Description
Job Summary
The Director Category Management responsibilities may include Category Strategy, Strategic and Tactical Sourcing, Supplier Management, Stakeholder Management and Supply Chain Administration Services. The individual may be responsible for delivery of a category management program, delivery of procurement strategy and implementation, and supplier relationship management. The Director may be accountable for Credit Card and Travel Administration, Compliance programs and Contract Administration.
Essential Functions
The Director Category Management responsibilities may include Category Strategy, Strategic and Tactical Sourcing, Supplier Management, Stakeholder Management and Supply Chain Administration Services. The individual may be responsible for delivery of a category management program, delivery of procurement strategy and implementation, and supplier relationship management. The Director may be accountable for Credit Card and Travel Administration, Compliance programs and Contract Administration.
Essential Functions
- Accountability for procurement strategy
- Accountability for commodity strategy and management
- Achieves enterprise strategic sourcing targets and goals
- Collaborates with key stakeholders to understand Supply Chain needs
- Managing critical supplier contracts including issue identification, tracking and resolution
- Develops successful partnerships with key business partners to achieve desired results
- Develops a team of highly skilled employees accountable for delivering strategic results
- Leads research to understand the supply market
- Collaborates with the other Supply Chain leaders and key business partners to develop standards, guidelines and policies
- Achieves budget targets for area of responsibility
- Develops goals for strategic sourcing savings and performance
- Continuously identifies and implements strategies and improvement initiatives to reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership
- Supports enterprise supplier diversity goals
- Provides effective leadership to team and is focused on their performance
- Achieves compliance with SOX controls
- Develops forecasts and implementation plans to ensure goals are achieved
- Develops framework to continuously evaluate supplier performance
- Required Qualifications For Position
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college
- Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals
- Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with others
- Extensive experience negotiating and managing critical supplier contracts
- Strong strategic capabilities
- Leadership experience building a high performing team
- Strong ability to build support and consensus
- Proven financial acumen
- Category management approaches
- Strategic thought capabilities
- Strategic Souring techniques
- Proven ability to negotiate complex agreements with suppliers
- Purchasing knowledge
Preferred Additional Qualifications for Position
- MBA
- Supply Chain experience in the utility industry
Contact
Nisource, Inc.
801 E 86th Ave
Merrillville
Indiana United States
www.nisource.com
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18 Feb, 2025
