Category Manager 2, Facilities Construction and Material Handling Equipment

About the Role

This role will lead the Material Handling Equipment and Energy and Sustainability categories. Focus will be on the day-to-day management of the category strategy and business partner relationships driving both financial operational value while mitigating risk

What You'll Do

• Execute category strategy & implementation plan

• Manage supplier and business partner relationships and perform contract negotiations to optimize financial and operational benefits and mitigate risk

• Support cross-functional teams in sourcing projects, ensuring alignment with business goal

• Provide input to category strategy based on market dynamics, supplier landscape, business needs within focus area

• Support senior procurement staff in various strategic initiatives

Who You Are

• Contract Management: Extensive experience negotiating, redlining, and routing contracts for approval through a complex organization. Proven ability to lead the contracting process facilitating meetings with business partners, Legal, Finance, suppliers, InfoSec and Risk. Knowledge of key legal and commercial contract terms and risks / opportunities associated with each.

• Procurement & Category Management: Procurement background in Material Handling Equipment, Facility Construction, Energy/Sustainability preferred

• Personal skills: Highly organized with strong project management and communication skills. Ability to multitask and prioritize work as required to meet deadlines. Flexible problem-solving mindset with an aptitude for working through ambiguous situations. Tech savvy with a desire to quickly learn and master new systems and ways of working.

• Experience: 5 – 6 years of experience in Procurement or related area, preferred experience in one or more of categories managed, strong problem-solving & communication skills

• Procurement at Gap, Inc. drives financial and operational value through category management and contractual negotiations.