional areas and suppliers to support overall business requirements. - Manages the process for evaluating bids, negotiating contracts and monitoring supplier performance. - Provides technical or product expertise to suppliers and internal customers regarding commodities, products or services. - Uses problem-solving and alternatives analysis methodologies to assess the financial and strategic impact of business initiatives. Assesses critical information required to make effective decisions or recommendations for process changes. Partner Development & Team Building - Providing partners with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and building effective teams: - Challenges and inspires partners to achieve business results. - Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews. - Ensures partners adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements. - Oversees training and development of partners directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions. - Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve partner, business and customer results.

Summary of Experience

- Direct global buying experience to include sourcing strategy and negotiations in like commodity - Performance metrics development and root cause analysis - Project management, including project budget management - Cost management, including cost reduction or budget management - Managing teams, multiple purchasing functions and developing partners - Supply Chain Management fundamentals

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing - Ability to work independently and as part of a team - Ability to apply knowledge of multidisciplinary business principles and practices to achieve successful outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities - Ability to set priorities, manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and changing environment - Ability to lead, coach and influence cross-functional teams and direct reports - Strong ability to apply supply chain operations methodology to optimize impact of procurement on the supply chain - Strong ability to develop and implement global strategies, plans and sourcing activities at the lowest total cost of ownership - Strong ability to negotiate and influence - Strong ability in the use of strategic sourcing methodologies - Strong ability to manage supplier performance and is highly capable of driving continuous improvements with existing suppliers - Strong ability to analyze and create a positive impact to the direct and indirect costs and benefits of any good or service - Strong ability to educate partners on cost, service and quality drivers, market and technology factors, and their impact on commodities, products, and services - Strong ability to trouble-shoot data integrity issues within a Procurement system - Ability as a subject matter expert in applying broad business disciplines/knowledge to support procurement activities - Strong ability to enhance productivity and effectiveness through the use of proven tools and techniques - Strong ability to lead complex program and project efforts to completion - Strong ability to use program and project management tools and techniques

10 years 10 years 10 years

5 years 5 years 5 years

Job Scope

- Annual Managed Expenses - Direct Reports

Leadership Competencies

Setting Direction - Establishes and communicates a compelling and inspired vision, creates competitive winning strategies and plans, ensures department strategies are aligned with company strategies Leadership Courage - Willing to take a managed risk to drive the business forward Creating the Environment - Develops a positive, respectful, productive and professional work environment Building and Maintaining Relationships - Establishes positive connections with others so as to facilitate the attainment of business results Developing for the Future - Continuously develops the competencies of both self and others Organizational Savvy - Understands and effectively leverages the organization to accomplish business and unit goals Achieving Measurable Results - Consistently exceeds goals, dedicated to exceeding the expectation of internal and external customers

Core Competencies

Customer Focus - Delivers legendary service that meets and exceeds all customers' expectations Ethics and Integrity - Adheres to Starbucks values, beliefs and principles during good and bad times Composure - Remains calm, maintains perspective and responds in a professional manner when faced with tough situations Personal Learning - Takes personal responsibility for the continuous learning of new knowledge, skills and experiences Dealing with Ambiguity - Able to successfully function during times of uncertainty and changing priorities Decision-Making - Makes timely and quality decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience and judgment Interpersonal Savvy - Builds effective relationships with all people; up, down and sideways, inside and outside of Starbucks Results Oriented - Gets results and achieves goals

All Starbucks Job Descriptions are confidential and proprietary, and are to be handled in accordance with the Starbucks Standards of Business Conduct. Accordingly, job descriptions cannot be shared with individuals outside of the company without the written permission of the director Compensation, Starbucks Coffee Company.

>$50 M 6-10

Job Description Effective Date: 06/02/2008

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