Sr. Category Manager – Facilities Construction and EH&S

Senior Category Manager – Facilities, Construction and EH&S

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Where is the work:

Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

What's in it for you:

The Senior Category Manager – Facilities, Construction and EH&S role has responsibility for strategic category leadership and leading negotiations and purchases for the entire organization. The Senior Category Manager has the critical responsibility of leading a team, managing business needs with internal partners to identify and manage a supply base to deliver value across all SBUs.

What you will do:

• Team leadership with responsibility for contracting in the areas of Facilities, Construction, Utilities, Non-Haz & Haz Waste, Utilities, Disaster Recovery, EH&S, and Security
• Responsible for multi-year strategy development, execution of Indirect Procurement processes and supplier relationship management
• Develop relationships and communication strategies with internal partners to identify business needs and align supply base to achieve strategic direction
• Responsible for building and managing strategic supplier relationships through formal Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process to improve supplier performance metrics including quality, delivery, productivity, and innovation
• Provide leadership and oversight of the sourcing process to ensure spend is awarded to provide the maximum value
• Lead the development and negotiation of contracts through the Contract Lifecycle Management process while maximizing value and minimizing risk
• Partner with Regional and Global Procurement teams to ensure delivery of productivity and cost avoidance

What you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience negotiating and coaching AIA contractual agreement execution
• Demonstrated experience with negotiation and closure on Disaster Recovery, Construction Contractors and MEP suppliers
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain
• 7+ years of experience in Sourcing / Procurement
• Sourcing experience in the development and management of a global supply base is required
• Demonstrated success includes supplier development across regions, responsibility for high-level negotiations, leading multi-functional projects
• Strong analytics experience
• Lean experience beneficial
• Ability to travel 15%

Key

Competencies:

• Communication Skills – Exhibits enthusiasm, influences customers, represents Procurement with SBU leadership, presentation and messaging skills (understanding the audience)
• Supply Chain Acumen – Established long-term strategies, champions' development and utilization of globally competitive tools and processes, drives for optimal business results focused on meeting the needs of the business.
• Project Management – Collaborates with cross-functional leaders to align objectives, manages global project portfolio, oversees overall implementation.
• Global Business Thinking/Strategizing
  - Demonstrates deep global knowledge of suppliers, industry trends, emerging markets, technology, geopolitical changes; drives this knowledge into short and long-term strategies.
• Problem Solving
  - Understands customer expectations; keeps abreast of competitor/related industry problems; anticipate and avoid potential problems; supports team problem solving and corrective action plan implementation.
• Relationship Management – Creates collaborative environment with cross-functional peers, assures…