Senior Category Specialist - Lighting

Job description

SUMMARY: Mortenson is currently seeking a Senior Category Specialist - Lighting that will provide development, implementing, and managing sourcing strategies for specified categories or group of categories. This role will focus on optimizing costs, quality, and delivery while improving Supply Chain efficiencies and maintaining supplier relationships. Locations: Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL: RESPONSIBILITIES: - Assist in development and implementation of Category Strategy for Assigned Categories by identifying and engaging with internal stakeholders across engineering and operations to capture category requirements - Assess potential opportunities for categories including spend segmentation, category maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis - Develop Sourcing Strategy for categories detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits - Support Annual Category Reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and risk mitigation strategies - Manage Relationships with Key Suppliers by supporting the development of supplier business reviews, monitoring supplier’s quality and delivery performance and leverage supplier relationship to assist buyer...