Senior Manager Category Management / Strategic Sourcing

Title: Senior Manager Category Management / Strategic Sourcing
Location: Foster City, CA 3 days/week
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Pay Range: $100.00 - $107.91 USD hourly on W2

Job Description
Develop category strategies to deliver value by achieving cost savings and improving quality and service levels by identifying opportunity areas such as standardization and supplier consolidation
Oversee all spend activity and purchase requests for assigned category areas and determine proper action plan for all purchases that meet the procurement involvement threshold
Provide category subject matter expertise to the associated business group and Procurement functions
Support Commercial category strategies with spend analytics, supplier benchmarking, and RFP execution support
Coordinate Commercial supplier communications, data gathering, and performance tracking
Effectively work with Procurement Business Partner and business groups as a trusted advisor to determine desired product/service specifications and projected demand when making recommended action plans
Consult with cross functional teams to execute strategic sourcing projects for assigned category
Collaborate with Procurement functions and business groups to ensure that all spend above established thresholds are managed strategically
Collaborate with Procurement colleagues including Supplier Inclusion and Procurement Operations to create standard and repeatable process to integrate business diversity and responsible procurement into overall value proposition
Drive use of sourcing and procurement best practices and standardization of processes while minimizing supply risk
Ensure the company has good supply market understanding and works with the business teams to provide input for creating innovative win win customer and supplier strategies
Proactively identify improvement opportunities for assigned category and recommend key actions to the appropriate stakeholders
Combine all spend information into yearly plans and long-term forecasts for costs, savings targets, and planned projects
Execute initiatives to classify suppliers and manage supplier relationships according to defined supplier relationship management standards.
Education
Bachelor s Degree. MBA preferred
Experience
5+ years Strategic Sourcing/Procurement experience, Category Management, Contract Negotiation, Performance Measurement, Contract Negotiation, Project Management, Business Analysis, Change Management experience
Skills
Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing methodology with pragmatism to manage exceptions
Ability to develop category and sourcing strategies by identifying opportunity areas
Track record of effectively directing and leveraging procurement spend in assigned category areas by leading global cross functional teams
Experience managing and maintaining strong supplier relationships
Strong leadership presence and negotiation/contract management experience
Extensive knowledge and experience with procurement/spend systems data and analysis
Strong interpersonal and leadership capabilities to develop sourcing team
Ability to apply change management and consulting skills/knowledge and expertise