Procurement Category Manager at Constant Contact in Waltham, Massachusetts

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Category Manager to strategically manage the spend across various human resources, facilities and general and administrative indirect spend categories. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who has demonstrated the ability to function in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment. If you have excellent people skills, organizational ability and a great deal of professionalism, then you're someone we'd like to meet.


The Category Manager will be a solution-oriented problem solver, intellectually curious, entrepreneurial, intuitive, rigorous, and have the highest ethical standards. Our successful candidate will add value by working on a number of simultaneous projects with minimal supervision and exemplary follow-through.


The Procurement team acts as a consultative business partner to key stakeholders developing annual sourcing strategies to support both short and long term business objectives/goals. It consists of experienced, motivated and self-sufficient professionals in the Strategic Sourcing and Contracting area. Ideally, the candidate will have solid Sourcing methodology concepts and a keen ability to influence decision making, which will allow them to provide support across the general and administrative commodities.



What you'll do:

• Develops and implements short and long term Procurement strategies that incorporate contracts, Procurement tools and supplier management techniques. 


• Partners with key stakeholders at the highest levels of the organization to identify opportunities, aggregate and standardize goods and services as required to leverage Procurement power and optimize working capital. 


• Leads major procurement projects, developing the strategy for sourcing, supplier selection, Total Cost of Ownership evaluation, Return on Investment, cost negotiation and contract language negotiation.


• Knowledge of procure to pay operations, Coupa experience preferred.


• Builds and maintains positive business relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.


• Ability to clearly articulate the Procurement team's value proposition.


• Possesses understanding of the functional organizations under their purview, their overall business; mission, strategies, and goals. 


• Understand what critical success factors as well as understanding the technology of whatever is being purchased. 


• Collaborate on approach and process while providing a high level Procurement and Business Value.


• Performs overall spend analysis and Category Management Plan annually for the assigned Portfolio. 


• Recommends and implements changes to achieve cost reductions and efficiencies. 


• Leverages business relationships to adjust the pipeline of yearly priorities based on spend analysis and budget discussions, as well as long term strategies and vision.


• Ensure compliance with Procurement Ethics, Procurement Policies, Sarbanes-Oxley, Corporate Standards, Values, Internal Controls, laws, etc.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain or related field.


• 7-10 years experience in a Purchasing, Strategic Sourcing or Procurement role.


• Ability to manage a diverse matrix of stakeholders across different business units and developing strong relationships.


• Leadership skills: Ability to motivate and engage team members. Problem solving and decision making skills.


• Accountability/Results Driven: Personal willingness to be responsible for the outcome of your actions and the determination and know-how to ensure that results are achieved.


• Customer Oriented: The desire and ability to provide high quality of service to all customers in a responsive and prompt manner.


• Influencing Skills: The ability to work in close alignment with other functions internally and suppliers externally to influence others so that the desired results are achieved.


• Project Management: The ability to manage multiple projects to deliver the desired outcome.