IT Category Manager - Spring, United States - ExxonMobil
Description
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future.
As one of the world's largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society's evolving needs.
our What and our Why and how we can
work
together.
About Houston:
ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups.
By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products.
It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company's ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.
The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.
Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world's top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
Learn more about what we do in Houstonhere
What role you will play in our team:
Job location is Spring, Texas
What you will do:
- Develop, own, and implement category specific strategies and guidance, aligned with business and functional stakeholder objectives and market conditions
- Conduct business, category and market research analyze and synthesize to incorporate strategies and commercial guidance, identify best practices, and promote innovation
- Deliver cost savings, cost avoidance, business, value chain and/or operational efficiencies leveraging total cost of ownership discipline as well as commercial intelligence including should cost models, benchmarking, and market indexes
- Analyze business and functional stakeholders needs and market trends
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key/strategic suppliers fostering open communication and collaboration
- Leverage and support supplier relationship management (SRM) framework to mitigate risk, improve performance and unlock value.
- Identify, achieve, and report on value, sustainability, and supplier diversity objectives
- Lead, coach and mentor Contract Owners, fellow Category Managers, business and functional stakeholders on sourcing and commercial best practices and tactics
- Actively contribute to developing and building commercial and sourcing skills within the category and across the Procurement organization
- Establish and directly negotiate and/or support negotiations of agreements with advantaged terms, best in class compensation, and strong supply security features
- Create and maintain category planning sites and tools to drive value for category
- Chair global category network calls to support dissemination of category knowledge, share best practices and market intelligence, and ensure alignment with global company priorities
- Develop Category Total Cost of Ownership models to support commercial activity
- Drive and steward business value and identify contract rationalization opportunities within the portfolio
- Monitor the selection and management process of current suppliers, verifying compliance with the policy
- Develop and maintain strong technical knowledge of category
About you:
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, or other applicable business degrees
- A minimum of 7 years relevant Procurement or IT experience
- Proven ability to identify innovative solutions and savings opportunities with suppliers
- Demonstrated experience with change management and in managing complex projects.
- Supplier Relationship Management experience
- Excellent negotiation experience, including terms and conditions
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with ability to interpret market data including using benchmarking and indexes
- Ability to assess industry trends, latest technologies, and best practices in a timely matte
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