Strategic Sourcing Category Manager

Job description

Utilize category specific expertise to work with business stakeholders to determine category strategy, optimize supplier base, conduct sourcing events, negotiate and support contract execution. Achieve savings targets and reducing spend while working with business stakeholders to meet business needs. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. - Category Management - Support the senior manager in defining and reviewing procurement strategy and project pipeline - Perform periodic financial reviews to assess category financial performance with the senior manager - Identify potential suppliers to extend payment terms, improve cash conversion cycle, and enhance gross margin - Implement supplier finance and discount programs with a focus on cash flow, interest payable, and working capital - Strategic Sourcing - Coordinate sourcing activities and manage analysts to achieve category goals - Coordinate sourcing strategy review and ensure that strategy documents are updated - Support the creation, execution, and communication of category management strategy for pertinent category - Drive internal compliance with policies, procedure...