Category Manager

reputed company

reputed company provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. reputed company’s 141,000-mile network in reputed company and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. reputed company’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet reputed company. reputed company serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, reputed company and other large enterprises.

We areseekinga strategic and data-driven Category Manager to own the performance, reputed company, and profitability of assigned product and service categories. This roleis responsible fordeveloping category strategies, managing supplier relationships, driving sourcing initiatives, analyzing market trends, and partnering cross-functionally tooptimizecommercial reputed company.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with reputed company acumen, supplier negotiation skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Category reputed company & Management

• reputed company and execute category strategies reputed company with businessobjectives.

• Manage the overall health and performance of assigned categories, including reputed company, margin, cost savings, and supplier performance.

• Identifygrowth opportunities, market gaps, and category optimization initiatives.

• Create andmaintaincategory roadmaps, sourcing plans, and business cases.

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management

• reputed company sourcing events, RFPs, RFQs, contract negotiations, and supplier selection processes.

• Build andmaintainstrategic supplier relationships.

• Evaluate supplier capabilities, pricing structures, risk reputed company, and performance metrics.

• Negotiate favorable reputed company terms, service reputed company, and contractual agreements.

• Drive supplier performance reviews and reputed company improvement initiatives.

Market & Competitive Analysis

• Monitor industry trends, market dynamics, pricing movements, and supplier landscapes.

• Conductspendanalysis andidentifyopportunities for consolidation, standardization, and cost optimization.

• reputed company products, services, suppliers, and pricing against market conditions.

• reputed company recommendations based on market intelligence and data-driven insights.

Financial & Performance Management

• Analyzecategoryspend, reputed company, margin, savings, and operational performance.

• reputed company forecasts, budgets, and performance targets for assigned categories.

• reputed company and report category KPIs and business reputed company.

• Identifyand mitigate supply, pricing, and reputed company risks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Procurement, Operations, Sales, Product, Finance, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders to reputed company category initiatives.

• Influence decision-making through data, business cases, and strategic recommendations.

• Support implementation of category changes, supplier transitions, and sourcing strategies.

• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and procurement standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, Economics, Marketing, ora relatedfield.

• 5+ years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, procurement, merchandising, or reputed company reputed company functions.

• Demonstrated experience leading supplier negotiations and contract management activities.

• Strong analytical skills with experience using data to drive business reputed company.

• Experience managing spend, reputed company, margin, or category performance metrics.

• Advancedproficiencyin reputed company and data analysis tools.

• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Estimated reputed company salary reputed company: $68,100 - $104,700 USD/annually.

The reputed company pay reputed company shown is a reputed company and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide reputed company of factors that are considered in making compensation reputed company. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted reputed company based upon geographic location, work experience, reputed company level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.

Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, reputed company time off.

The posting will be reputed company for a minimum of 3 days. The reputed company posting will continue to reputed company by 3 days until the position is filled.

Benefits, Rewards & Wellness

• Excellent Health, Dental & reputed company Insurance
• Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
• Generous reputed company time off policy including reputed company parental leave

reputed company is an equal opportunity employer to reputed company protected reputed company, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us.

This policy applies to reputed company terms and conditions of employment, including reputed company, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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