Category Manager - Indirect

Category Manager I - Indirect

Mortenson is currently seeking a Category Manager I - Indirect that will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing sourcing strategies for consumables & indirect materials and services categories. This role will focus on optimizing costs, quality, and delivery while improving Supply Chain efficiencies and maintaining supplier relationships. Responsibilities also include managing the consumables purchasing team and ensuring the timely and cost-effective delivery of materials to meet timelines and requirements.

Location: Minneapolis, MN

• Develop and implement Category Strategy for Indirect Materials & Services Categories
  • Identify and engage with internal stakeholders across operations and business services to capture category requirements
  • Assess potential opportunities for categories including spend segmentation, category maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis
  • Develop sourcing strategy for categories detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits
  • Adapt the strategy as business, market, and economic environments change
  • Support annual category reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and risk mitigation strategies
• Manage relationships with key suppliers
  • Maintain relationship with suppliers at the Leadership level
  • Conduct supplier business reviews
  • Monitor supplier’s quality and delivery performance
  • Leverage supplier relationship to assist buyers with expedites as needed
• Manage financial success of category
  • Responsible for category financial results for assigned categories. Develop strategies to achieve financial and category initiative goals
  • Develop pricing strategies for project proposals
  • Lead monthly and annual category financial reviews with project information, metrics, forecast and strategy, if applicable
• Achieve material cost reductions for indirect categories
  • Initiate and conduct supplier contract negotiations
  • Responsible for defining negotiation strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiation targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
  • Closely monitor market drivers affecting the category including raw material pricing and availability, supplier capacity, industry disruptions and new products/services.
  • Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovering commodity inflation
• Effectively work and build relationships with people of diverse backgrounds and organizational levels
• Lead team members by example, offer effective coaching and feedback, and effectively manage performance
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, construction management or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in strategically managing and expanding categories and suppliers, with a strong background in indirect materials & services categories.
• Strong understanding of consumables & indirect materials and services purchasing processes and procedures.
• Strong business acumen with skills in strategic thinking and negotiation.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead people with experience in hiring, coaching, and mentoring a team of professionals to anticipate needs and achieve short and long-term goals.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Active listening skills and effective communication including openness to diverse input and feedback.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Current driver’s license.

• Medical and prescription drug plans with no additional cost vision coverage
• Dental plan
• 401k retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match
• Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves
• Employer paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• No-cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources
• Tuition reimbursement
• Adoption assistance
• Gym membership discount program

Base pay range: $102,000 - $153,000 (actual range higher for office locations: Denver, CO and Chicago, IL - 5%, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR - 10%, Washington, D.C.

- 12.5%).

Note: Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position. Must currently be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mortenson is committed to providing equal opportunities of employment (EOE) to all individuals, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status or any other legally protected category.