Sr. Director – Category Management – Direct Materials & Print Production

Sr. Director – Category Management – Direct Materials & Print Production

Requirements

• 7-10 plus years of Leadership experience in Sourcing and Category Management, and building best-in-class sourcing organizations with a strong customer-centric talent base
• Prior Print Production, Logistics, and Supply Chain Sourcing experience
• Strong experience in Procurement business process re-engineering
• Prior experience in a merger integration environment is preferable
• Leadership experience in negotiations strategies and oversight of Procurement programs for a wide variety of products and services
• Proven ability to influence and enhance processes across business lines
• Ability to build “true” partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated analytical skills including the ability to present business cases to drive stakeholder engagement and endorsement and process improvement

Responsibilities

• Build partnerships with key business units and successfully embed a formal, fact-based Strategic Sourcing and Category Management processes
• Be highly persuasive and capable of building consensus, despite potential disagreements or complexity
• Recommend alternatives to continuously gain customer buy-in and endorsement
• Build strong relationships with the leaders of all Procurement organization divisions
• Develop Strategic Sourcing strategy and goals to be aligned with overall Source-to-Pay and company objectives
• Demonstrate strong facilitation, leadership and interpersonal abilities when working with varying staff levels
• Demonstrate strong subject matter expertise, project management skills, and knowledge of industry best practices, and provide information and insight to internal customers and other business stakeholders
• Support the development of a culture that attracts, rewards and promotes high quality deliverables and excellent customer service
• Directly own and manage sourcing projects/initiatives across all strategic sourcing phases (pre-Sourcing, Sourcing, and post Sourcing), using varying PM tools
• Develop and communicate workplans ensuring issues are addressed effectively and consensus is established for initiatives and strategies
• Apply market research and requirements gathering techniques to optimize sourcing approach, foster competition and support positive negotiated outcomes
• Develop and maintain high quality deliverables (e.g. RFx, Cost Analysis, Vendor Management, Evaluation Tools, Presentations, Negotiation Guides and Contractual Documents)
• Assist in developing, designing, sharing and establishing Category Management and Strategic Sourcing best practices
• Support internal teams in resolving interdependency and policy compliance issues

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.