Head of Innovation & Business Planning

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to "activate awesome" and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

Note: IT/Digital Sourcing Experience Required

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for sourcing/procurement related activities and processes associated with the acquisition of products and services for the IT and Digital business functions. This includes requirements gathering, creating and issuing Request for Proposal (RFP), proposal evaluation, contract negotiations, contract drafting and administration with the goal to improve spend and quality performance. This role supports Senior Managers or Directors and ensures compliance with 7-Eleven sourcing policies and processes. You will partner with business stakeholders and suppliers to execute procurement/sourcing activities while building collaborative relationships to deliver improved cost and service levels.

The ideal candidate must have demonstrated experience in Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier & Contract Management.

Executes 7-Eleven sourcing processes which include data/spend analysis, strategic planning and market research, scoping, bidding, contract negotiations and execution, compliance, and supplier management activities for assigned categories.

Build and maintain collaborative relationships with cross functional stakeholders to develop and execute sourcing processes that support business goals

Build and execute various RFx/sourcing events, performing bid analysis and providing feedback to stakeholders and collaborate on negotiation strategies.

Manage suppliers/contractors based on specifications and contractual requirements to ensure effective execution, implementation and prompt resolution of any issues that may arise.

Negotiate contracts and contract renewals with suppliers to source/procure products or services needed for categories to optimize spend, reduce risk, achieve favorable terms and drive towards optimized total-cost-of-ownership.

Support onboarding of new suppliers and product setups, ensuring compliance and efficient integration through supplier and new item set-up processes. Troubleshoot and resolve operational and supply chain challenges to ensure timely product availability, consistency and performance.

As needed support forecasting and demand planning with suppliers and stakeholders to support day to day business as needed.

Ability to support legal in key contract negotiations such as pricing, performance measures, and breach of contract remedies and termination options.

Demonstrate ability to build and analyze financial models to evaluate proposal scenarios and present recommendations in a clear and concise format.

Ability to solve problems by assessing the situation, leveraging data where applicable, identifying root causes and developing potential solutions. ability to quickly learn details of new business challenges and identify dependencies and impacts of other key initiatives.

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) strongly preferred.

YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: 5+ years

The successful candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Business Administration, or Engineering. MBA or equivalent background is preferred.

Strong organizational skills, understanding of legal aspects, negotiating skills, purchasing terminology, cost analysis, and legal compliance regulations

Experience and background in Informatics and Cloud technologies, with hands‑on experience negotiating SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS contracts. Solid understanding of a wide array of IT contract forms including SaaS, Cloud, Software licensing, Software maintenance, MNDA, SaaS, End User License, Subscription, Cloud Services, Managed Services, Support Agreements, MSA, DPA & SOW's.

A clear understanding or drive to learn software, hardware & services procurement procedures. (Proficient with MS Office suite – including MS Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long‑term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.