Category Manager, Indirect Procurement

Duly Health and Care • Downers Grove, IL

9h • $107,000 - $161,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Category Manager - Indirect Procurement Full-Time, 40 hours per week Monday- Friday; Hours vary. Location: Downers Grove, IL. Executes commercial go-to-market strategies across multiple indirect spend categories. Independently researches industry and supplier insights to drive innovation and solutions to create incremental value and deliver best in class sourcing results. Develops short term and long term sourcing goals to realize value fast and ongoing, aligning with corporate vision and financial targets. Manage supplier relationships effectively and appropriately to create culture of proactive continuous improvement versus complacency. Responsible for sourcing the best deal possible, taking into account risk, business continuity, total cost of ownership, performance and overall strategic vision for supplier relationship within in the organization. Leads with bias towards action and prioritizing time to provide greatest value to organization, when competing programs and timelines arise. Categories may include but not limited to Capital Equipment (CAPEX), Building Operations, Facility Management (IFM), Consulting, Energy, Tax, Human Resources, Finance, Laboratory, Information Technology (IT), Marketing and Communications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4+ years of strategic sourcing experience in the indirect spend required.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, including the seven steps of procurement, with a demonstrated ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders
• Proven experience leading negotiations for large-scale, high-spend contracts and developing and executing strategic sourcing initiatives
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and presenting recommendations, analyses, and results to executive leadership
• Demonstrated track record of achieving or exceeding cost-savings targets and financial performance goals
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including functions such as VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and formulas (e.g., SUM)
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, with experience creating executive-level presentations.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or other advanced degree or CPSM certification, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owns full execution of commercial go-to-market strategy and approach for specific indirect spend categories, including, but not limited to, RFPs, RFQs and RFIs.
• Proactively seeks out opportunities to drive additional value through best in class sourcing practices
• Actively seeks ways to streamline operations, and quickly get up to speed on industry and supplier landscapes over indirect spend categories
• Communicates effectively with internal stakeholders, including those in executive positions, to gain alignment on sourcing recommendations
• Develops business cases and financial models to communicate and influence best path forward
• Drives key supplier business reviews and develops supplier scorecard to objectively drive alignment where needed
• Results focused, and able to articulate value delivered to date and pipeline of value when asked
• Maintain the Contract Lifecycle Management database for your respective categories
• Support training and compliance of Duly’s procurement policies and procedures

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees