- Develops and executes global category strategies and prepares, negotiates, manages, and coordinates agreements supporting assigned categories.
- Collaborates with business leaders in the establishment and execution of procurement strategies.
- Evaluates and selects suppliers in terms of quality, service, cost, and capability. Ensures competitive pricing and service model versus value proposition, industry trends and market dynamics.
- Prepares bid packages, conducts bidder conferences, creates statements of work, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates terms and conditions, selects or recommends suppliers, writes awards, and administers resulting contracts.
- Manages supplier relationship including pipeline development, relationship development, communications, supplier onboarding, and project handoff to operational area.
- Skillfully negotiates to achieve spend targets.
- Works with various functions within the company including other business units to coordinate requirements, facilitate contract co-terminations, and leverage spend.
- Administers and manages supplier contracts to ensure compliance, externally and internally.
- Keeps apprised of market trends and changes in business practices in the assigned categories.
- Tracks cost savings, cost avoidance, and cost increases.
- Performs various reporting and spend analysis to support business goals.
- Leads and executes key projects for the Indirect Procurement Team (examples: implementing a Contract Management Tool and a new Procure-to-Pay System).
- Other duties, as assigned.
- Bachelors degree and 5+ years of purchasing or related experience or equivalent education and experience.
- Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Office applications; Microsoft Excel expertise a must.
- ERP system experience.
- Experience in negotiating agreements and contracts with strong comprehension of legal and commercial terms and conditions.
- Solid knowledge of supply chain requirements, systems, supplier development, indirect procurement categories, and process improvement.
- Ability to lead teams and influence peers and other cross-functional teams; strong communication skills. Highly-developed interpersonal skills and self-motivated.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Able to travel up to 15%, including internationally.
- Must be able to lawfully work within the USA and have unrestricted work authorization for USA.
- Previous Six Sigma training, Black or Green Belt desired.
- Experience in developing and implementing category strategies.
- Advanced degree in Business Administration or Purchasing Management.
- Nationally recognized professional certification (Certified Purchasing Manager or Certified Professional Contract Manager).
- Experience in working with intellectual property concepts and contractual language.
- Oracle and Coupa systems experience.
- Business Objects Data warehouse experience.
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Category Manager - Shakopee, United States - Entrust
Description
Career Growth, Flexibility and Collaboration
Entrust is dedicated to keeping the world moving safely by enabling trusted identities, payments, and data protection around the globe. Headquartered in Minnesota, we offer our colleagues the ability to work globally, in a flexible and collaborative environment. Our team makes an impact
The Company: Entrust relies on curious, dedicated and innovative individuals whom anticipate the future and provide solutions for a more connected, mobile and secure world. Entrusts technologies and expertise help government agencies, enterprises and financial institutions in more than 150 countries serve and safeguard citizens, employees and consumers.
We Believe: Securing identities is most effective when we value all identities. We are committed to ensuring that, through diversity and inclusion, the many voices that make up our communities are heard. From unconscious bias training for managers to global affinity groups that create connections both within and across our enterprise, Entrust expects and encourages all individuals to accept and respect one another. And, of course, to be themselves.
Position Overview:
The Category Manager is a strategy setter, collaborator, project manager, and negotiator who applies strong knowledge of service offerings to Indirect spend categories for the company. This position will have accountability for spend categories, as assigned, such as Marketing, Human Resources, Sales, Finance, Information Technology, Operations, Facilities, and/or Legal. This position will also play a key role in rolling out key project initiatives for the Indirect Procurement organization. The ideal candidate must understand and have experience in project management such that services are effectively provided in support of the assigned categories. The right individual will also be knowledgeable in different procurement methods, as well as understand and negotiate the required agreements for purchasing those items.
Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications
About Entrust:
Entrust keeps the world moving safely by enabling trusted identities, payments and data protection around the globe. Today more than ever, people demand seamless, secure experiences, whether theyre crossing borders, making a purchase, or accessing corporate networks. With our unmatched breadth of digital security and credential issuance solutions, its no wonder the worlds most entrusted organizations trust us.
For US roles, or where applicable:
Entrust is anEEO/AA/Disabled/VeteransEmployer
For Canadian roles, or where applicable:
Entrust values diversity and inclusion and we are committed to building a diverse workforce with wide perspectives and innovative ideas. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, and we strive to provide an accessible experience for candidates of all abilities.
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Recruiter:
Steve Donahue
Entrust keeps the world moving safely by enabling trusted experiences for identities, payments, and data. We offer an unmatched breadth of solutions that are critical to enabling the future of secure data and networks and protecting trusted customer and citizen interactions. With more than 2,800 colleagues, a network of global partners, and customers in over 150 countries, its no wonder the worlds most entrusted organizations trust us.
