Category Manager

About Zebra

Zebra is a forward-thinking company that empowers its employees to create new ways of working to make everyday life better. Our community of innovators is united by curiosity and care, developing dynamic solutions that anticipate our customers' and partners' needs and solve their challenges.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Procurement Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our procurement organization, you will possess deep category expertise and demonstrated project management efficiency and effectiveness for complex regional to global projects. You will exhibit leadership qualities and characteristics, and be an agent of change for the Procurement organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing: Engage with management team and stakeholder team members to drive strategic initiatives effectively balancing the RFx process and the TCO evaluation of suppliers against the business stakeholder's requirements and supplier preferences.
• Project Management: Ability to simultaneously manage 4-7 complex projects, leading all deliverables, analytics, negotiations and project management details. These projects will span from a regional to global scope and will support business functions goals and/or the company's strategic priorities.
• Supplier Management: Manage full sourcing process for complex projects– inclusive of supply market analysis, leverage spend, establishing business requirements, driving requirements, negotiating SOWs, contract terms, executing and monitoring complex contracts, conducting and monitoring supplier business reviews.
• Category Management: Independently collaborate with key stakeholders to develop annual category management plan that incorporates the stakeholder's strategy, goals, challenges, constraints and objectives with a 1 to 3-year time horizon.
• Cost Improvement: Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits, and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.
• Stakeholder Management: Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve complex strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction.
• Performance Measurement: Contribute to measuring success, including savings, innovation related to process improvements, improved delivery and simplified processes.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree required with a preference for Accounting/Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related.
• Experience: 8+ year as a sourcing and procurement professional experience.
• Travel: Travel Requirements: 10-15% Domestically.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA: MBA, CPSM is a plus.
• Strategic Sourcing: Strategic Sourcing.
• Stakeholder Management: Stakeholder Management.
• Project Management: Project Management.
• Spend Analytics: Spend Analytics.
• Supplier Management: Supplier Management.
• Contract Compliance: Contract Compliance.
• Strategic Collaboration Management: Strategic Collaboration Management.
• Executive Presentation: Executive Presentation.
• Leadership: Leadership.
• Project Management: Project Management.
• Proficiency in Software: Proficiency in spreadsheet software (e.g. Microsoft Excel), presentation software (i.e. Microsoft PowerPoint), Oracle iProcurement, Scout, and SpendHQ (or similar programs).