Indirect Category Manager

2 weeks ago


Milwaukee, United States Accede Solutions Inc. Full time

This Indirect Category Manager - Manufacturing Categories reports to the Director of Indirect Strategic Sourcing and is responsible for the strategic management of sourcing and program deployment of manufacturing categories indirect materials and services such as MRO, Facility Services, Energy, Capital Equipment, and Packaging

Responsibilities

This role will be responsible for developing the strategic category strategies for the assigned areas and partner with key internal stakeholders across corporate functions as well as operations to manage strategic supplier relationships and supplier solutions to ensure the best total cost and performance of indirect spend

This role will be responsible for driving strategic action to align the spend profile for assigned categories to identified strategic suppliers as well as delivering annual cost improvement goals

Maintains the highest-level code of conduct and ethics

Manages complex multi-year customer / supplier relationships aligned to enable operations service and material needs

Leads the strategic relationships in partnership with key stakeholders for all strategic sourcing activities related to enterprise indirect material and services to cross functional supply, engineering, technical support and operations groups

Conducts brainstorming sessions at Clients facilities with cross functional teams to identify strategic commodities and deployment priorities on cost saving initiatives

Provides leadership to sourcing/project managers on the deployment of projects with internal and external stakeholders

Drives spend analysis, including counter measures for projects that fall short of plan and makes decisions to remedy the issues to get the teams back on track to meet or exceed plan

Executes strategies and supplier development activities to support Diversity spend initiatives and Supply Chain ESG strategies

Proactively assesses internal and external process improvements and influences effective change and drive innovation and continuous improvements

Collaborates with global business units on the preparation of Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQ's) and leads the screening and supplier selection process

Negotiate and drafts supplier contracts of sale, including payment terms, deliveries, price, freight terms, currency exchange, service levels and technical resources, inventory levels

Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future (industry trends in pricing and availability that will impact the business) material availability, and prepares market analysis reports

Responsible for timely reporting to agreed upon KPI's and presenting Strategic Sourcing plans, activities and progress

Develops & mentors the next generation of Supply Chain leaders

Qualifications

5+ years experience in Indirect Category Management

Experience with sourcing of Manufacturing Spend categories; sense of urgency, strong critical thinking, and analytical skills

Able to act and make independent decisions as well as work effectively in a team environment

Ability to dissect and determine root causes of problems and implement solutions

Collaborative and effective in a cross-functional environment

Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment while meeting multiple deadlines for leadership

Continuous improvement mindset, including the ability to innovate and simplify legacy processes

Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward

Manages Complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems

Manages Conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise

Plans & Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals

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