Category Manager Sr./III - Power Innovation
About The Position
At Williams, we’re powering a cleaner, more connected future, and that starts with you. Here, your work fuels communities, drives innovation, and helps deliver reliable energy the world depends on. Join a Fortune 500 team that invests in your growth, values your contributions, and challenges you to make a lasting impact every day. The Category Manager Sr. is responsible for driving teamwork across our organization to develop supply chain solutions. This role will lead cost savings projects, demonstrate market conditions and price dislocations, lead contract disputes with suppliers, and bring forward value propositions for our business. The ability to think beyond the status quo to develop solutions to sophisticated problems that improve performance, efficiency and safety and make decisions that impact business and project objectives are keys to success in this role!
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering or technology field
- minimum of seven (7) year's experience handling a diversified supply chain environment
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Application and PC skills
- Experience working in a cross-functional environment
- Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in category and supplier management
- Demonstrates materials planning experience
Nice To Haves
- Certification from Institute of Supplier Management (ISM) or American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
- minimum of nine (9) year's experience handling a diversified supply chain environment
Responsibilities
- Interprets business challenges and recommends standard methodologies/strategies to improve category, processes or services
- Collaborates with business partners to develop comprehensive supplier and category strategies
- Develops and leads cross-functional supplier qualification and management processes
- Builds Key Performance Indicators for supplier performance reviews
- Identifies and establishes strategic supplier partnerships to handle costs and optimize resources
- Develops and maintains category and subcategory structures
- Negotiates and implements contract terms and conditions
- Conducts spend analysis and develops measurable supplier management and risk mitigation processes
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
- Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
- 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
- Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
- Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
- Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
- Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Domestic partner benefits
- Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
