Category Manager - Health Plan

About the role

This job has enterprise-wide responsibility for creating and driving strategic sourcing for an assigned category of spend while building strong client business-oriented relationships by contributing to client strategy and objective setting. The incumbent acts as a strategic business partner, interfacing at the Director levels of the company, providing leadership in the designated spend category for category strategy/plans, strategic sourcing and other strategic procurement processes such as supplier relationship management, spend performance management, demand and compliance management, internal spend and external market analysis, and category governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead creation and implementation of sourcing and demand management strategies for assigned categories of spend, manage the development of RFx materials, detailed analysis of proposals and vendor capabilities, negotiations and supplier selection.
• Plan, schedule and monitor category sourcing initiatives, ensuring proper resource allocation and on-time delivery of projects; exercise tight project management.
• Leverage key metrics to identify problem areas and adopt current and emerging business models with an entrepreneurial mindset and creative approach to drive best practice.
• Strategically partner with business unit leaders and contribute to client strategy by providing procurement expertise and strategic partnering for purchasing opportunities.
• Counsel internal business unit leaders regarding purchasing processes, technology capabilities and policies to assist in the procurement life-cycle.
• Build and manage relationships with priority business unit management, serve as a key member of stakeholder’s management team to support implementation of business strategies through advanced procurement initiatives and team alignment, facilitate the entire sourcing process and closely collaborate with clients to select and award business to suppliers.
• Demonstrate a strategic business mindset, organizational savvy, present an executive-level presence, and balance multiple stakeholder interests simultaneously.
• Create profound category expertise and leverage knowledge to proactively identify potential procurement opportunities through data analysis, category and industry knowledge, current and emerging business models and discussions with business units.

Requirements

Required Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration/Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Marketing, Industrial Engineering or Liberal Arts or four years of relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree. Preferred None

Experience

• 3 years in a procurement role
• 1 year in strategic sourcing

Education

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration/Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Marketing, Industrial Engineering or Liberal Arts
• PREFERRED: Four years of relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree

Skills

• Experience in strategic management and problem solving
• Ability to translate big picture into implementation and achieve results
• Working knowledge and experience in and key Procurement functional areas of Category Management, Strategy Development, Contract Negotiation, Supplier and Risk Management and Supplier Diversity
• Excellent interpersonal, consultative, influencing, presentation and communication skills, work well in a team environment, able to work in diverse environments and adhere to highest ethical standards
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment in a complex, matrixed environment
• Demonstrated success working with business unit executives and matrix organizations
• Strong analytical, financial and P&L skills required
• Effective negotiation skills and relevant experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage cost performance, supply/demand forecasting

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic management and problem solving
• Ability to translate big picture into implementation and achieve results
• Working knowledge and experience in and key Procurement functional areas of Category Management, Strategy Development, Contract Negotiation, Supplier and Risk Management and Supplier Diversity
• Excellent interpersonal, consultative, influencing, presentation and communication skills, work well in a team environment, able to work in diverse environments and adhere to highest ethical standards
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment in a complex, matrixed environment
• Demonstrated success working with business unit executives and matrix organizations
• Strong analytical, financial and P&L skills required
• Effective negotiation skills and relevant experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage cost performance, supply/demand forecasting

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Hybrid based role in Pittsburgh, PA - 3 days a week onsite - T,W,Th.