IT Sourcing Category Manager

Trane Technologies • NC

124d • $90,000 - $135,000

About The Position

Trane Technologies is hiring an IT Category Manager. This is a critical role on our Indirect Procurement team, with high visibility to enterprise leadership and great potential for career growth. The roles’ primary responsibilities include category strategy development for a range of IT Categories including Software and SaaS. We are looking for a candidate with category management experience willing to learn and drive the management of the category to reduce risk, cost, and ambiguity for our internal customers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in negotiation and management of Software, SaaS, and hosting agreements; or 5+ years of contract management and/or category management negotiation experience with a desire to learn and lead software/SaaS/IT category management for a global organization.
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Demonstrated success in assessing, negotiating, and managing vendors; leveraging cross-functional teams.
• Collaboration, facilitation, consultation, and conflict resolution skills; ability to collaborate and influence within a highly matrixed environment.
• Professional communication: both verbal and written are required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of projects, contracts, and internal business partners to deliver business value and mitigate contractual risk related to Software and SaaS purchases.
• Negotiate and manage Software and SaaS contracts of varying complexity, including financial, contractual (Terms and Conditions), and commercial terms.
• Lead the negotiation process for Software and SaaS contracts, including engaging with suppliers, functional leaders, legal team, subject matter experts, executive leadership, and the business sectors, as required.
• Manage contract lifecycle and compliance, to ensure supply continuity, and deliver best total value through RFx activities and supplier selection activities.
• Identify, engage, and align with internal stakeholders to capture category requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality.
• Develop and execute detailed Software/SaaS short and long-term category strategy that expands on the current Preferred Supplier Program; segmenting spend and buying channels based on the business needs and effective procurement principles.
• Actively monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality, and compliance.
• Responsible for delivering category productivity and cost avoidance through price, value analysis (VA) or continuous improvement projects.
• Oversee Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and regular supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within the category to meet program Quality/Cost/Delivery targets.

Benefits

• Health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives.
• Family building benefits including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• Paid time off, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

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