Senior Category Manager

Immediate need for a talented Senior Category Manager. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in U.S(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
 
Job ID:25-64346
 
Pay Range: $50 - $52/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the scheduling of and lead requirements business meeting with impacted vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Identify which of the impacted vendors require either: modifications to their existing contracts,; and/or new contracts to support the work.
• Build a project delivery schedule for when those contracts are projected to complete and track the progress.
• Report progress out to the global project manager as well as to me, the Manager of Category Management.
• Establish sourcing strategies for an assigned category(ies) in conjunction with internal stakeholders and their associated business strategy.
• Conduct sourcing events, including development of project work plan, category profile, category strategy, minimum requirements and evaluation criteria, solicitation.
• Develop and implement assorted bid documents and requests (i.e. RFP, RFI, RFQ); and manage status reporting and performance metrics of sourcing and category management activities.
• Understand, analyze and forecast complex market and industry dynamics and share subject matter expertise and industry knowledge within the established portfolio of products and services.
• Partner with stakeholders to source products and services using proven tools, processes, and analytics to drive and achieve business results.
• Evaluate analyses of sourcing results from a total cost of ownership perspective and provide optimization recommendations.
• Participate in cross-functional teams responsible for complex vendor negotiations, including those that require specialized subject matter expertise, nonstandard risk mitigation solutions, and coordination of multiple arrangements.
• Review and lead supplier relationship management and performance within an assigned category.
• Proactively establish and foster successful, positive working relationships with vendor personnel.
• Drive vendor engagement through formal and informal transactions.
• Engage stakeholders to implement and execute vendor relationship management plan.
• Coordinate and host vendor business reviews.
• Develop, track and manage yearly vendor plans for assigned vendors within the assigned category(ies) and ensure vendor compliance.
• Coordinate vendor risk assessments and develop plans to track and address significant risks.
• Serve as an escalation point for the business in resolving vendor performance issues. issue resolution.
• Manage contracts and collaborate effectively with Corporate Compliance, Legal, Audit and Risk Management and other internal stakeholders for compliance activities to ensure regulatory conditions are met.
• Research, analyze and provide data driven recommendations regarding compliance or audit level issue resolution and remediation.
• Facilitate and monitor vendor implementation of relevant corrective action plans.
• Develop new procedures, training, initiatives, specifications and recommendations for process or policy changes and improvements, as appropriate.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills: Contracts ,Vendor management ,Category Manager
• Cobblestone or similar experience in (Agiloft, Ironclad, Coupa, GEP, ICertis, Workday)
• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)
• 5+ years of experience in related field
• In lieu of degree, 7+ years of experience in related field.

Our client is a leading Insurance Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
 
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