Sr. Manager Procurement, IT & Professional Services

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

Sr. Manager Procurement, IT & Professional Services

This position reports into Director Outsourcing Services.

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Role reports to: Director Outsourcing Services

Location: Summit, NJ

Travel %: 10%

Pay: $119,000 - $205,850

What you will do

The Sr Manager, IT and Professional Services is responsible for

Supporting the daily management & development of category practices for Consulting services, IT & Professional services, including sourcing strategy definition, supplier negotiation, and stakeholder management, to maximize total cost of ownership, savings and procurement’s value contribution while achieving compliance with policies, strategies, and processes

Striving to meet the mutually agreed Procurement targets contributing to the overall budgeting targets

Deliver financial, ESG, service, and innovation targets

In addition to the elements mentioned above the IT and Professional Services Category Manager is accountable to define and achieve clear targets in conjunction with the respective Procurement counterparts and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Defines Category Strategy for IT and Professional Services

• Analyzes category and defines category profile, incl. risk assessment, supply base assessment, demand management, consulting policy and SRM strategy
• Benchmarks category practices to identify improvement initiatives
• Builds category specific strategic plan in alignment with the regions / countries and aligns strategic plan to financial budget and global business strategies in alignment with global Category Manager and business stakeholders
• Defines P2P and Buying Channel strategy, identifies and considers automation potential and P2P/Channel effectiveness
• Deliver financial, ESG, service, and innovation targets
• Daily management of tactical tasks aligning with category strategy
• Leads global Information Technology and Professional Services category strategy implementation and savings realization
• Initiates internal and external analysis (industry and supplier)
• Consolidates requirements, acting as a business partner for business / other functions, supporting the alignment and optimization of specification with the business / other functions
• Leads contract implementation and drives contract compliance
• Is accountable for efficient alignment enablement / activation of negotiation outcomes by increasing the level of automated content within the category, instructing on new content updates and by providing clear instructions about the category