Category Manager
Dhaka
-Category Planning, Strategic Sourcing & Advance Supplier Relationship (ASR)-Preparing the Annual Category and Contracting Planning (ACPP) with all stakeholder requirement, Conducts spend segmentation and Market Intelligence (MI) for category and sub-categories. -Obtain Product & Service Line (PSL) /Category Plan approval from Contract Review Committee(CRC) / Category Leadership Team . -Delivery of category/contracting strategies through executed agreements , administration &post contract activities -Drive strategic initiatives within assigned spend portfolio through Strategic Sourcing and Category Planning.-Managing internal and external customer relationships including development and administration of Service Quality(SQ) Meeting and Advanced Supplier Relationship meetings to ensure values which are created during strategic sourcing are being realized during the contracting life cycle. -Ensuring all contracting & procurement comply with company’s set procedure & process to meet end-user department need and ensuring buyers and contract administrators follow procedures & steps.-Leading the sourcing process with the initiatives of scope of work (SOW) development, sourcing and negotiation strategy formation, bid/tender package preparation, supply market analysis for both operations, Maintenance & Project work,-Finalizing technical and commercial evaluation criteria with relevant stakeholders’ consultation and ensuring fair, ethical and sustainable souring is executed.-Implementing strategic cost management, should cost analysis and lowering total cost of ownership (TCO)-Support Contract Owner in managing supplier performance and relationship through the SQM -Process, in setting supplier’s KPI or Balanced Scorecard and resolving disputes with suppliers.-Collaborate globally with Category Specialists and Managers on Category Management and -Procurement best practices within Downstream, and Corporate Procurement/ Supply Chain