Category Manager

BayOne Solutions; California (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BayOne Solutions is seeking a senior procurement professional to manage strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier relationships. The role emphasizes negotiation, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven decision making across mid-complexity spend categories.

The candidate should bring 10+ years in procurement, CPSM and Lean Six Sigma or MBA background. Experience with SAP and MS Office is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• MBA or related discipline preferred.
• ISM CPSM certification.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Experience in procurement of 10 years.
• Experience in contract management, strategic sourcing and supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Conducts market research and supplier risk analysis to verify supplier financial health.
• Creates and maintains category plans.
• Develops and reviews performance data with suppliers; drives value discovery.
• Develops strategic relationships with Tier 1 and 2 suppliers.
• Leads cross-functional teams through strategic sourcing and negotiation of mid-complexity spend categories.
• Leads development of medium complexity category strategies.
• Keeps abreast of industry/market trends.
• Acts as SME for specific commodities or services.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Negotiation

Supplier relationship mgmt

Category management

Cross-functional collaboration

Contract management

Data analysis

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

MBA or related discipline

CPSM certification

Lean Six Sigma certification

Tools

SAP

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

3) Negotiating experience and Category management experience

• Conducts and documents market research and supplier risk analysis to verify the financial health of existing and potential suppliers
• Creates and maintains category plans.
• Develops and review performance data with suppliers. Works with suppliers to drive ongoing value discovery.
• Develops and sustains mutually beneficial strategic relationships with tier 1 and 2 suppliers.
• Leads cross-functional team through strategic sourcing process and development/execution of negotiation strategies for mid-complexity spend categories
• Leads the development of category strategies of medium complexity
• Maintains awareness of industry and market trends through ongoing research
• Subject matter expert for particular commodities or services

Skills:

• Develops and manages one or more sourcing spend categories and manages all Tier 1 contracts associated with the category(ies).
• Develops strategic category plans to optimize cost savings, service excellence, diversity spend and total cost of ownership for the categories.
• Effectively influences stakeholders, including senior leadership, to achieve understanding, acceptance, and commitment of sourcing strategies. Works with Line of Business (LOB) to develop, source and negotiate major contracts.
• Plays a key role in Supplier Relationship Management / Scorecard process.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and (Technical) Competencies Desired
• Ability to analyze and combine information from different sources and use logic to reach appropriate conclusions as needed to perform at the job level
• Ability to apply contract processes and procedures and relevant contracts and licensing - for example ESC, IBEW, tort, contract law - as needed to perform at the job level
• Ability to work independently with limited oversight
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products - for example Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access - as needed to perform at the job level
• Competency in relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
• Competency in building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Competency in building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals

Education Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Masters Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• ISM-Institute for Supply Management CPSM-Certified Professional in Supply Management certification
• LSS-Lean Six Sigma Certification

Experience Minimum:

• Experience in procurement, or related, 10 years

Experience Desired

• Experience in contract management
• Experience in strategic sourcing, 10 years
• Experience in supply chain, or related, 10 years
• Strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
• Knowledge of the technical/functional aspects of the trade, occupation, or role as needed to perform at the job level
• Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
• Knowledge of database and information systems - SAP