The Category Management Team Lead participates and leads in development and fulfillment of complex contract requirements.
Five years of contracting/procurement experience required. Or Bachelor's degree with three years of contracting/procurement experience required. Technical (Required/Preferred Skills/Systems): MICROSOFT OFFICE PRODUCTS - Required ORACLE IPROCUREMENT SYSTEM - Preferred SOURCE TO PAY/PROCURE TO PAY SYSTEMS - Preferred
Contracting responsibilities include all actions from: Developing acquisition plans to issuing complex solicitations to contract award to administering contracts through closeout. Assists and guides lower graded contracting associates in their duties develops their skills, knowledge and abilities. Assigns contracting tasks and actions, evaluates performance. Coordinates work of various departments, acts as business advisor to internal customers, manages supplier relationship to fulfill current/future contract needs. Assists in the implementation of category management and strategic sourcing methodologies to support the development and execution of category management strategies for assigned sub-categories. Serves as a subject matter expert to internal business units. Develops and maintains strong business relationships and collaboration with internal business units, vendors, industry experts, other agencies, and other key stakeholders. Effectively manages associated pipelines of strategic sourcing events.