CATEGORY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - DISPOSABLES (CHARLOTTE, HYBRID)

Compass Group•Charlotte, NC

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is responsible and accountable for the execution of category strategy or category member strategy and business plans; delivery of category purchasing income for defined category: including negotiation, aligning customer needs with program opportunities, fostering supplier relationships and engaging cross-functional resources.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
Minimum of 4 years’ experience in supply chain, category, finance, or ESG related field.
Strong negotiations experience.
Presentation Experience.
Ability to extract insights from complex data sets using advanced excel skills.
Ability to influence through direct and indirect teams.
Knowledge / Experience of budgets and forecasting.
High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
Up to 5% travel annually.

Responsibilities

Own and drive category strategy or category member strategy for assigned categories delivering strong financial results, improvement opportunities and recommendations.
Prepare analyses, communicate sourcing trends, and present results.
Responsible for system catalog clean-up audits to ensure mapping accuracy.
Research current state and future needs, analysis of market trends and potential suppliers, and identification of continuous improvement opportunities.
Participate in vendor management - performance against contract and resolutions of constraints.
Responsible for system data integrity, category data needs, liaison with cross-functional groups to ensure manage term sets so that pricing and volume allowances released to distributors is accurate.
Manage business relationships with key internal stakeholders and external suppliers including ownership and enhancements to agreements, communication of demand/volume changes, updating contracts and sharing end-user feedback.
Ownership of required internal processes including budgeting, contract attributes, benchmarking, pricing, product recommendations, etc.