Category Manager
Current• Responsible for development and implementation of indirect spend category strategies and improvement initiatives.• Supplier qualification and portfolio development of a vast pool of suppliers across multiple categories.• Manage multiple and simultaneous drafts, tenders, and analyses of RFx for category development.• Draft, negotiation and management of contracts and agreements.• Stakeholder collaboration of multiple categories in locations across North America to deliver intelligence and support decisions.• Presentation to category and business leaders of category strategies and performance.• Coordination and delivery of analysis and purchasing recommendation to business area sourcing board.• Directly managed and developed an international team of category buyers to drive compliance to category strategies.• Draft and implementation of highly successful cost savings initiatives across multiple categories.• Supported a greenfield site expansion; spare parts strategy, storeroom design and process, sourcing initiatives.• Change Ally for implementation of SAP in NA and leader for indirect purchasing solution design.
