Category Manager System Management and Card Services

Location:

Morristown, NJ, United States

Job

We Elevate... Quality of urban life

Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than two billion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day. As part of the Schindler team, you’ll discover meaningful work that enhances quality of life for communities, and contribute to making places more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all. By joining us, you don’t just become part of our success story;

you help shape the future and continue our rich legacy that started back in 1874.

Manages the category strategy and procurement activities related to system management and card services. Develops and implements sourcing strategies to optimize costs, ensure quality, and maintain supplier relationships. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to align category objectives with business goals. Monitors market trends, evaluates supplier performance, and negotiates contracts to achieve the best value and service levels. Supports continuous improvement initiatives and risk management within the category to enhance operational efficiency and compliance.

• Collaborate in partnership with SEC, vendors and other related stakeholders, toachieveprocess and efficiency improvements in compliancetomandated policies while mitigatingrisks andmaximizingopportunities. Direct the implementation of such actions to achieve sustained efficiency and financial improvements.
• Manage and maintain the Schindler ZPOC2 Catalog including resolution of SAP systematic issues to ensure efficient procurement processes, plus current pricing according to negotiated and approved values.
• Lead the Schindler Shape SAP implementation for SEC/TOR within the area of SAP MM and Purchasing, while also transitioning field operations catalog procurement to a Shape solution.
• Provide impact summaries of supplier price changes, and recommendations for mitigating cost exposures.
• Identify under-performing areas in the supply chain and suggest improvements. Make suggestions to limit risk and exposures in cost, process and supplier performance. Identification of and implementation proper controls that comply with
  
  SchindlerON and/or SEC business needs.
• Proactively identify and communicate potentialvalue-added solutions for the Company and deliver MR valuetowards SC objectiveseach year through supplier audits, invoice review, process review, etc.
• Design and implement methods toprovide added value analytics in support of the supply chain management decision evaluation process.
• Project management – working with mid- to senior-level stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement in cost, process,etc.

• Bachelor's degree is Finance or Data Science, Business Management, Economics related (required)

• MS Office tools proficiency. Excellent skills in Excel and Power Point (10 years minimum)
• Data Analysis
  - Spreadsheets/Databases/ERP Systems (10 years minimum)
• SAP/ERP system knowledge (10 years minimum)
• Project Management (10 years minimum)

• CMA/CPA finance related education / experience
• Strong knowledge of SAP/ERP configuration, structures, modules, functionality, data analytics, and reporting functions
• Knowledge of the various interfaces and systems to SAP and changes underway with the SHAPE SAP Hanna, KG/KW split related methodology
• Certified Data Analyst/ related experience
• Customer Service:
  
  Demonstrate costumer focus through improving performance
• Leadership:
  
  Possess solid leadership skills by demonstrating confidence and authority of expertise, clear vision of expectations and champions success
• Presentation:
  
  Ability to present materials and data clearly and articulately. Able to present findings in a fact-based and professional way
• Problem Solving:
  
  Information seeking and achievement orientation, ability to solve problems both independently and collaboratively, able to interpret complex concerns and identify and mobilize appropriate resources, with minimum negative impact; ability to fully understand the problem, assess…