Category Manager - Business Services

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    Skills

    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Bid Analysisunmatched
    • Billingunmatched
    • Budget Managementunmatched
    • Business Analysisunmatched
    • Business Servicesunmatched
    • Category Managementunmatched
    • Competitive Analysis/Strategyunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Contract Requirementsunmatched
    • Cost Allocationunmatched
    • Cost Controlunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Operationsunmatched
    • Legalunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Operational Strategyunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Performance Modelingunmatched
    • Pricingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Procurement Strategyunmatched
    • Product Pricingunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • Riskunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Service Level Agreement (SLA)unmatched
    • Sourcing Strategyunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Total Cost of Ownershipunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Sourcingunmatched
    • eSourcingunmatched

    Description

    • Category Strategy and Planning

    • Partner with the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and business leaders to develop multi‑year category strategies for business services aligned to enterprise priorities.

    • Partner with business owners to forecast demand, define sourcing roadmaps, and align to budget cycles.

    • Conduct market intelligence on business service providers, pricing models, and sourcing opportunities.

    • Identify cost savings, operational efficiency, value improvement, and risk mitigation opportunities.

    • Strategic Sourcing and Contracting

    • Lead end‑to‑end sourcing events (RFx), including requirements gathering, supplier evaluation, bid analysis, and award recommendations.

    • Negotiate commercial terms, pricing structures, performance‑based models, and service frameworks.

    • Drive measurable savings through competitive sourcing, benchmarking, and renegotiation strategies.

    • Drive contract lifecycle including renewals, extensions, amendments, and rebids to optimize total cost of ownership.

    • Ensure contracts include compliant and enforceable SLAs, KPIs, audit rights, regulatory terms, and risk protections.

    • Vendor Governance and Performance Oversight

    • Provide vendor oversight for business service suppliers, owning commercial performance of vendors, including cost, value realization, and contract adherence.

    • Partner with business owners and/or vendor managers to ensure alignment between financial outcomes and operational performance.

    • Partner with Vendor Managers and Business Service owners to ensure governance, QBRs, continuous improvement, and issue resolution.

    • Partner with Vendor Management, Risk, Legal, and Compliance to ensure oversight and risk controls.

    • Financial and Value Management

    • Analyze business service vendor spend, utilization, and cost drivers to identify optimization opportunities; deliver and track quantifiable cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation across business service spend.

    • Validate pricing, invoices, rate structures, and cost allocation accuracy.

    • Develop business cases supporting vendor selection, cost savings, and transitioning services.

    • Support budget planning with Finance and business owners.

    • Stakeholder and Cross-Departmental Collaboration

    • Serve as procurement strategic advisor to business units across HMSA.

    • Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance, HR, Marketing, Facilities, and other corporate teams.

    • Influence decision‑making to ensure enterprise‑aligned vendor and sourcing strategies.

    • Guide business areas and stakeholders on procurement governance, contract requirements, and vendor best practices.

    • Performs all other miscellaneous responsibilities and duties as assigned or directed.

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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHonolulu, HI

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