United Spinal Association Jobs

The Opportunity:

The Procurement Category Manager is responsible for a $130M annual spend and for managing HR services suppliers across the enterprise to reduce risk, capitalize on economies of scale, and negotiate best commercial terms for the organization. The Procurement Category Manager analyzes data holistically, creates strategies to drive total value across multiple categories, ensures buy-in and alignment with stakeholders, and tactically implements sourcing strategies to drive results.

Major Job Responsibilities:

• Develop category strategies and strategic plans leveraging market and spend data, information about suppliers, competitors, industry trends, and the company’s needs

• Create and manage the strategic procurement and sourcing process for categories, including RFP, supplier award, project tracking to approved capital budget, reporting, final project summary, and project wrap up

• Perform assessments of suppliers and vendors to identify risks and implications

• Clearly articulate the value of the category strategy and how it aligns to the organization’s objectives

• Gather, cleanse, and analyze data from multiple systems to generate insights and recommendations that drive decision-making

• Interpret and manage contracts with suppliers

• Measure and track results and outcomes using data from multiple systems, acting when necessary to align to targets and goals

• Maintain project charter, timelines, and milestones to ensure that all parties are informed, consulted, and contributing to the project

• Develop strategies to mitigate risks (including categorization of type of threat - financial, M&A, innovation, and growth), breadth of impact, and mitigation recommendations

• Create and deliver presentations to stakeholders and leadership articulating the value of a category strategy or opportunity, the implementation approach, and intended results aligned to organizational goals/objectives

Critical Skills / Capabilities:

• Collaboration: Works effectively with others to complete a task or achieve a common objective; ability to cooperate in both interpersonal and team relationships to foster enthusiasm and maintain mutual trust, candor, and respect for others. Works through conflict constructively

• Problem-Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations; demonstrates tackling a problem by using a logical, systematic, or sequential approach

• Negotiation: Demonstrates an understanding of ways to negotiate effectively with others and understand each party’s objectives; recognizes the potential impact of negotiation proceedings to the business; assists with negotiations in less complex situations; asks questions to uncover points of agreement and disagreement to help others gain consensus

• Conflict Resolution: Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner; takes action to address employee grievances

• Analytical: Demonstrates a general understanding of various sources of information or data that are relevant to the business; summarizes or integrates information for routine problems or issues with oversight from others as necessary

• Communication: Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas, and messages through written, verbal, and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience; listens carefully and attentively

• Growth and Results Oriented: Demonstrates an interest, willingness and drive to learn new things; seeks to understand concepts, processes, and ideas within area of functional expertise; naturally inquisitive; sets meaningful goals for personal work productivity

• Interpersonal Skills: Can relate to and communicate effectively with others to build rapport and relationships

Experience:

• Required: minimum 5 years job-related work experience in procurement/sourcing

• Required: Sales history of building relationships and rapport with customers

• Preferred: Project Management experience

• Preferred: Operations, manufacturing, or supply chain experience

Education:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, marketing, or engineering

• Preferred: Six Sigma Certification

• Preferred: Certifications in procurement or sourcing (e.g. CPP, CPN)

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