Contract Administrator overseeing IT procurement strategies and compliance for public sector projects. Leading contracting processes and liaising with stakeholders for efficient procurement.
About the role
- Category Manager responsible for sourcing strategies and supplier negotiations at Viega. Leading procurement practices and managing supplier relationships in a highly matrixed organization.
Responsibilities
- Establishing strong relationships with internal departmental and executive business stakeholders; building a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements, and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories
- Provide leadership and guidance to team Buyers and Procurement Specialist on category strategy implementation and issue resolution
- Develop and maintain strategic category database; provide training to team Buyers and Procurement Specialists on category expertise
- Developing global sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients
- Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis
- Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation
- Identifying sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage with stakeholders to consolidate requirements over categories, suppliers, and geographies
- Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership
- Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies
- Prepare and hold business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and/or challenges
- May be required to travel up to 50% of the time
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or related field
- Masters in a business or supply chain related field and / or MBA preferred
- 15+ years of related source to pay experience in Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing
- Category specific procurement experience required
- In-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.)
- Knowledge of computer programs, including Microsoft Office, Visio, BW, LiveLink
- Advanced knowledge of ERP systems; SAP
- Strong negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations
- Extensive knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms
- Strong experience assessing risk and concisely explaining complex issues to principal business owners
- Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business
- Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly synthesize, distill and draw conclusions on large amounts of disparate data
- Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Extensive experience presenting at the executive level and developing business cases
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Wellness Program
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
- Voluntary Benefits (Life, AD&D, Disability)
- 401(k) retirement plan with a 7.5% company contribution
- Time Off Programs – 22 days Paid Time Off (PTO), 9 Company Holidays, 2 Volunteer Days
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