Category Manager – IT
Cushman & Wakefield
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Montana • Oklahoma • United States
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Salary
💰 $93,500 - $110,000 per year
About the role
- Oversees and optimizes procurement and management strategies for IT-related goods and services
- Focuses on cost efficiency, improving supplier relationships, and aligning purchasing strategies
- Interface with IT business lines to lead supplier relationship and performance management
- Implement short, medium and long term strategies based on Procurement Policies and Procedures
- Develops major goals to support organizational strategy
- Creates a working environment that encourages high performance and innovation
- Becomes a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on the categories
- Removes roadblocks to enable the delivery of procurement and client account goals
- Promotes compliance with company’s code of conduct
- Develop and implement a strategic sourcing plan for IT related goods and services
- Conduct Global, Regional and Country market research for industry trends and cost savings
- Set category goals aligned with company objectives and measure performance against these targets
- Identify, evaluate, and establish relationships with IT vendors
- Negotiate terms and contracts, ensuring compliance with internal policies
- Manage supplier performance and conduct periodic reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 4-10 years of category management or project management experience
- Professional certifications preferred e.g., CPSM, CIPS, C.P.M., or evidence of continued professional growth
- In-depth knowledge of IT Procurement and fundamentals, IT specific category specific knowledge
- Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
- Ability to build relationships with key business stakeholders and 3rd party vendors
- Inner drive to accomplish goals and not deterred by obstacles
- Capacity to develop innovative strategies and solutions
- Creative problem solver
- Contract negotiation and ongoing management skills
- Analytics, ability to mine data to drive in depth analysis
- Building and managing diverse supplier relationships
- Interface with all levels in the organization
- Project Management
- Continuous improvement
- Personal flexibility
- Independent worker, self-starter
- Organizational savvy
- Innovativeness
- Effective Communication & Presentation skills
- Decision making & crisis management
- Business Influence, interviewing and active listening
- Knowledge of effective supplier risk management techniques
Benefits
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life, and disability insurance programs
- paid and unpaid time away from work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
category managementproject managementcontract negotiationdata analysisstrategic sourcingsupplier performance managementIT procurementmarket researchcost efficiencysupplier risk management
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsanalytical skillsrelationship buildingproblem solvinginnovationeffective communicationdecision makingorganizational savvyself-starterflexibility
Certifications
CPSMCIPSC.P.M.