Lead Category Manager - Enterprise Labor - Hybrid

Come build something that matters.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:  

As a Lead Category Manager, reporting to the Senior Manager - Enterprise Labor, the Lead Category Manager – Enterprise Labor is a highly strategic role in the Global Indirect Supply Management team. You will be on site at New Britain, CT (preferred) or Towson, MD or Valley City, OH for 3 days/week.  To be successful in this role, this leader will drive the Indirect – Enterprise Labor categories such as Temporary Labor (Light Industrial & Professional) and Recruiting & Relocation categories for SBD globally.  Key initiatives include, but not limited to, sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract management, and continuous improvement opportunities. This role will work with multiple Corporate and Operations Leaders, including Human Resources, Finance, Plant Managers and other Supply Chain Leaders.

This role will also be responsible for overseeing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) value creation through a combination of productivity, quality, innovation, service excellence, risk management and margin resiliency. You’ll get to:  

• Partner with the stakeholders to develop and implement global sourcing strategies for delivering value against productivity, working capital, service, quality and Innovation
• Conduct strategic spend analytics to identify opportunities for Value delivery
• Responsible for managing the relationship and setting expectations with our stakeholders
• Negotiate high spend value contracts with our key strategic suppliers by working with internal stakeholders
• Supplier selection and negotiation process globally for all categories
• Track Supplier performance within each applicable spend category
• Build sustainable business partnerships with internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers
• Keeps informed of market and industry trends/developments – technical, risk, commercial, or otherwise – as they relate to the different technology products available in the marketplace
• Reduce Tail Spend by pushing more spend to our key preferred strategic suppliers
• Drive value through supplier relationship management (SRM)
• Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws
• Ability to joggle effectively priorities and practice multi-tasking in time sensitive environment
• Tools (Preferred): Sievo (Spend Analytics), Ariba, Salesforce, Contract Lifecycle Management tool (ICERTIS preferred)

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• A Bachelor’s degree
• 5+years of strategic sourcing with experience driving change within large globally dispersed matrixed organizations
• Experience managing Enterprise Labor (any of Temporary Labor, Recruiting & Relocation, or other Labor category) specific category experience
• Proven experience developing, selling and implementing category strategies in a matrixed large organization environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex commercial and contractual (incl. understanding of key contract clauses) negotiations and ongoing supplier performance management/scorecards.
• Experience in advanced sourcing techniques and tools, and supplier management
• Proficiency in conducting market analysis, cost modeling and financial risk management
• Strong positive attitude and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate, connect, collaborate, and desire to delight stakeholders with excellent service at all levels, particularly at the C-level, VP and Director levels
• Influencing without direct authority while being comfortable with conflict of opinions with a demonstrated track record of positive and constructive outcomes
• Ability to be a self-starter, someone who’s not afraid to ruthlessly prioritize, and multi-task effectively
• Change leader - ability to adapt to changing conditions and identify creative solutions that add value
• Must be able to travel 5% of the time.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k),