The Senior Category Manager executes effective procurement strategies, from initial identification of procurement needs for goods and services.

Execute strategic sourcing strategies, best practices, and initiatives that support aggressive improvements in supplier quality, total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, improved coordination, delivery, pricing, lead-times, payment, risk compliance and other areas as identified.

Conducts supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier management

Provide procurement input to maximize procurement leverage, optimize project design and minimize project duration and cost.

Develop negotiation strategies, gain alignment from stakeholders, lead cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams, and implement appropriate supplier risk analysis

Deep dive current spend information/data to identify sourcing projects for individual subcategories, and develop an overall cost reduction plan

Monitor supplier performance to ensure that delivery dates and technical and contractual requirements are met

Manages day-to-day on-going category supplier relations and seeks out growth or revision opportunities within the supply base

Act as the internal point of contact for supplier management and complaint resolution

Aggressively manages category performance by adhering to internal Savings goals and reviewing financial models for commodity type items





Ensure spend portfolio for recurring managed spend is balanced through coordinated sourcing waves and leveraged with project sourcing activities

Drive consolidation of spend and seek out synergies across Business Units where applicable, by forming and leading cross-functional strategic sourcing teams to develop and implement category/commodity strategies and to drive cost from individual spend sub-categories measuring and communicating performance of each supplier and commodity and driving continual improvement efforts

Champions weekly assigned category review meetings with cross-functional teams to manage category performance.

Demonstrated ability to work in a rapid-paced, ambiguous environment while prioritizing and managing multiple stakeholders, responsibilities, and delivering multiple first-of-their-kind programs.

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial or Operations Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field required; Master’s degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain Management preferred

At least 3 years of experience in data analytics of spend preferred

Advanced Experience in managing projects and/or cross functional teams.

Advanced level skill in google sheets and office suite of products.

Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state). #

📌 Senior Category Manager (Winnipeg)
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📍 Winnipeg