Category Manager

Job description

Company: Highmark Health Job Description: JOB SUMMARY This job has enterprise-wide responsibility for creating and driving strategic sourcing for an assigned category of spend while building strong client business-oriented relationships by contributing to client strategy and objective setting. The incumbent acts as a strategic business partner, interfacing at the Director levels of the company, providing leadership in the designated spend category for category strategy/plans, strategic sourcing and other strategic procurement processes such as supplier relationship management, spend performance management, demand and compliance management, internal spend and external market analysis, and category governance. Collaborates with key stakeholders on the development and implementation of annual and multi-year category strategies in order to achieve category goals, achieve business strategies and deliver sustainable category value. This position has significant financial and enterprise risk mitigation responsibilities. This is a hybrid based role in Pittsburgh, PA - onsite 3 days a week (T, W, Th). ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: - Lead creation and implementation of sourcing and demand mana...