Strategic IT & Shared Services Category Manager II

Duquesne Light Company; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in the electric energy market and focuses on innovation and customer service. The Category Manager II will develop and execute category plans for direct, IT, shared services, and other spend areas, focusing on IT & Shared Services to support internal stakeholders and business needs.

The role requires collaboration across functions, supplier management, and continuous cost reduction efforts within a hybrid Pittsburgh-based

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, engineering, finance, or relevant discipline.
• 2+ years of relevant experience inclusive of sourcing IT & corporate services.

Responsibilities

• Creates, implements, and manages multi-year category sourcing strategies for assigned categories to generate value for the company.
• Leads cross-functional strategic sourcing teams that include representation from the end user community.
• Analyzes spend data and identify opportunities to increase spend opportunities with diverse suppliers (including local and regional).
• Partners with internal stakeholders to understand current and future business needs, as well as external resource requirements, to create and execute project pipeline.
• Influences key internal stakeholders to engage sourcing as a key partner to drive cost out of their 3rd party suppliers.
• Drives a measurable reduction in year over year total cost of ownership for assigned categories.
• Manages supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, purchase or blanket orders, compliance, and ongoing supply management processes.
• Conducts regular reviews of supplier scorecards and operational metrics to drive continuous improvement of suppliers.
• Leverages e-sourcing and spend analysis tools to drive incremental year over year cost savings.
• Provides external industry benchmarking to better assess strategy and solutions within procurement.
• Drives process improvements to create efficiencies in sourcing procedures.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Analytical skills

Project management

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in business / supply chain / engineering / finance

Tools

Maximo

Power Advocate

e-Sourcing

Spend Analytics

Contract Management

Job description

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in the electric energy market and focuses on innovation and customer service. The Category Manager II will develop and execute category plans for direct, IT, shared services, and other spend areas, focusing on IT & Shared Services to support internal stakeholders and business needs.

The role requires collaboration across functions, supplier management, and continuous cost reduction efforts within a hybrid Pittsburgh-based