Category Manager II - ITS

Mortenson is seeking a Category Manager II - ITS to develop, implement, and manage sourcing strategies for specified categories, optimizing costs, quality, and delivery while improving supply chain efficiencies and maintaining supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies for assigned categories.
• Identify and engage 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 strategies detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits.
• Adapt strategies as business, market, and economic environments change.
• Support annual category reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and risk mitigation.
• Maintain relationships with suppliers at the leadership level.
• Conduct supplier business reviews and monitor supplier quality and delivery performance.
• Leverage supplier relationships to assist buyers with expedites as needed.
• Manage financial success of the category, including developing strategies to achieve financial and category initiative goals.
• Develop pricing strategies for project proposals.
• Lead monthly and annual category financial reviews with project information, metrics, forecast, and strategy.
• Achieve material cost reductions for assigned categories through supplier contract negotiations.
• Define negotiation strategies including supplier profiles, commercial negotiation targets, switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Monitor market drivers affecting the category, including raw material pricing, supplier capacity, industry disruptions, and new products.
• Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovery of commodity inflation.
• Build relationships with individuals of diverse backgrounds and organizational levels.
• Lead team members by example, offer effective coaching and feedback, and manage performance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, construction management, or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience.
• Current driver’s license.

Skills

• Knowledge of construction processes, equipment, materials, purchasing processes, and procedures.
• Strong negotiating, organizing, planning, verbal, and communication skills.
• Strategic thinking, business acumen, and negotiation skills.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Strong organization, planning, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Active listening skills and openness to diverse input and feedback.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug plans that include 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.

Pay

The base pay range for this role is $110,300 - $165,500. Actual range is higher for the following office locations: Denver, CO and Chicago, IL – 5%, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR – 10%, Washington, D.C. – 12.5%. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience, with consideration given to internal equity.

Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.