Sr. Manager - Indirect Category Management, Professional Services - Pennsylvania, Not Specified

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As a Global Procurement Function, we live by, and execute to as a competitive advantage for SUEZ WTS by unlocking true potential of our talent, investing in digital enablement, and building holistic strategic partnerships that will sustainably serve our customers, communities, and environment.

The Sr. Manager - Indirect Category Management, Professional Services will be responsible for developing, validating and implementing the global/regional strategies for Services such as Contingent Labour, HR Services, Outsourced Services, Financial Services, Consulting, and other Corporate categories such as Office Supplies, Advertising & Marketing, Taxes, Insurance, and Legal. This role can be assigned to other indirect categories to meet business needs. In this role, the Sr. Manager will work with Sourcing Project/Product Leaders, Regional Category Leaders, Technology, and Supply Chain Leaders.

Specific responsibilities:

• Key Initiatives:
  • Develops and Execute a Global Category Strategy for assigned Category that drives continuous improvement within the Category and benefits to the business
  • Drive all RFQ activity and lead supplier negotiations within assigned categories, regions and countries; define Contracting Strategy to maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk
  • Develop and execute Demand Management and Cost Reduction projects in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders
  • Develops/Manages Preferred Supplier Network, Strategic Suppliers. Drives Supplier Relationships via Quarterly Business Review and other avenues
  • Lead the search for alternate/secondary suppliers of materials/services for cost savings/avoidance in all assigned categories
  • Implement the new contracts and ensure the impact of the projects in EBIT/P&L and Cash Flow
  • Drives DPO improvements across assigned Category
  • Develop and lead efforts to reduce the number of vendors/transactions for assigned categories
  • Develop and drive communication on assigned categories with senior procurement and business leaders
• Influence & Change Management:
  • Obtains agreement of the strategy from all business stakeholders and publishes it for all users to access
• Facilitative Leadership:
  • Perform benchmarking and collect market analysis. Reports to Leadership on Market Trends and Category Performance
  • Responsible to maintain ongoing dialog with the regional sourcing teams, regional category managers, and project sourcing leaders on key supplier issues

Core requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Procurement, Category/Supplier Management, Purchasing, Production Control, Engineering, Product or Project management
• A minimum of 4 years' experience in the above category
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time

Useful skills & abilities:

• Negotiation skills and ability to influence with competencies in general expense contract requirements/nuances.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills, capable of developing presentations and comfortable interacting with internal/external stakeholders and WTS senior management.
• Creative, organized and self-motivated for success.
• Experience in working in different cultures and environments, in a matrixed organization
• Good understanding of Indirect categories
• Familiarity with market trends and key suppliers in the relevant Categories