Sourcing Category Management Analyst, Cloud / Telcom Technology

Job Title

Support the day to day execution of strategies for assigned categories and focus on reducing organizational spend to improve savings and enhancing relationships with business stakeholders and suppliers. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Responsibilities

Tactical Sourcing

Design and execute sourcing events for pertinent category

Utilize available e-sourcing and optimization tools efficiently

Develop different award optimization scenarios to minimize total cost of ownership

Respond to supplier and stakeholder questions (e.g. category, supply, event, price, or specification)

Support the execution of supplier financing programs maintaining a holistic view of early payment and accounts payables programs

Prepare planning guide to facilitate the completion of the negotiation and support where needed

Sourcing Analysis

Conduct opportunity assessments, benchmarking, and should cost modeling to develop sourcing opportunities

Prepare category improvement projections and conduct post-implementation variance analysis

Identify total internal costs associated with supplier price, delivery, operations and quality

Quantify the overall total ownership cost of each product or service to identify cost savings

Contract Management

Work with the contract management team in the administration of contract data, addendums, item master sheets, and additional supplier documentation

Supplier Relationship Management

Support category managers in the development of supplier performance / continuous improvement targets and related scorecards

Work with the SRM team in the administration of supplier assessments, score cards, and other analytics to manage supplier performance

Benefit Tracking

Partner with the KPI & Benefits team to develop a tracking mechanism to report and communicate the savings achieved

Additional Support

Support other initiatives / projects in the company that may affect organization's performance and collaborate with necessary stakeholders

Support talent development framework and proven experience in creating / maintaining training curriculum

Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Qualifications

Minimum

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, CPG, or similar

1-year professional experience in procurement activities

Ability to identify, quantify and effectively communicate business risks

Self-starter, ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while delivering solid action-oriented results quickly

Analytical skills with the ability to identify, quantify and effectively leverage data to support business decisions, communicate opportunities and / or raise business risks

Ability to monitor compliance with established guidelines, policies, procedures, and regulations

Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Vizio)

Ability to synthesize analysis into compelling oral and written communications and presentations

Desired

CPM / CPSM, CSCP or equivalent certification

Expertise in Microsoft Office, data visualization tools

1-year professional experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Retail