IT Category Managers - ProcureAbility : Job Details

Our client in the Bay area has immediate openings for IT Procurement Professionals. Hybrid position 3 days onsite East Bay office. Salary is up to $200K plus 20% Bonus, Paid Pension, Matching 401K. Must Live in the S.F. Bay area.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimize diversity spending and total cost of ownership for key lines of business.
• Ensures the overall governance of the contract approval process from contract creation through contract award.
• Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories
• Develops short- and long-term strategies for all spend categories within portfolio
• Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives
• Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development
• Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies
• Monitors and maximizes customer satisfaction using standardized client service level agreements
• Manages continuous improvement-based relationships that deliver mutually beneficial results for PG&E and its suppliers
• Establishes service level agreements to hold suppliers accountable for performance
• Approves purchase orders and contracts from $500,000 to $10 million
• Directly supervises Sourcing Supervisors, Category Leaders and Sourcing Specialists.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college)
• 8+ years of total sourcing or related industry experience IT procurement goods and services
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills

Desired

• Demonstrated category management and procurement transformation experience
• Supervisory experience
• SAP/SRM proficiency