Category Manager
What You Will Do
As a Global Category Manager you will be working closely with cross-functional teams to develop and lead implementation of global category procurement strategies for the Indirect Procurement Facilities/MRO categories. You will also lead both traditional and non-traditional supplier procurement activities, ensuring timely execution and focusing upon global solutions which improve services and reduce costs
How you will do it
As a Global Category Manager you will be working closely with cross-functional teams to develop and lead implementation of global category procurement strategies for the Indirect Procurement Facilities/MRO categories. You will also lead both traditional and non-traditional supplier procurement activities, ensuring timely execution and focusing upon global solutions which improve services and reduce costs
How you will do it
- Facilitate supplier procurement process and negotiations relative to business requirements and cost, maximizing JCI’s leverage and negotiation position
- Lead supplier contracting negotiations and execution, collaborating with corporate legal for escalation of certain risk-related terms and conditions
- Identify, develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to increase engagement and develop a robust procurement project pipeline
- For each procurement project, ensure project alignment and drive collaborative procurement efforts with the necessary cross-functional counterparts and matrix teams (e.g. IT, Risk Management, HR, Compliance, Legal, Real Estate, etc.) to maximize transactional efficiency and mitigate potential risks
- Identify, develop and maintain relationships with key suppliers to understand the suppliers’ current services for the company as well as additional capabilities
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of business and functional strategic roadmaps and resulting business requirements, as related to assigned categories
- Drive cost out targets for the supply management organization; calculate and report savings
- Drive compliance of enterprise agreements
- Assist with key supplier issue resolution and risk mitigation, as required
- Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of marketplace, benchmarks and industry best practices for assigned categories
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university is required
- Advanced degree in business, finance, and/or legal is highly desirable
- 8+ years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience is required
- Significant negotiating experience is required
- Operational and procurement experience
- Prior contracting experience (negotiation, implementation, management of agreements) is required
- Extensive project management experience and/or PMP certification is preferred
- Operational and/or procurement experience in most if not all of the assigned Indirect Corporate Services Categories is strongly preferred
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Marketing and Sales -
Industries
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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