one tech engineering

Category Manager

$195,000-$208,000-per Year
Permanent
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Minneapolis, Minnesota

One Tech Engineering is searching for a Category Manager for a position located in either Minneapolis, Minnesota, or Denver, Colorado. The Category Manager will handle contract negotiations, vendor management, and sourcing for complex technology projects.

The candidate must be a US citizen or hold a green card. The candidate should have 10+ years of IT sourcing/contracting experience.

 

Category Manager Responsibilities:  
  • Partner with IT stakeholders on transformation initiatives.
  • Lead contract negotiations and manage vendor relationships.
  • Provide support for ongoing projects with minimal ramp-up time.
  • Participate in vendor and client site visits as needed.
  • Drives category strategy working with the business for multiple complex, high business impact categories.
  • Responsible for the development and effective execution of sourcing strategy for critical categories.
  • Plans for and leads competitive sourcing events and other activities in support of category strategies.
  • Develops effective negotiation strategies and conducts negotiations with their category suppliers to achieve category and business objectives.
  • Manages risk mitigation efforts and oversees on-going monitoring activities.
  • Forms and executes contracts with critical suppliers. 
Requirements of the Category Manager:
  • 10+ years of IT sourcing/contracting experience.
  • Experience with SAP contracting and utility-based IT projects.
  • Previous utility industry experience is preferred.
  • Negotiation and vendor management.
  • Customer Information Systems (CIS) background preferred.
  • Wind contracts and regulatory knowledge.
  • Multi-vendor environment contracting experience is a nice to have.
  • Systems integrator services experience is a nice to have.
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