Procurement Category Manager

Rolls-Royce • Indianapolis, IN

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join our Rolls-Royce Business as a Procurement Category Manager. You will lead a team of buyers to develop and implement global strategies, fostering strong relationships to enhance and improve Cost Quality and Delivery across Procurement. Your creative approach will establish sustainable, long term supply chains, providing a competitive edge for Rolls-Royce, our customers, and suppliers. You will create and deploy integrated commodity/ category strategies, and associated strategic sourcing and commercial activities, which includes ensuring adequate levels of contractual coverage, mitigation of commercial risk, optimizing commercial advantage, providing security of supply, and acceptable levels of liability. You will manage strategic senior level relationships, creating value and competitive advantage, while coaching and mentoring your team to strengthen sourcing capabilities. This position is crucial for sourcing components for all our products and services to support our Business, with key challenges including supplier consolidation and cost savings. In this role, you will travel up to 15% domestically and internationally.
Why Rolls-Royce? Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Requirements

• Associate degree with 7+ years of procurement experience, OR Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of procurement experience, OR Master’s degree with 3+ years of procurement experience, OR JD/PhD, OR 9+ years of procurement experience in lieu of a degree
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident

Nice To Haves

• Commercial, procurement and strategy experience

Responsibilities

• Effective management of supplier relationships and strategic direction of partners and suppliers, which includes being accountable for managing issues that require escalation, conflict resolution, driving and improving in-contract supplier performance, and reporting out on KPIs to procurement.
• Lead complex negotiations through planning, performing cost analysis by creating total cost or acquisition/ product cost lifecycle models, drafting of contracts and creating business cases to maximize the value proposition across all major categories.
• Responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining relevant integrated commodity/category supplier strategies that have a clear vision and a strategic framework for the designated supply chain(s) which requires understanding of the commodity landscape, associated risks, and ability to conduct long term planning.
• Manage the identification, assessment, and mitigation of commercial risks within the supply chain to ensure continuity and resilience.
• Manage & lead a team of buyer(s) to excel in their tasks by fostering skill development and achieving superior outcomes for the business

Benefits

• We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits.
• These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
• Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan.
• Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan.

What This Job Offers

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