Category Manager Software

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As a Software Category Manager, you will be responsible for leading and/or providing guidance on the development, execution and ongoing management of category and sourcing strategies for software purchases across the enterprise.  Responsible for procurement/negotiation strategy, as well as vendor management.
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A Brief Overview

As a Software Category Manager, you will be responsible for leading and/or providing guidance on the development, execution and ongoing management of category and sourcing strategies for software purchases across the enterprise. This will include the design, development, and oversight of a category strategy. You will also serve as the lead contact between key business executives and procurement, understanding their strategy and aligning your category strategy appropriately. You will serve as the software procurement expert, partnering across the business and with other procurement functional areas including strategic sourcing, supplier diversity, and procurement operations. A strong mix of analytic, strategic vision, and communication skills will ensure your success. You will partner closely with teams in the Belron Procurement Organization and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that our supplier relationships are being optimized across multiple facets including innovation, value realization, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation.

In this role, you will demonstrate accountability, agility, a dedication to be inclusive, a strong business acumen, and will show courage, even in the most difficult situations. We also highly value strong communication skills, a passion for learning, leadership traits, resilience and self-awareness.

What you will do

• Lead the procurement software category strategy for all enterprise software (e.g., on premise, cloud, SaaS, etc.)

• Drive multi-year, multi-million-dollar SaaS licensing negotiations while adhering to our technology roadmap

• Responsible for managing key supplier relationships; including QBRs, with a high level of external engagement and communication skills.

• Ensures that services and products meet the strategic needs of stakeholders. Participates in the negotiation process of service level agreements and ensures that contractual obligations are met

• Champion third party risk management process compliance and Supplier Diversity

• Create and monitor category budgets as required

• Explore supplier and market opportunities to improve upon current spending

• Actively engage multiple internal stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure frequent communication and alignment on overall supplier management strategies and strategic supplier specific strategies.

• Guide Procurement in preparation for and facilitating of contract negotiations and oversee the overall contracting process from a supplier experience and quality standpoint

• Lead supplier onboarding and offboarding activities, as well as managing appropriate supplier specific ongoing monitoring plans. Investigate on all supplier issues by working with relevant internal stakeholders and help the supplier to resolve issues efficiently

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, or related field Required

Experience Qualifications

• 10+ years of procurement and/or sourcing experience

• 7-9 years experience creating and leading category strategy for IT Software

• 10+ years experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating contracts

• 10+ years experience demonstrating strong stakeholder management - ability to influence and encourage leaders from across the organization towards positive supplier relationships, compliance and results delivery

• 7-9 years experience in vendor management driving continuous improvements with suppliers and their key performance indicators (KPIs)

Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of general commercial contract law

• Good understanding of data privacy and security and how relates to IT Software category

• Ability to build positive and professional relationships, internally and externally

• Strong project management skills

• Strong negotiation skills

• Sound judgement and able to make decisions quickly.

• Can-do attitude, results driven and resourceful.

• Experience with Oracle P2P or equivalent tools

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