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**Req ID:** 458188

**Benefits:** _*_ _Fuel Your Growth with Love's - company funded tuition assistance_ _* Paid Time Off * 401(k) – 100% Match up to 5% * Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30 days * Competitive Pay * Career Development_

**Welcome to Love's** **:** The Category Manager has an overall responsibility to drive commercial value and enhance Love’s competitive position through end-to-end category management activities within the assigned categories. This position will partner with stakeholder teams across the organization to manage supplier relationships, negotiate pricing and contracts, and develop and execute category sourcing strategies focused on minimizing total cost of ownership and maximizing service quality.

Job Functions** **:

+ Ensures all legal documents are in place for each supplier, including NDA, Master Supplier Agreements, and Product Agreements

+ Leads and conducts the RFP process, bid analysis and review, contract negotiations, and blanket purchase agreement creation

+ Evaluate potential cost improvement opportunities, document with business case and champion change in support of department/company initiatives

+ Identifies supply and supplier issues

+ Analyzes market intelligence to assess root cause, improvement opportunities, associated risk, and develop solutions

+ Builds relationships with supplier contacts and identifies candidate suppliers to be considered for strategic relationships

+ Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with Facilities Maintenance and Construction team members and leadership to collectively identify business drivers, process improvements, and value creation opportunities

+ Monitors supplier quality and supplier performance and completes supplier scorecards

Experience and Qualifications** **:

+ Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management or a business-related field preferred

+ 5-8 years of Supply Chain, Finance, or Operations work experience

+ Understanding of category management and procurement strategies

+ Experience working with Facilities Maintenance and Construction categories

+ Effective negotiation skills

+ Enhanced understanding of data driven spend analytics and data visualization (Excel, Power BI, or similar)

+ Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Procure-to-Pay systems

Skills and Physical Demands** **:

+ Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office suite required, experience with large scale accounting systems strongly preferred

+ Ability to learn new software applications and computer programs; ability to type efficiently and accurately; comfortable handling multiple interruptions and adjusting priorities throughout the workday while meeting deadlines; ability to communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) with diverse individuals and to consistently handle interpersonal situations in a professional and respectful manner; and excellent memory and organizational abilities

Our Culture:

Fueling customers' journeys since 1964, innovation leads the way for this family-owned and operated business headquartered in Oklahoma City. With nearly 40,000 team members, travel stops are the core business along with products and services that provide value for professional drivers, fleets, traveling public, RVers, alternative energy and wholesale fuel customers. Giving back to communities and an inclusive workplace are hallmarks of the award-winning culture.

Love’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans encouraged to apply.

Job Category: Corporate

EOE-Protected Veterans/Disability