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*job description summary*: as a senior category manager you will hold a pivotal role in driving savings and efficiencies through management & consolidation of the supplier base.
you will collaborate with regional category leaders, global sourcing/category leaders, business leaders and their teams, managing (among others) on global marketing services.the role reports directly to the global category leader and will need to cover us eastern/central time zone.
this role may work from home and/or from the local ge healthcare office to be closer to their stakeholders.ge healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator.
our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits.
unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.ge healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator with over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50,000 employees globally.
*responsibilities*:- leads global marketing consolidation project over the next several years to deliver brand governance & continuity across the supply base, savings and supplier consolidation.- partners with key business stakeholders to support the needs of the business.- develops solutions and delivers on priorities for the designated scope.
maintains metrics for sourcing scope and identifies new areas of opportunity to deliver or exceed targets.- develops and implements indirect sourcing strategy, processes or gehc policies for the category manager's agreed scope and in line with gehc global sourcing initiatives.- leads full request for proposal & bidding process including spend analysis, rfx, quotes analysis, pricing, and contract & statement of work negotiations and execution.- enforces and manages compliance with preferred suppliers (psl) and strategically manage tail-spend to migrate to preferred suppliers wherever possible.- owns achieving indirect savings targets, leading, and running project execution across their supply base.- responsible for risk management in supplier base ensuring all compliance and quality standards are met.- liaises with stakeholders and sourcing colleagues across the organization to understand / share best practices and leverage expertise.- identifies and owns global and cross strategic business unit (sbu) supply base.
leverage buying power to maximize opportunities.- drives business metrics affected by indirect sourcing, identifies new areas of cost out and implements operating efficiency.- provides guidance, feedback and support to other sourcing leaders including regional sourcing/category leaders covering the same spend.- provides appropriate contract coverage for goods and services globally.
be proficient in executing the gehc legal templates and negotiating terms and conditions, service levels and pricing with suppliers