Category Manager (semiconductor)

Category Manager (semiconductor) Location Lincolnshire, IL :

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The ideal candidate for this individual contributor role will possesses deep semiconductor category expertise, a demonstrated project management efficiency and effectiveness for complex regional to global projects, exhibits leadership qualities and characteristics, and will be an agent of change for the Procurement organization. More specifically, as the Specialist Advisor you will apply your multilayered and deep semiconductor category experience by working closely with the business stakeholders and engineering to identify, define and execute key projects that support defined business goals and objectives over a 12-36-month horizon.

In addition, you will handle a limited number of complex regional to global projects, support the entire source to contract process, including facilitating supplier management reviews and senior leadership relationship management.

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Ideal candidate will live within a communtable distance to Lincolnshire, IL

Responsibilities:

• Inspires trust and confidence with executive leadership.
• Engages with management team and stakeholder team members to drive strategic initiatives effectively balancing the RFx process and the TCO evaluation of suppliers against the business stakeholder's requirements and supplier preferences. Recognized as a company expert within his/her field.
• Manages full sourcing process for complex projects- inclusive of supply market analysis, leverage spend, establishing business requirements, driving requirements, negotiating SOWs, contract terms, executing and monitoring complex contracts, conducting and monitoring supplier business reviews.
• Independently collaborates with key stakeholders to develop annual category management plan that incorporates the stakeholder's strategy, goals, challenges, constraints and objectives with a 1 to 3- year time horizon - key outputs included but not limited to spend breakdown, strategic sourcing pipeline, process improvements, supplier rationalizations, targeted supplier business reviews, sourcing levers, etc.
• Performs total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits, and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.
• Works collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve complex strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction.
• Contributes to measuring success, including savings, innovation related to process improvements, improved delivery, cost modeling and simplified processes
• Maintains a high level of product and industry awareness to keep current on best practices, new suppliers, market trends, etc.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required with a preference for Accounting/Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related; MBA, CPSM is a plus.
• Minimum 8+ years as a sourcing and procurement professional.
• Intermediate to advanced level Excel skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Equivalent work experience accepted in lieu of a degreers as a procurement professional
• Ability to simultaneously manage 4-7 complex projects, leading all deliverables, analytics, negotiations and project management details. These projects will span from a regional to global scope and will support business functions goals and/or the company's strategic priorities. Additionally, these projects will impact single to multiple functions and involve small to medium sized project teams representing one to multiple business areas
• Ability to maintain accountability, delivering against timelines, building relationships and becoming a trusted advisor with business stakeholders, executive management, engineering and suppliers.
• MBA, CPSM is a plus

• Proficiency in MS suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint, etc)

• ProficiencyOracle iProcurement, Oracle Agile, and SpendHQ (or similar programs).

• PowerBI
• Demonstrated experience in the following areas:

  • Strategic Sourcing

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Project Management

  • Spend Analytics

  • Supplier Management

  • Contract Compliance

  • Strategic Collaboration Management

  • Executive Presentation

  • Leadership skills

  • Project Management skills

• Travel Requirements: 5-10% domestically and telework approximately three days in office, 2 days remote

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Salary: USD 92700.00 - USD 139100.00 Yearly

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