Procurement Category Manager

Role Overview

• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders; building a robust understanding of mission critical priorities and requirements across spend categories and suppliers.
• Work collaboratively with geographically dispersed stakeholders to develop strategic category plans for the IT Software categories.
• Serve as the Procurement SME for your stakeholders and guide them on strategic sourcing and operational procurement processes.
• Communicate early and often. Proactively seek ways to reduce costs and improve efficiencies.
• Lead cross-functional teams through a disciplined sourcing process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant sourcing and negotiation experience of highly complex technology agreements across software categories
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency to tell the story of “what the data means”.
• Compelling collaboration skills that foster strong relationships with internal & external business partners.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications, G-suite and Sourcing/Procurement solutions for e-sourcing, spend analytics, contract lifecycle management (CLM) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P).

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k matching up to $7,200 per year
• Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
• Generous PTO
• Flexible work arrangements