Category Management Lead

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JLL is currently seeking a dynamic individual for the role of Category Management Lead to develop and manage facilities goodssupplier relationships for our JLL Marketplace business. Suppliers consist of large B2B products distributors and manufacturers that service the facilities management space. Categories of spend include a range of soft and hard goods i.e office supplies, workplace experience services, MRO, construction.

Primary areas of focus will be supplier relationship management, program development and enablement, and strategic growth within your category area of oversight. Developing and maintaining category and supplier strategies, leveraging JLL scale, building new supplier relationships, preparation and management of supplier contracts, identifying and bringing forward market innovations, supporting client solutioning and providing overall value to supplier partners in support of the business will be this position's mission.

This position will require working with various business partners across JLL as well as our supplier partners, and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to prioritize and bring the requisite impact and value for our clients and JLL. Position is virtual/home office; but Austin, Atlanta, or Charlotte area is highly preferred.

• Contribution to delivery of financial targets in line with business expectations. Position continuously drives assigned seller category strategies and self-sufficiently identifies and executes these projects.
• Use market and industry intelligence to identify and qualify new suppliers and use data to support the business and delivery of services. In addition, identify risk, threats and provide solutions for mitigation.
• Contribute to Seller Council with the intent of bringing seller best practices, feedback, and innovations into the organization and out to clients
• Accountable for creating strategic solutions for specific commodities, RFP/quotation management, bid analysis and recommendations
• Liaison with internal business partners or contract approvals, savings reporting, documentation and compliance
• Develops clear strategic supply partner framework and maintains this framework at senior supplier level

• Prepare high-quality papers and presentations for use with internal and external business partners and/or teams as required
• Ability to negotiate and have proven strategies within areas of responsible spend
• Partner with functional leads and business partners to drive both immediate and sustained benefits to our clients and JLL
• Bring strategic thought leadership to identify additional cost and operational efficiencies
• Subject matter expert for Supplier Management and main point of contact within business
• Assist teams with driving operational/sourcing process improvements; including SKU rationalization and standardization
• Provide pricing support to new business pursuits and other JLL teams; such as group buys and consulting engagements
• Manage product cross referencing and spend analytics tasks with supplier partners
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