Job Title: Category Leader, Expert
Duration: 4 months
Location: Oakland, CA (Hybrid)
ONLY SUBMIT LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY TO THE BAY AREA/WORK LOCATION-OAKLAND. ASSIGNMENT IS HYBRID AND NEED TO COME TO OGO 3-5 DAYS A MONTH DEPENDING ON BUSINESS NEEDS.
Job Description
- Conducts and documents market research and supplier risk analysis to verify the financial health of existing and potential suppliers
- Creates and maintains category plans.
- Develops and review performance data with suppliers. Works with suppliers to drive ongoing value discovery.
- Develops and sustains mutually beneficial strategic relationships with tier 1 and 2 IT software and hardware suppliers.
- Leads cross-functional team through strategic sourcing process and development/execution of negotiation strategies for mid-complexity spend categories
- Leads the development of category strategies of medium complexity
- Maintains awareness of industry and market trends through ongoing research
- Subject matter expert for particular commodities or services
Skills:
- Develops and manages one or more sourcing spend categories and manages on a dlegated portion of Tier 1 and 2 Software and hardware contracts.
- Develops strategic category plans to optimize cost savings, service excellence, diversity spend and total cost of ownership for the categories.
- Effectively influences LOBs, including senior leadership, to achieve understanding, acceptance, and commitment of sourcing strategies. Works with Line of Business (LOB) to develop, source and negotiate major contracts.
- Plays a key role in Supplier Relationship Management / Scorecard process.
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and (Technical) Competencies Desired
- Ability to analyze and combine information from different sources and use logic to reach appropriate conclusions as needed to perform at the job level
- Ability to apply contract processes and procedures and relevant contracts and licensing - for example ESC, IBEW, tort, contract law - as needed to perform at the job level
- Ability to work independently with limited oversight
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products - for example Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access - as needed to perform at the job level
- Competency in relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
- Competency in building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Competency in building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
Education Minimum
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
Education Desired
- Masters Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
License/Certification Desired
- ISM-Institute for Supply Management CPSM-Certified Professional in Supply Management certification
- LSS-Lean Six Sigma Certification
Experience Minimum
- Experience in supply chain, or related, 7 years
Experience Desired
- Experience in contract management
- Experience in strategic sourcing, 8 years
- Experience in procurement, or related, 8 years
- strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
- Knowledge of the technical/functional aspects of the trade, occupation, or role as needed to perform at the job level
- Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
- Knowledge of database and information systems - for example SCADA, EMS, OMT, OIS, SAP, ERP, COSO, Teradata, COBIT, Question Mark - as needed to perform at the job level'
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Spectraforce Technologies
Jul 23, 2026