Category Manager - Facilities & Engineering

Grifols•Clayton, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Global Director of Indirect Procurement, the Global Category Manager - Indirect Procurement Facilities is a global category manager and a key leader role working with the markets and global procurement teams to deliver best value across the indirect spend portfolio for the Facilities Categories. This role acts as a trusted advisor to business partners in the vendor sourcing process, communicating strategic approach for vendor negotiations and/or ongoing projects. The role leads a full range of projects from transactional to complex, spanning all types of third-party services. It identifies data and research resources in the industry and develops programs and projects to enable the delivery of short- and long-term objectives. The Category Manager influences and shapes category strategies, tactics, and plans developed in conjunction with the Business and the global procurement team. They partner with internal organizations to define requirements, assist with identifying vendors, lead the RFx process and evaluations, provide a vendor evaluation framework, and make recommendations on vendor selection. This role conducts analysis, coordinates key partner participation (Legal, Engineering, Facilities, Finance, etc.), and completes supporting administrative processes. It facilitates efforts across multiple products/brands as well as multiple geographies in developing solutions to problems, builds, communicates, and initiates sourcing project work plans and timelines, and identifies supporting efforts, dependencies, or barriers. The Category Manager also identifies and tracks any sourcing issues, supervises, and reports progress. They coach the team in the use of sophisticated commercial models, reports, and forecasts to challenge and strengthen decision-making processes across the business area and optimizes key relationships across GRIFOLS to take full advantage of efficiencies and leverage best practices. Externally, they network to ensure awareness of current world-class thinking and coach and identify development opportunities for indirect reports, ensuring appropriate succession planning and the creation of a strong development culture.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a related field and 8+ years procurement/supply chain experience with extensive and significant track-record in strategic procurement OR Master’s Degree and 6+ years procurement/supply chain experience with extensive and significant track-record in strategic procurement.
Has the mindset and behaviors that are aligned to working in a global pharmaceutical company where compliance, reputation management and the highest ethical standards are at the heart of our values.
Strong leadership skills, including demonstrated ability to spot and develop talent, build procurement teams and empower others to accomplish individual and organizational objectives.
Deep experience with a Facilities and/or Engineering spend portfolio is required.
Deep understanding of category management development, contracting, RFX processes.
Strong influential skills to partner with internal and external stakeholders.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
Demonstrates successful track-record of driving performance across a complex matrix within a global enterprise and can influence and optimize operating models for his/her functional area.
Ability to influence strategically, solve problems using conceptual and analytical thinking and constructively work through conflict.
Familiarity with the latest research and market trends.
Multilingual is a plus.
Depending on the area of assignment, directly related experience or a combination of directly related education and experience and/or competencies may be considered in place of the stated requirements. Example: If a job level requires a Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of experience, an equivalency could include 8 years of experience, an Associate’s degree with 6 years of experience, or a Master’s degree with 2 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Multilingual is a plus.

Responsibilities

Act as trusted adviser to business partners in the vendor sourcing process, communicating strategic approach for vendor negotiations and/or ongoing projects.
Lead full range of projects from transactional to complex, spanning all types of third-party services.
Identify data and research resources in the industry.
Develop programs and projects to enable delivery of the short- and long-term objectives.
Influences and shapes category strategies, tactics and plans developed in conjunction with the Business and the global procurement team.
Partner with internal organizations to: define requirements; assist with identifying vendors; lead RFx process and evaluations; provide vendor evaluation framework and make recommendations on vendor selection.
Conduct analysis, coordinate key partner participation (Legal, Engineering, Facilities , Finance, etc.) and complete supporting administrative processes.
Facilitate efforts across multiple products/brands as well as multiple geographies in developing solutions to problems.
Build, communicate, and initiate sourcing project work plan and timeline.
Identify supporting efforts, dependencies or barriers.
Identify and track any sourcing issues, supervise and report progress.
Coaches team in the use of sophisticated commercial models, reports and forecasts to challenge and strengthen decision making processes across the business area.
Optimizes key relationships across GRIFOLS to take full advantage of efficiencies and leverage best practice.
Networks externally to ensure awareness of current world class thinking.
Coaches and identifies development opportunities for indirect reports, ensuring appropriate succession planning and creation of a strong development culture.