Sr. Category Specialist
As a Senior Category Management Specialist individual will be responsible for managing and overseeing categories for commodities and services consistent with the overarching strategy defined by the organization, ensuring effective sourcing, cost control, supplier management, and compliance with company policies and industry regulations. The Senior Category Management Specialists expertise in category management will contribute to the overall efficiency and success of the organization's offshore drilling operations.
It is the responsibility of the Senior Category Management Specialist to ensure the effective and efficient support of all scoping requirements both offshore and onshore and support the Category Management team with data-driven solutions
All activities are to be accomplished using company sanctioned tools and processes to ensure transparency, auditability, consistency, and repeatability of initiatives.
- Manage and support the activities related to Category Management analysis, data evaluation and reporting
- Work with Stakeholders to proactively identify opportunities
- Develop templates that enables Category Managers to work with data related to vendor activities
- Provide solutions to automation efforts
- Negotiate contracts as required on an ad hoc basis to support category managers
- Full understanding of ERP systems, report evaluation and data manipulation
- Monitor and provide updates to Category Management team regarding issues and areas of potential risk.
- Perform evaluation on vendor base structure and potential issues.
- Develop dashboards, alongside with IT to demonstrate data integrity and areas of opportunities
- Proactively engage operations to understand how to cross reference data so Supply Chain can support the organization
- Negotiate with vendors as needed
- Updates price lists for all contractual market baskets required by the Category Management team
- Implement contractual requirements and templates based on the category being addressed
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree, master’s preferred or equivalent business experience.
EXPERIENCE:
Five (7) to Seven (10) years of Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing and Category Management