Category Lead

Reeves Construction Company, the Colas USA subsidiary that operates throughout the states North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri and Arkansas has been a key partner in the infrastructure growth of the Southeast and Midwest since the company’s founding in 1923. Reeves is a complete heavy civil highway and site development construction company dedicated to meet the specific needs of the roadway, airport, bridge, and military market.

Reeves prides itself for its high company standards of safety, ethics, and performance. To learn more about Reeves visit  .

Throughout Colas USA, we provide competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement opportunities, professional education, and extensive training for every employee. We pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of safety, environmental conservation, and ethical conduct as we strive to grow our infrastructure products and services through empowering and developing our people, fostering innovation, utilizing new technology, and maximizing vertical integration at all levels of the company’s value chain.

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The Category Lead will be responsible for managing categories of goods or services purchased by Colas USA. They will serve as an expert on these categories, understanding the entire supply chain and articulate the strategy to the rest of the Procurement team and business leaders throughout Colas USA and its subsidiaries. The Category Lead will analyze industry drivers, develop strategies, and oversee pricing and the sourcing process to improve profitability through cost reduction while maintaining supply for the business.

• Develop a deep and comprehensive understanding of their category of products through data analysis and leverage this knowledge to better position the business.
• Manage and develop supplier performance, relationships, and agreements for their categories, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to create a competitive advantage for Colas.
• Manage cross-functional teams using analysis of historical spend data, market research, and cost modeling to identify and leverage high-value opportunities that deliver innovative and sustainable value, operational efficiencies, and risk mitigation to the business.
• Interact with internal business partners to achieve involvement in procurement and proposal activities.
• Support low carbon initiatives and work with stakeholders to identify and implement good solutions.
• Develop strategic long-term plans to manage and optimize product categories.
• Coordinate sourcing activities with Corporate Procurement.
• Develop negotiation strategies for contracts, work with inside counsel to identify and incorporate appropriate levels of commercial protection, and conduct negotiations to achieve the best possible outcome for the business.
• Provide market and opportunity analysis to stakeholders.
• Prepare and negotiate contract terms and conditions for agreements.
• Analyze contract documents to determine contractual obligations and prepare recommendations regarding acceptance or modifications.
• Identify, vet, and select new vendors and services.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with suppliers based on the highest ethical business practices.
• Act as the primary liaison to suppliers within the marketplace and use market research and spend analysis tools to analyze supplier performance.
• Identify and anticipate business needs; develop recommendations and solutions.
• Develop, manage, and influence implementation of policies related to supplier commitments.

• Minimum 2-4 years of strategic sourcing experience in a large manufacturing environment with exposure to engineering, plant operations, and/or maintenance required.
• Sourcing experience in the indirect, fleet, construction equipment, manufacturing equipment, materials, and/or services is a plus.
• Balance of strong negotiation and relationship-building skills is a must.
• Experience with spend analysis to develop a sourcing strategy.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership in category management and the Strategic Sourcing…