About this role
ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post. Job Summary/Purpose The Category Management Specialist is responsible for supporting the implementation of Supplier Commercial Excellence for the Corporate, IT, AI, and Cyber Security indirect sub-categories. This position leverages extensive expertise in supply chain, category management, strategic sourcing, and contracting to execute the end-to-end procurement and supply chain processes of plan-strategy-source-perform. The Category Management Specialist collaborates cross-functionally with internal stakeholders, such as business units, Supplier Development, Tax, Finance, Risk Management, Safety, Human Resources, and Legal, as well as external suppliers and industry organizations. The role is responsible for building and maintaining these cross-functional teams to create prioritized sub-category profiles, develop contracting strategies, execute strategic sourcing processes, manage negotiations, and implement and oversee post-award contract management. The primary objective of this position is to create value through the supply chain in terms of safety, cost, and performance, ultimately driving Supplier Commercial Excellence and delivering end-to-end value for the assigned portfolio of spend. Job Duties/Responsibilities Safety/Human Performance: Actively promote strong safety behaviors and ensure the team always puts safety first. Utilize key tools, programs, and proactive field visits to assure standards and behaviors. Monitor and influence suppliers to proactively identify any safety concerns. Incident Response: Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS). Category Strategy: Develop and execute category and subcategory strategies, checklist, manage spend and regularly track market trends, Ability to work strategically and tactically to deliver positive business results. Category Processes: Systematic process to review commercial, process, technical, risk management and sustainability strategies for product categories and subcategories. Supplier Management: Supplier management strategy in place, linked with supplier segment, category strategies, and business reviews to ensure supplier performance. Supplier Base: Supplier portfolio is regularly reviewed based on price/performance and cost structure comparison.