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.Join us as aCategory Manager System Management and Card Services Your main responsibilities

Manages the category strategy and procurement activities related to system management and cardservices. 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 thebest value and service levels. Supports continuous improvement initiatives and risk management withinthe category to enhance operational efficiency and compliance.

Essential Function
1. Collaborate in partnership with SEC, vendors and other relatedstakeholders, to achieve process and efficiency improvements incompliance to mandated policies while mitigating risks and maximizingopportunities. Direct the implementation of such actions to achievesustained efficiency and financial improvements.
2. Manage and maintain the Schindler ZPOC2 Catalog including resolution ofSAP systematic issues to ensure efficient procurement processes, plus current pricing according to negotiated and approved values.
3. Lead the Schindler Shape SAP implementation for SEC/TOR within the areaof SAP MM and Purchasing, while also transitioning field operations catalogprocurement to a Shape solution.
4. Provide impact summaries of supplier price changes, and recommendations for mitigating cost exposures.
5. 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 ofproper controls that comply with

SchindlerON and/or SEC business needs.
6. Proactively identify and communicate potentialvalue-added solutions forthe Company and deliver MR valuetowards SC objectiveseach yearthrough supplier audits, invoice review, process review, etc.
7. Design and implement methods toprovide added value analytics in supportof the supply chain management decision evaluation process.
8. Project management – working with mid- to senior-level stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement in cost, process,etc.

What you bring Education
• Bachelor's degree is Finance or Data Science, Business Management, Economics related(required)
Experience
• 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)
Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

• 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 SHAPESAP 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…