Procurement Category Manager - Tools, PPE, Fleet

Our client, a national leading electrical construction company is looking for their next Procurement Category Manager for Small Tools, PPE, and Fleet to join the team during an exciting time of unprecedented growth. The Category Manager can office in either Austin, TX or the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Metroplex area. The Category Manager will develop and implement procurement category strategies for critical equipment, gear, commodities, lighting or other spend categories as assigned, which are in alignment with Projects objectives for cost, quality, and schedule.

You’ll bring your experience from the electrical construction industry in areas such as Switchgear, Generators, Transformers, UPS’s, Transmission & Delivery, etc. You'll be able to form, lead, and oversee teams of subject matter experts that will define and implement new or enhanced business or technology processes, initiatives, and projects to deliver added value within and outside of Procurement. Your main focus will be on achieving the best value while improving efficiencies throughout the procurement process from estimate to contract close-out to drive savings and efficiency across the company.

• Pursue defined Category Management (CM) strategies to ensure competitive advantage for Rosendin and to position Rosendin as a market leader and preferred client of our key Vendors.
• Incorporate business requirements into sourcing plans, RFPs, and category strategies.
• Gather, interpret, and use complex data to develop actionable steps that will improve processes and optimize results to support category strategies.
• Oversee the development and delivery of effective negotiation and contracting strategies for strategic suppliers.
• Develop comprehensive implementation plans to execute category strategies with stakeholders and end users.
• Negotiate and review NDAs, Contracts and Agreements with key Vendors.
• Lead change management efforts at senior management levels and contribute to company growth through innovation strategies.

• Expertise in procurement, estimating, business, and leadership.
• Demonstrated experience developing procurement category strategies.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating contracts with vendors and leading cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience creating project management plans that specify charter, scope, cost estimates, schedule, milestones, and target dates, and risk management plans.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated, driven to succeed, strong critical thinker, and able to think and communicate in terms of process flow.
• Foster relationships with suppliers and manufacturers to create short-term and long-term value for the company, with a principal objective of achieving the optimal solution and total cost of ownership that meets the business’s goals, supported by performance benchmarks.
• Perform Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance and add value.
• Lead Local business reviews with strategic suppliers to ensure performance against contracted obligations and business unit expectations.
• Assess current and future business processes for best work practice, and/or technological fit based on external market and industry practices.
• Closely monitor and conduct research on the global supply market with regards to indices, trends, target demographics, pricing, Vendor capacity, Vendor news, industry news and new product developments.
• Keep stakeholders informed of any changes in the market and ensure that strategies for assigned categories evolve to adequately address changing market conditions.
• Proactively challenge current procurement, estimating, and cost tracking practices to drive improved results.
• Support Estimators and Project Managers with developing bids and executing Contracts involving, switch gear, transformer, generators, UPS, ATS, PDU, and STS.
• Perform technical and commercial analysis of specifications and bids to ensure best value and reduce risk.
• Build wide and effective networks of…