Supply Chain Management – Category Manager
General Dynamics Information Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $93,662 - $95,450 per year
About the role
- Develop innovative strategies for the indirect and direct IT Network/Telecom spend category
- Report to the Sr. Manager of Category Management
- Work closely with stakeholders and the Managers and staff of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement
- Create, socialize, and update category strategies across the network and telecom category
- Maximize the value obtained from each supply market balancing competing demands
- Conduct detailed supply market research
- Establish and leverage relationships with large-scale hardware OEMs
- Work closely with internal departments and customer-facing programs to understand, document, and analyze current and forecasted category demands
- Develop strategies for gaining the best value from current and future supply markets
- Regularly evaluate category and adjust strategies as appropriate
- Solve process, supplier performance and market-disruption problems including developing solutions under tight timeframes
Requirements
- 5+ years of related experience
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science or 4+ years of equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree
- Experience: 5+ years of corporate, commercial, or FAR regulated supply chain experience (experience in a Fortune 500 company, government contractor, or federal government)
- US Citizenship: Performs work on contracts that require US citizenship
- Demonstrated understanding of FAR and its compliance requirements and audit implications on category strategies
- Experience managing complex project and influencing persons not in one’s chain of authority
- Experience in written/oral communications at all levels of the company (including C-level / Executive)
- Demonstrated knowledge of full lifecycle SCM-related topic areas (including strategic sourcing, contract types, bid sheet structures, proposal analyses, and contract negotiations)
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Paid time off including vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
supply chain managementstrategic sourcingcontract negotiationsmarket researchcategory managementbid sheet structuresproposal analysessupplier performance evaluationprocess problem solvingFAR compliance
Soft Skills
stakeholder engagementcommunicationinfluencingrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingproblem solvingcollaborationanalytical skillsadaptabilitytime management