Sr Procurement Category Manager

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores•Oklahoma City, OK

About The Position

The Category Manager has an overall responsibility to drive commercial value and enhance Love’s competitive position through end-to-end category management activities within the assigned categories. This position will partner with stakeholder teams across the organization to manage supplier relationships, negotiate pricing and contracts, and develop and execute category sourcing strategies focused on minimizing total cost of ownership and maximizing service quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management or a business-related field preferred
5-8 years of Supply Chain, Finance, or Operations work experience
Understanding of category management and procurement strategies
Experience working with Facilities Maintenance and Construction categories
Effective negotiation skills
Enhanced understanding of data driven spend analytics and data visualization (Excel, Power BI, or similar)
Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Procure-to-Pay systems
Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office suite required, experience with large scale accounting systems strongly preferred
Ability to learn new software applications and computer programs; ability to type efficiently and accurately; comfortable handling multiple interruptions and adjusting priorities throughout the workday while meeting deadlines; ability to communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) with diverse individuals and to consistently handle interpersonal situations in a professional and respectful manner; and excellent memory and organizational abilities

Responsibilities

Ensures all legal documents are in place for each supplier, including NDA, Master Supplier Agreements, and Product Agreements
Leads and conducts the RFP process, bid analysis and review, contract negotiations, and blanket purchase agreement creation
Evaluate potential cost improvement opportunities, document with business case and champion change in support of department/company initiatives
Identifies supply and supplier issues
Analyzes market intelligence to assess root cause, improvement opportunities, associated risk, and develop solutions
Builds relationships with supplier contacts and identifies candidate suppliers to be considered for strategic relationships
Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with Facilities Maintenance and Construction team members and leadership to collectively identify business drivers, process improvements, and value creation opportunities
Monitors supplier quality and supplier performance and completes supplier scorecards