Manager, Category Management (Indirect) - Hybrid

What you’ll need to succeed as a Manager, Category Management at XPO

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work or military experience
• 5 years of purchasing, procurement or sourcing experience
• 2 years of managing multiple indirect categories and implementing category strategies
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

 

Preferred qualifications:

• 3 years of experience drafting, negotiating and executing indirect services agreements
• CPSM and/or Lean Six Sigma credential
• Able to perform complex analysis in spreadsheet programs such as Excel
• Able to collect and analyze financial market, business or technical information to draw conclusions and make educated recommendations impacting the sourcing plan or event
• Able to facilitate/conduct large group meetings and deliver presentations for internal and external clients at all levels

 

About the Manager, Category Management job

Pay, benefits and more:

• Competitive compensation package
• Full health insurance benefits are available on day one
• Life and disability insurance
• Earn up to 15 days of PTO over your first year
• 10 paid company holidays
• 401(k) option with company match
• Education assistance
• Opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan

 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Complete complex analyses for assigned projects and identify category area business and product trends
• Define sourcing specifications and cost reduction objectives, implement negotiation strategies and identify high impact sourcing-related solutions to meet or exceed business objectives 
• Conduct requests for proposal, requests for information, requests for quotes and reverse auctions as required (all RFxs) through use of strategic sourcing platform tools
• Lead and facilitate sourcing projects through the full project lifecycle while managing and mitigating risk
• Utilize lean concepts to drive process improvement and cost reductions without compromising business strategies or quality
• Act as a corporate liaison to current and potential suppliers and business owners in support of strategic sourcing initiatives
• Assist in the development of company and departmental standards, and manage within those standards as well as any applicable laws to ensure ethical negotiation and to preserve procurement reputation
• Perform other duties, as assigned

 

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