Senior Category Manager

**Job Description Summary**: As a Senior Category Manager you will hold a pivotal role in driving savings and efficiencies through management & consolidation of the supplier base. You will collaborate with Regional Category Leaders, Global Sourcing/Category Leaders, Business Leaders and their teams, managing (among others) on Global Marketing Services.

The role reports directly to the Global Category Leader and will need to cover US Eastern/Central time zone. This role may work from home and/or from the local GE Healthcare office to be closer to their stakeholders.

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator with over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50,000 employees globally.

**Responsibilities**:

- Leads Global Marketing Consolidation Project over the next several years to deliver brand governance & continuity across the supply base, savings and supplier consolidation.
- Partners with key business stakeholders to support the needs of the business.
- Develops solutions and delivers on priorities for the designated scope. Maintains metrics for sourcing scope and identifies new areas of opportunity to deliver or exceed targets.
- Develops and implements Indirect Sourcing strategy, processes or GEHC policies for the Category Manager’s agreed scope and in line with GEHC global sourcing initiatives.
- Leads full Request for Proposal & Bidding process including spend analysis, RFx, quotes analysis, pricing, and contract & statement of work negotiations and execution.
- Enforces and manages compliance with Preferred Suppliers (PSL) and strategically manage tail-spend to migrate to preferred suppliers wherever possible.
- Owns achieving Indirect savings targets, leading, and running project execution across their supply base.
- Responsible for risk management in supplier base ensuring all compliance and quality standards are met.
- Liaises with stakeholders and Sourcing colleagues across the organization to understand / share best practices and leverage expertise.
- Identifies and owns global and cross Strategic Business Unit (SBU) supply base. Leverage buying power to maximize opportunities.
- Drives business metrics affected by indirect Sourcing, identifies new areas of cost out and implements operating efficiency.
- Provides guidance, feedback and support to other Sourcing Leaders including Regional Sourcing/Category Leaders covering the same spend.
- Provides appropriate contract coverage for goods and services globally. Be proficient in executing the GEHC legal templates and negotiating terms and conditions, service levels and pricing with suppliers.
- Identifies and reports any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required
- Develops and maintains fully qualified and compliant supply base.

**Qualifications**:

- Master’s degree from an accredited university or college in a related field such as (but not limited to) Business, Finance or Health Services.
- Minimum 10 years of professional services sourcing experience in a large corporate sourcing environment including global & role specific sub-commodity experience.
- Negotiated large complex services contracts & engagements.
- Delivered cross Functional/Business savings and deployed global/region wide initiatives and projects.
- Willing to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of time.

**Desired Characteristics**:

- Proven ability to execute and deliver on commitments and targets.
- Shown ability to lead and cooperate with teams virtually and in person at all levels of an organization.
- Proven organizational and project management skills (multi-faceted & complex projects) with ability to handle multiple priorities and deliver results on time.
- Demonstrated capability to effectively produce results through matrix teams.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment while meeting goals/needs of multiple constituents.
- Strong analytic skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.
- Excellent communication skills: experience working across multiple levels (including executive level), functions and regions; able to clearly communicate complex information in a simple to understand manner; able to deliver message effectively verbally and in writing.
- Proven ability to influence and gain consensus to achieve priorities for the benefit of the company.
- Able to combine a strong sense of humility and partnership with Stakeholders and Suppliers, with the purpose of Sourcing’s mission, making GE HealthCare leaner and more cost efficient.
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