Category Manager

Where

Bloomington, IL

What you'll be doing

Develops an enterprise strategy for category of spend and identification of procurement and continuous process improvement opportunities within category. Promotes procurement concepts and educates internal business partners and peers on industry best practices. Collaborates with management to assemble sourcing teams with the necessary expertise and skills. Supports sourcing events as teams investigate and develop sources for products and services including diverse suppliers for assigned category. Exercises independent decision making and creativity in the development of sourcing strategies. Negotiates sophisticated, highly visible and high risk enterprise contracts and agreements. Provides training, coaching and mentoring to less experienced category managers, procurement specialists and other procurement associates. Demonstrates in depth knowledge of project management tools and methodologies. Assesses category opportunities and develops procurement strategies by analyzing enterprise spend, industry trends and other external factors related.Influences business partner to implement procurement strategies within category. Aids in the development of negotiation strategies for contracts in support of sourcing events. Works with project team to develop detailed implementation plans and resource requirements. Collaborates with business partner to establish measures and metrics to track performance within category, using total cost of ownership, return on Investment, and internal/external benchmarking as appropriate. Coordinates procurement activities of Enterprise Critical Vendors.Handles confidential information in accordance with company policy.

What your background should be

May be required to work outside of normal business hours and under strict deadlines. Position requires travel via commercial transportation and/or driving motor vehicles. Completion of enterprise approved Project Manager training curriculum is encouraged. Candidate will lead complex vendor negotiations, or may direct the negotiations of others. Contract negotiation experience is preferred. Candidate develops communication strategies to drive strategic messages. Understands the appropriate method, timing, and audience of messages. Speaks and writes effectively in a variety of circumstances.

Required Schooling / Training

Not Specified.

Who is the client company

The company provides insurance and financial service.

If you are interested in this position, send your resume to apply@kochdavis.com