Senior Category Strategist

About the role

The Senior Category Strategist works with minimal supervision to develop, champion, implement, and communicate strategies aligned with business requirements, while maximizing optimized value from the overall spend. This position oversees many categories including, but not limited to IT, Facilities, HR, and Travel.

Responsibilities

• Plans and analyzes for multiple categories, using internal and external category spend data, market trends, and insights.
• Collaborates with both internal and external procurement stakeholders, fostering long-term partnerships.
• Develops and implements strategies to track and monitor the progress of initiatives across categories.
• Manages the commercial issues relating to contracts, payments, and non-performance.
• Drives project closure from a procurement perspective, escalating issues to ensure resolution.
• Supports the procurement process for the development of RFX’s, supplier selection, and communication.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 5+ years of experience in budget cycles, lowest cost of ownership, lease/buy analyses, analytics tools such as OBIEE, Tableau, Expert level Excel user (pivot tables, Macros, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Business Analytics, Procurement, Project Management.
• 7+ years of experience in a banking, insurance, or other regulatory environment.
• Experience with software, SaaS, PaaS, MFaaS, or AI contracting.

Skills

• Software
• SaaS
• PaaS
• MFaaS
• AI Contracting
• Category Strategy
• Contract Management
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Budgeting
• Lease Analysis
• Microsoft Excel Macros
• Pivot Tables
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Sourcing and Procurement
• Spend Analysis
• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Reports

Essentials

• Communicate/Hearing
• Communicate/Talking
• Stationary Position/Seated
• Typing/Writing
• Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment

Physical And Mental Requirements

• Normal office environment.
• (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.

Pay

$79,500.00 - $144,100.00 Full Salary Range For Position

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medical plans, and short and long-term disability)
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Parental leave
• 401(k) plan
• 11 paid holidays
• Illinois associates receive 40 hours of Illinois Paid Leave upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year and 40 hours of Illinois PSST upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year.
• California: $91,500.00 - $180,100.00
  Colorado: $79,500.00 - $151,300.00
  New York: $87,500.00 - $180,100.00
  Washington: $83,500.00 - $165,700.00
  Maryland: $83,500.00 - $158,500.00
  Washington DC: $91,500.00 - $165,700.00
  Illinois: $79,500.00 - $158,500.00
  New Jersey: $91,500.00 - $165,700.00
  Vermont: $79,500.00 - $144,100.00
  Ohio: $79,500.00 - $144,100.00
  Maine: $79,500.00 - $144,100.00
  Connecticut: $87,500.00 - $158,500.00
  Virginia: $79,500.00 - $144,100.00

About Bread Financial®

At Bread Financial, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community, and be part of our award-winning culture. We’ve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and we’re proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated, accepted, valued, and fulfilled—both personally and professionally.

Job Family

Purchasing

Job Type

Regular