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Procurement Category Manager-Hardware
| Company | Motorola |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $98100 – $196200 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 8+ years of Procurement, Category management or supply chain experience required.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute long term agreements through formal RFx methodologies.
- Analyze spend data and industry dynamics to identify, prioritize, and launch sourcing initiatives.
- Identify value/ savings opportunities, processes, and best practices.
- Establish positive relationships across the business units to ensure active and early participation in supplier related matters.
- Lead negotiations in both financial and business matters, including commercial terms and risk mitigation for strategic contracts.
- Collaborates with business stakeholders to understand requirements, budgets and current gaps and challenges to develop best strategic sourcing strategies.
- Support strategic sourcing best practices including driving supplier segmentation, scorecards, and facilitating strategic business reviews in collaboration with business partners.
- Lead supplier contract renewals and leverage competitive pricing, quality and customer service.
- Develop strategic relationships with existing or new key suppliers and ensure appropriate engagement levels exist to drive partnership objectives.
- Identify process improvements to increase efficiencies and maximize spend opportunity.
- Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on business initiatives and procurement strategies.
- Developing relationships with senior leadership.
- Providing subject matter expertise on complex purchasing, legal & contractual issues.
- Performing supplier relationship management and reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Budget Planning.
- Cost Reduction.
- Contract negotiations without much legal guidance.
- 10+ years of procurement experience preferred.
- Contribute to large/complex supplier deals including services, integrated solutions and more.
- Ability to communicate and facilitate presentations for Director’s/VP Levels.
- Preferred certifications is a plus: Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS), Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) from the Institute of Supply Chain Management (ISM), Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.
