Senior Category Manager

MV Transportation•Dallas, TX

15h

About The Position

MV Transportation is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing activities for Indirect spend categories including IT, Professional Services, Contingent Labor, Facilities, Uniforms and MRO. The goal is to achieve significant cost reductions, supplier and SKU consolidation while maintaining/improving product quality and supplier service levels. This position will work closely with key stakeholders to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans. The Senior Category Manager’s primary responsibility is to utilize strategic sourcing best practices to capture real savings while making effective supply base decisions. This includes direct savings captured through consolidating company-wide purchasing volume and applying operational and commercial TCO levers to reduce cost and manage contracts with suppliers. The indirect spend for MV is approximately $65 Million and the position will report directly to the Corporate Lead for Source to Settle.

Requirements

Extensive indirect sourcing experience (minimum seven (7) years)
Proven track record of driving strategic change
Strong communications skills
Ability to handle multiple projects at once

Responsibilities

Deliver exceptional customer service to our business partners and suppliers regarding any Source to Settle products
Negotiate, construct and review contracts with suppliers and business units.
Work with business unit leadership to monitor contract compliance
Develop, champion and ensure implementation of ideas that will optimize total cost of ownership year-over-year for assigned spend categories
Work with Corporate Lead for Source to Settle and operations to streamline the sourcing processes
Track forecasted versus actual savings for each category and be responsible for communicating performance against these measures and their potential budgetary impact
Develop and implement commodity strategies and establish and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers to ensure successful implementation and support
Develop negotiations strategies and drive negotiations to achieve states goals and objectives
Remain current with market trends through relationships with suppliers and market experts; identify and communicate new technologies and solutions to key problems in the assigned spend areas
Maintain a working knowledge of internal policies (e.g. procurement, code of ethics) or procedures to ensure the behavior exhibited by the organization is with the highest level of integrity, honesty and transparency
Lead cross-functional negotiating teams targeting key spend categories
Collaborate effectively across different organizational levels, functions, businesses and geographies to realize Source to Settle goals and objectives.