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Category Manager

PublishedPublished: 6/14/2022

Job Description

Top things looking for:

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1) Experience in Nuclear industry

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2) Contracting experience

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3) Negotiating experience and Category management experience

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  • Conducts and documents market research and supplier risk analysis to verify the financial health of existing and potential suppliers
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  • Creates and maintains category plans.
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  • Develops and review performance data with suppliers. Works with suppliers to drive ongoing value discovery.
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  • Develops and sustains mutually beneficial strategic relationships with tier 1 and 2 suppliers.
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  • Leads cross-functional team through strategic sourcing process and development/execution of negotiation strategies for mid-complexity spend categories
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  • Leads the development of category strategies of medium complexity
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  • Maintains awareness of industry and market trends through ongoing research
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  • Subject matter expert for particular commodities or services
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Skills:

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  • Develops and manages one or more sourcing spend categories and manages all Tier 1 contracts associated with the category(ies).
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  • Develops strategic category plans to optimize cost savings, service excellence, diversity spend and total cost of ownership for the categories.
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  • Effectively influences stakeholders, including senior leadership, to achieve understanding, acceptance, and commitment of sourcing strategies. Works with Line of Business (LOB) to develop, source and negotiate major contracts.
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  • Plays a key role in Supplier Relationship Management / Scorecard process.
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  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and (Technical) Competencies Desired
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  • Ability to analyze and combine information from different sources and use logic to reach appropriate conclusions as needed to perform at the job level
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  • Ability to apply contract processes and procedures and relevant contracts and licensing - for example ESC, IBEW, tort, contract law - as needed to perform at the job level
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  • Ability to work independently with limited oversight
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  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products - for example Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access - as needed to perform at the job level
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  • Competency in relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
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  • Competency in building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
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  • Competency in building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
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Education Minimum:

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  • Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
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Education Desired:

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  • Masters Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
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License/Certification Desired:

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  • ISM-Institute for Supply Management CPSM-Certified Professional in Supply Management certification
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  • LSS-Lean Six Sigma Certification
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Experience Minimum:

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  • Experience in procurement, or related, 10 years
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Experience Desired

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  • Experience in contract management
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  • Experience in strategic sourcing, 10 years
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  • Experience in supply chain, or related, 10 years
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  • Strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
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  • Knowledge of the technical/functional aspects of the trade, occupation, or role as needed to perform at the job level
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  • Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
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  • Knowledge of database and information systems - SAP
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