Strategic Sourcing Manager

Barnes & Noble is the world’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. We operate over 600 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states and one of the web’s premier e-commerce sites, bn.com. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK® store.

We’re proud to be an industry leader, consistently recognized for excellence in quality and customer service in our stores and online at bn.com.

You have a can-do attitude and are willing to jump in to help wherever possible to solve a gap or need in the business. You are not afraid to ask questions, roll up your sleeves and dig where needed. You thrive on encouraging responsible spending, sourcing products needed by the business and overall process improvement across multiple areas of indirect procurement.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager as part of the Indirect Procurement team is responsible for sourcing for our Stores, Home Office and Distribution Centers. You will lead initiatives including vendor selection, onboarding and ongoing management, offboarding, RFPs, contract negotiations, pricing updates and rebate management, quarterly vendor and product reviews, and own the annual budgeting for the areas within your responsibility including fixtures, furniture & equipment (FF&E), office, DC and store supplies, and facilities & maintenance items.

Essential Functions :

• Category Strategy & Roadmap : Create and maintain multiyear sourcing strategies and roadmaps for FF&E, store supplies, home office and DC consumables, and facilities materials to meet store growth, remodel, repairs and operational needs.
• Sourcing & Supplier Selection : Lead RFPs, RFQs, supplier evaluation, and onboarding of new or replacement products. Identify alternative supplies and new product categories to improve performance and availability.
• Contract Negotiation & Management : Negotiate commercial terms, SLA expectations, lead times, warranty and service commitments; manage contract execution, amendments, renewals and compliance tracking.
• Pricing, Rebates & Catalog : Maintain, negotiate and update vendor pricing, manage rebate programs and reconciliations, ensure catalog accuracy across all systems with the purchasing team, coordinate pricing updates with internal partners.
• Vendor Performance & Reviews : Conduct quarterly business reviews and scorecards covering spend, on-time and in full delivery, quality, cost savings realization, sustainability, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Cross Functional Partnership : Partner with store operations, store planning & design, facilities, construction, DC operations & logistics, finance and creative to align specs, timing and commercial terms with business needs.
• Risk & Compliance : Monitor supplier risks, ensure regulatory & safety compliance for products and installations, implement mitigation actions when needed.
• Continuous Improvement : Drive sourcing process improvements, supplier consolidation where appropriate, green initiatives, and adoption of category specific best practices and e-sourcing tools.

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