Strategic Category Manager
hace 2 días
Overview
Johnson Controls, Inc., a global diversified technology leader, is seeking an experienced Strategic Category Manager to join our team. This role will be responsible for developing and leading the implementation of global category procurement strategies across assigned indirect categories.
Job Summary
The successful candidate will have 8+ years of experience in procurement or a related field, with significant negotiating experience and fluency in English. A bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field is required, while an advanced degree is highly desirable. Key skills include leadership, project management, and supply market knowledge.
Salary Estimate
$120,000 - $160,000 per year, depending on location and experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the implementation of global category procurement strategies across assigned indirect categories.
- Lead traditional and non-traditional supplier procurement activities, ensuring timely execution and focusing on global solutions that improve services and reduce costs.
- Facilitate supplier procurement process and negotiations relative to business requirements and cost, maximizing JCI's leverage and negotiation position.
- Lead supplier contracting negotiations and execution, collaborating with corporate legal for escalation of certain risk-related terms and conditions.
- Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to increase engagement and develop a robust procurement project pipeline across all business segments of manufacturing, corporate, and service (branches).
- For each procurement project, ensure project alignment and drive collaborative procurement efforts with the necessary cross-functional counterparts and matrix teams to maximize transactional efficiency and mitigate potential risks.
- Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with key suppliers to understand the suppliers' current services for the company as well as additional capabilities.
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of business and functional strategic roadmaps and resulting business requirements, as related to assigned categories.
- Drive cost out targets for the supply management organization; calculate and report savings.
- Drive compliance of enterprise agreements.
- Assist with key supplier issue resolution and risk mitigation, as required.
- Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of marketplace, benchmarks, and industry best practices for assigned categories.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field is required.
- Advanced degree in business, finance, or a related field is highly desirable.
- 8+ years of experience in procurement or a related field.
- Significant negotiating experience.
- Fluency in English.
- Leadership and project management skills.
- Supply market knowledge and indirect procurement knowledge.
- Contract development skills.
- Supplier management and stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical skills.
About Johnson Controls, Inc.
Johnson Controls, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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