Construction Services Category Management (Distribution)

Category Management – Construction Services (Distribution) This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland or San Ramon, CA Perm Opportunity This role will be responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies that align with the goals of the Construction/Distribution portfolio and broader enterprise objectives. This position leads strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier governance to drive performance, cost savings, sustainability, and supplier diversity. The role works closely with internal stakeholders and peers to ensure sourcing activities meet operational needs while identifying opportunities for process improvements, standardization, and increased value. This is a highly collaborative role that plays a key part in strengthening sourcing outcomes and enhancing the client experience within the portfolio. Our client collaborates with internal clients and suppliers managing more than $12 billion of annual company spend to develop mutually beneficial total value solutions for goods and services. The department provides the following services to internal clients: procurement of goods and services, strategic sourcing and cost savings, category management, supplier relationship management, execution and outreach, compliance management, ongoing procurement field support and management of the source to pay cycle. Job Responsibilities Build and support high performance team responsible to develop strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimizes diversity spending and total cost of ownership for multiple Portfolios across multiple lines of business. Ensures the overall governance of the contract approval process from contract creation through contract award. Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories in multiple LOBs. Develops short and long term strategies for all spend categories within portfolio for multiple LOBs. Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives. Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development. Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies. Approves purchase orders and contracts from $500,000 to $10 million. Monitors and maximize customer satisfaction using standardized client service level agreements. Manages continuous improvement-based relationships that deliver mutually beneficial results. Establishes service level agreements to hold suppliers accountable for performance. Direct reports include multiple Portfolio Managers, Procurement Managers and Category Leads. Through these direct reports, incumbents are responsible for all sourcing activity for the assigned areas of the business. Develop work processes and procedures aligning to organizational requirements. Requirements Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college) 5- 8 years of total sourcing or related industry experience Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills required Ability to lead cross-functional teams is required Demonstrated leadership and management skills are required (Senior Manager Level ) Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers required Desired MBA or equivalent advanced degree. Utility industry experience. Distribution Management experience