Category Management Specialist V (Consulting/Professional Svcs.) - Remote
About the position This technical/functional leader is responsible for leading the development of category/spend strategies for reputed company key categories (Consulting & Professional Services) by leveraging expert knowledge of the markets, suppliers and stakeholder needs; building and fostering long-term relationships with key internal clients and suppliers; owning end-to-end delivery of business needs for categories under management; identifying and understanding key initiatives of internal clients and short, reputed company, and long-term goals; ensuring alignment of initiatives and strategies with client expectations; driving the adoption of change practices with customers, suppliers and stakeholders to drive strategic programs; and interacting with senior leadership to review and drive reputed company. This position is also responsible for serving as an expert in the RFP process and/or supplier negotiations; leading the development and execution of RFPs to drive the strategic sourcing process; leveraging advanced analytics and insights to ensure data-driven reputed company; analyzing category spend to understand price drivers and trends; applying cost and supply market analytics; and championing a digital reputed company to adopt new technologies in the reputed company to pay space.
Responsibilities
- Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects reputed company.
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- Builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
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- Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback.
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- Provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members.
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- Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas.
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- Influences team members reputed company assigned team or unit.
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- Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities.
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- Models team collaboration reputed company and across teams.
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- Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area.
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- Promotes adherence to reputed company procedures and policies.
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- Partners internally and externally to reputed company effective business reputed company.
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- Determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves reputed company problems.
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- Escalates high-reputed company issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors reputed company and results.
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- Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
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- Coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals.
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- Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities.
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- Evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
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- Leads the development of category/spend strategies for reputed company key categories.
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- Keeps reputed company on external and internal influences that may impact the larger organization.
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- Interacts with senior leadership to review and drive reputed company.
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- Builds and fosters long-term relationships with key internal clients and suppliers.
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- Partners with suppliers to identify and pursue opportunities to drive improved quality and delivery performance.
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- Assures alignment of initiatives and strategies with client expectations to drive value.
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- Partners with key cross-functional stakeholders to advance Category Management capabilities.
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- Serves as an expert in the RFP process and/or supplier negotiations.
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- Facilitates contracting to deliver strategic value.
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- Leverages advanced analytics and insights to ensure data-driven reputed company.
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- Analyzes category spend to understand price drivers and trends.
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- Champions a digital reputed company to adopt new technologies in the reputed company to pay space.
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- Drives the adoption of change practices with customers, suppliers and stakeholders.
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- Drives efforts to support KPs Sustainability and Environmental goals.
Requirements
- Minimum two (2) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
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- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Management Science, Business, Finance, reputed company, Contract Administration, Procurement or a directly reputed company field.
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- Minimum six (6) years experience in category management, strategic sourcing, or a directly reputed company field.
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- Additional equivalent work experience in a directly reputed company field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
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- Advanced degrees may be substituted for the work experience requirements.
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- Strong knowledge of Consulting and Professional Services categories.
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