• Category Manager

    Insight Global (Springfield, MA)


    Job Description

    Insight Global is seeking a Category Manager for a lead health network company in Massachusetts. You will be responsible for sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and purchasing complex categories by influencing teams with various levels of employees and management to leverage buying power and recommend appropriate procurement strategies and tactics to obtain desired results. You will have extensive interaction with Business Units, Leadership, Finance, Legal, and suppliers is required to ensure that total costs are identified, and optimal savings are realized in executing a contract.

     

    - Strategic category sourcing, through the development of category strategies based on rigorous analysis of spend data, supply market dynamics, category intelligence, and business requirements.

     

    - Interfacing with and managing business units for assigned strategic sourcing area(s).

     

    - Working with business units to plan and set targets for sourcing activity for assigned complex categories.

     

    - Regularly monitoring the market for category-leading practices and demand/supply shifts such as supply consolidation, technology innovations, etc.

     

    - Identifying options for reverse auctions in category strategies.

     

    - Leading the entire contract life cycle from Request for Proposal to supplier exit to meet the organization’s cost, quality, and service expectations for assigned categories.

     

    - Analyzing supplier proposals and facilitating fact-based supplier selection processes

     

    - Leveraging market data, external expert resources, spend analytics, and cost modeling to drive fact-based decision-making.

     

    - Preparing and presenting business cases and should-cost models; performing complex data analysis and building financial models (i.e., ROI, supplier scorecards, savings tracking, make vs. buy decision models).

     

    - Working with legal to ensure proper representation and enforcement of binding terms and conditions.

     

    We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

     

    Skills and Requirements

     

    - Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Supply Chain or Business.

     

    - Experience with Strategic Category Sourcing

     

    o Sourcing corporate services and/or commodities.

     

    - Experience in the facilitation and negotiation of contracts.

     

    - Experience working with stakeholders

     

    - Experience building strategic supplier relationships.

     

    - Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.

     

    - ERP (Procure to Pay preferred), e-Procurement, and sourcing systems/tools.

     

    - Problem-solving, financial, and analytical process skills. - A Master’s degree (MBA) is preferred. null

     

    We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].