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Job Req Id: 30665

Description:

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.

This position will be located in: Fargo, ND

Application Deadline: August 26, 2025

Please note that the position may be filled before or after the listed application deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active.

Job Summary

Leads and supervises the day-to-day operations of the strategic sourcing team focused on both open market and alliance customer agreements. Leads developing sourcing strategies and goals to deliver lowest total cost of ownership and mitigate supply-chain risks for our branches and customers.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

- Leads development, communication and execution of sourcing strategies and goals for Border States branches and customers. Strategies include focus on both alliance customer agreements and regional goals defined for the open market.

- Executes defined sourcing category review strategies to deliver lowest total cost of ownership, rationalize vendor base and mitigate supply-chain risks.

- Negotiates supplier pricing and sourcing terms with an objective to ensure market relevant pricing for branches and customers.

- Works with customers and branches to establish annual total cost savings and single source reduction goals for Border States alliance customers.

- Leads company strategic sourcing events as needed based on customer requirements, or as market conditions require further due diligence on specific sourcing categories.

- Communicates sourcing strategies and results to key stakeholders includes market management, procurement, branches and customers.

- Coordinates and evaluates results of annual quotes renewals. Ensures market relevance in cost justification in vendor price changes.

- Drives the development of sourcing management, tools, and processes as changing business needs are identified for customers and branches.

- Responsible for establishing and driving accountability to team goals consistent with company sourcing, cost management, profitability, process improvement and customer service objectives.

- Provides key input in pricing & sourcing department strategic and operating plans.

Non-essential Functions

- Complete training as needed.

- Other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.

Qualifications

- Minimum of a four-year business, technical, engineering or marketing degree preferred or the equivalent in work experience.

- Previous leadership/supervisory experience preferred.

- Minimum 5 years pricing, sourcing or relevant work experience preferred.

- Advanced supply-chain, leadership or relevant certification/training preferred (e.g. CSCP, CPIM, Six Sigma, CEP, CSP, CPP)

- Advanced technical knowledge of SAP and Microsoft office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint) required.

- Ability to read, write and speak in English required.

Skills and Abilities

- Demonstrated ability to exceed expectations of job duties in current or previous jobs

- Ability to lead, coach, develop strong teams and attract top talent

- Ability to establish goals, set expectations and ensure accountability to results

- Demonstrated ability to drive team alignment to core/strategic objectives

- Strong knowledge and understanding of pricing systems, processes, procedures and methods

- Excellent customer service skills including consistent delivery of core service excellence expectations of being competent, accurate, responsive and engaged

- Demonstrated ability to problem solve and deliver solutions

- Ability to work independently and with initiative

- Advanced organizational and time management skills

Physical Requirements

Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day:

Occasionally 0 – 33% Frequently 34 – 66% Continuously: 67 – 100%

- Lift from Waist:

- < than 10 lbs. - Not at all

- 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all

- 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all

- 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all

- 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all

- 100+ lbs. - Not at all

- Lift from Floor:

- < than 10 lbs. - Frequently

- 10 to 25 lbs. - Frequently

- 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally

- 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all

- 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all

- 100+ lbs. - Not at all

- Carried for Distance:

- < than 10 lbs. - Not at all

- 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all

- 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all

- 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all

- 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all

- 100+ lbs. - Not at all

Physical Activity

Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:

- Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Continuously

- Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently

- Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Frequently

- Bending/stooping (downward and forward) - Occasionally

- Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all

- Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Frequently

- Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently

- Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally

- Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally

- Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally

- Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Continuously

- Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot, keeping the other in contact with the floor) - Occasionally

- Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally

- Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously

- Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously

- Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Frequently

- Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) - Occasionally

- Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) - Continuously

- Use of a computer - Continuously

- Use of a telephone - Frequently

- Hearing (Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Continuously

- Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) - Not at all

- Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) - Occasionally

Additional Information

This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.