Category Manager IV, Indirect Procurement

Owens & Minor • GA

93d • $90,300 - $167,700

About The Position

At Owens & Minor, we are a critical part of the healthcare process. As a Fortune 500 company with 350+ facilities across the US and 22,000 teammates in over 90 countries, we provide integrated technologies, products and services across the full continuum of care. Customers—and their patients—are at the heart of what we do. Our mission is to empower our customers to advance healthcare, and our success starts with our teammates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or related discipline.
• 7 or more years of relevant experience in Procurement.
• Operates with minimal business direction.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in procurement processes and driving business results through influence and leadership.
• Procurement experience in a distribution and/or manufacturing business is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic approaches for indirect procurement categories for the Information Technology Shared Services business.
• Develop thorough category strategies to drive value based on an understanding of business needs, the supply market, spend baseline, evolution and benchmarking.
• Effectively document, communicate and gain buy-in for the strategies.
• Research, select, develop, and maintain adequate sources of supply to ensure the requirements of the categories are met with the optimum quality, service and cost to use.
• Ability to successfully reach business objectives through supplier negotiations.
• Analyze market and supply dynamics related to supplier proposals to develop a matrix of negotiation scenarios.
• Engage business leaders to align on acceptable negotiation outcomes.
• Develop a negotiation plan, counterarguments, opening positions, and plan for executing negotiations.
• Lead the development of risk analyses, assessments and mitigation plans for categories of spend.
• Manage supplier network for assigned categories to provide sufficient goods and services to meet highest short-range requirements, protect against temporary supply interruptions and provide for long-range growth needs.
• Develop and execute a plan to quickly and effectively manage any supply interruptions.
• Plan, prepare, and execute annual supplier business reviews that cover all aspects of the supplier-customer relationship.
• Contribute to the annual Procurement Savings initiative through effective negotiations, sourcing changes, or specification changes with close collaboration with key internal stakeholders.
• Interact with stakeholders to develop, engage and lead supplier relationships for extracting the greatest value in cost, security of supply, risk management, sustainability and innovation.
• Manage the ongoing performance of our suppliers including objective setting and supplier evaluations where warranted.
• Comprehend and provide constructive input on legal contract documents related to purchasing terms, conditions, indemnification, intellectual property ownership, etc.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of corporate policies and procedures, as well as related governmental laws and regulations to ensure purchasing activities are conducted within the parameters of each.
• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
• Communicate fully with superiors, subordinates and others who have need to know in a way that is timely, complete, concise; candid, accurate; clear, and responsive.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, available on first working day.
• 401(k), eligibility after one year of service.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees