Supply Chain Management – Category Manager
Job Description: • Develop innovative strategies for the indirect and direct IT Network/Telecom spend category • Report to the Sr. Manager of Category Management • Work closely with stakeholders and the Managers and staff of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement • Create, socialize, and update category strategies across the network and telecom category • Maximize the value obtained from each supply market balancing competing demands • Conduct detailed supply market research • Establish and leverage relationships with large-scale hardware OEMs • Work closely with internal departments and customer-facing programs to understand, document, and analyze current and forecasted category demands • Develop strategies for gaining the best value from current and future supply markets • Regularly evaluate category and adjust strategies as appropriate • Solve process, supplier performance and market-disruption problems including developing solutions under tight timeframes Requirements: • 5+ years of related experience • Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science or 4+ years of equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree • Experience: 5+ years of corporate, commercial, or FAR regulated supply chain experience (experience in a Fortune 500 company, government contractor, or federal government) • US Citizenship: Performs work on contracts that require US citizenship • Demonstrated understanding of FAR and its compliance requirements and audit implications on category strategies • Experience managing complex project and influencing persons not in one’s chain of authority • Experience in written/oral communications at all levels of the company (including C-level / Executive) • Demonstrated knowledge of full lifecycle SCM-related topic areas (including strategic sourcing, contract types, bid sheet structures, proposal analyses, and contract negotiations) Benefits: • Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages • 401K with company match • Paid time off including vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave • 15 days of paid leave per calendar year • 10 paid holidays per year • Short and long-term disability benefits • Life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance • Personal accident insurance • Critical illness insurance • Business travel and accident insurance Apply tot his job