Category Lead – Senior -
Location: Valparaiso, IN 46383, United States
Salary range: $50/hour-$65/hour
Job duration: 12+ Months
Qualifications:
- Contracting experience – 7-10 years- Intermediate to senior level- RFP – 7-10 years- Bidding & negotiations experience- Direct Experience, non-IT- Construction experience, large projects - Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or equivalent work related experience
• Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with others
• Experience leading cross-functional teams
• Ability to build support and consensus
• Proven financial acumen and analytical abilities Preferred: MBA
• Certified Procurement Manager (CPM)
• Three years of leadership experience
• Experience managing large supplier agreements
• Experience working in a Shared Services organization
• Supply Chain experience in the utility industry
• Knowledgeable in category management and strategic sourcing practices
Responsibilities:
- Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross functional category management teams to develop and maintain category plans and ongoing category performance
• Developing deep knowledge and experience within assigned spend management responsibilities
• Developing spend/performance and external market analyses to monitor category performance and identify performance improvement opportunities
• Developing spending and savings/performance improvement forecasts to monitor progress and ensure goals are achieved
• Developing plans to capture identified opportunities
• Defining category requirements through collaborative efforts with respective stakeholder groups
• Collaborating with stakeholder groups to develop consensus on the appropriate category plans and priorities • Leading performance improvement initiatives defined by the category plan including strategic sourcing and other performance improvement initiatives
• Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross-functional strategic sourcing/performance improvement teams as needed/prescribed by category plans to achieve savings and performance targets (e.g. reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership, meeting supplier diversity goals)
• Leading negotiations with suppliers as needed
• Maintaining critical supplier agreements including renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking and resolution Supplier Management responsibilities include:
• Developing and maintaining supplier criticality ratings and managing resulting critical supplier relationships
• Managing supplier relationships including conducting Quarterly Business Reviews with critical suppliers and company Executive Sponsors Stakeholder Management responsibilities include:
• Developing successful partnerships with key stakeholders / business partners to achieve desired results
• Developing and managing cross-functional category management and strategic sourcing teams as needed
• Collaborating with stakeholders to drive needed decisions to achieve desired results
