Senior Category Specialist

Mortenson • Robbinsdale, MN

14h • Hybrid

About The Position

Mortenson is currently seeking a Senior Category Specialist that will provide development, implementing, and managing sourcing strategies for specified categories or group of categories. This role will focus on optimizing costs, quality, and delivery while improving Supply Chain efficiencies and maintaining supplier relationships.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, construction management or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
• Minimum 6 years of experience.
• Current driver’s license.
• Knowledge of construction processes, equipment and materials, purchasing processes and procedures.
• Negotiating, organizing, planning, verbal and communication skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, and negotiations skills.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Strong organization, planning and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Active listening skills and effective communication including an openness to diverse input and feedback.
• Must be currently legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status, 0-1, TN, CPT, OPT, etc.). We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Responsibilities

• Assist in development and implementation of Category Strategy for Assigned Categories by identifying and engaging with internal stakeholders across engineering and operations to capture category requirements.
• Assess potential opportunities for categories including spend segmentation, category maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis.
• Develop Sourcing Strategy for categories detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits.
• Support Annual Category Reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Manage Relationships with Key Suppliers by supporting the development of supplier business reviews, monitoring supplier’s quality and delivery performance and leverage supplier relationship to assist buyers with expedites.
• Support Material Cost Reductions for Assigned Categories by assisting in supplier contract negotiations including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Closely monitor market drivers affecting the category including raw material pricing and availability, supplier capacity, industry disruptions and new products.
• Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovery of commodity inflation.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug plans that includes no additional cost vision coverage.
• Dental plan.
• 401k retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match.
• Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves.
• Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• No-Cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Gym Membership Discount Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior