Category Manager I

What's the role?:

• Develop and lead the category sourcing efforts, incorporating best practices and aligning with the business requirements / company strategy for Content Collection and Broadcasting Services Categories.
•  Develop trusting relationships with business / functional stakeholders and suppliers; lead cross-functional teams to ensure effective, collaborative and strategic sourcing decisions are made that satisfy requirements of internal stakeholders
•  Develop a deep understanding of the outsourced services to facilitate an efficient and agile response to operational and contractual challenges accordingly set targets / objectives and manage key vendors’ performance for a group of spend categories.
• Execute strategies and improvement plans for several assigned categories
• Maintains category expertise by leveraging external networks, business stakeholders, and key suppliers
• Execute the sourcing strategy and levers to pull early in the project
• Support development of cross-functional category teams
• Interfaces with internal customers to understand requirements, demand management opportunities, and issues resolution
• Engages key stakeholders for inclusion in sourcing strategy development and execution
• Notifies the Manager when a conflict arises between stakeholder requirements and sourcing strategy
• Conduct sourcing events
• Develop and maintains market information on suppliers and work with key stakeholders to identify qualified supply base
• Creates RFQs / RFPs with regards to execution of bid events
• Work with cross-functional / key stakeholders to develop selection criteria
• Conduct supplier negotiations
• Manages ongoing vendor relationships with business and functional leads
• Acts as a liaison between business / functional leads and supplier; owns compliant resolution
• Implements improvement ideas with supplier
• Helps drive tracking and reporting for category spend areas
• Develops tracking mechanisms and supplier key performance indicators with manager
• Tracks compliance to preferred supplier list
• Uses procurement tools and systems to create operational efficiency and visibility
• Negotiates skillfully in situations with both internal and external parties; can win concessions while maintaining relationships; can be direct and forceful as well as diplomatic

You will need to have the following experience:

• 8+ Business experience in strategic sourcing with 8+ years of professional experience; global sourcing a plus
• Management consulting experience a plus
• BS with MBA a plus
• Solid analytical and problem solving skills; proficient in Microsoft office products
• Ability to interface / engage with clients and suppliers via strong written, oral, and presentation skills

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

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