Category Lead, Strategic Sourcing - Finance Operations

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Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Strategic Sourcing, leads the development and implementation of the category profile and strategy for assigned categories in collaboration with stakeholders across the Emory community that meet their business needs and create value for the University; this includes creating an internal profile, external profile, recommended strategic direction for the category, discrete value creation opportunities and methods to achieve the cost reduction opportunities.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develops, executes and manages sourcing events and supplier negotiations leading to contract award in collaboration with stakeholders across the Emory community.
• Leads the implementation of awarded contracts including supplier enablement and buying channel enablement; in collaboration with Marketing and Communications resources, guides the development of stakeholder communications to support the implementation.
• Manages on-going supplier relationships for assigned categories in collaboration with stakeholders across the Emory community.
• Conducts a Quarterly Business Review working sessions with key suppliers and key stakeholders and completes the annual supplier evaluation process and executes formal supplier development plans based on supplier performance and stakeholder input.
• On-going category management activities include serving as the lead for a cross-functional strategic team that includes representation from internal customers, finance and suppliers to drive continuous improvement in the assigned categories; developing / strengthening internal customer relationships for assigned categories; serving as the point person for issue escalation and resolution relating to suppliers, pricing, continuous improvement and contract / agreement interpretation; driving contract compliance; providing relevant reports to stakeholders to provide transparency and opportunities for improvements.
• Performs related responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications :

Note : This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs. Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

Additional Details

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