Global Category Manager Job Description
Global category manager
provides training on legal/ contract management issues and risks within the functional scope of the Global Contracting team.
Global Category Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Practical adoption and use of the Global Category Management cross-functional process to deliver purchasing strategies for each category and sub-category
Maintain a working knowledge of world-class supply chain processes to ensure that existing processes are targeted to attain excellence versus industry benchmarks
Understand Legal Interpretation of contract T&Cs and proficient in working with Domestic & International Law
Ability to construct and manage complex, sophisticated commercial arrangements
Provides solution/alternatives to improvement ideas
Communicates departmental vision and goals, creating atmosphere of open communication
Required to lead multi-location projects and marshal adequate project resources
Participates in the development of departmental and group strategic plans and goals, and shares the vision both internally and externally
Work with the Global Strategic Sourcing Lead and Tactical Sourcing Lead to assign Sourcing Specialists and Tactical Sourcing Specialists to the appropriate sourcing projects
Develop Strategic Supplier Relationship Management programs to be executed by the Business / Function
Global Category Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Global Category Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPSM, CPM, ISM, APICS, PMP, NAPM, CPIM, CPP, CSCMP, CSCP
Education for Global Category Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the global category manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, MBA, Management, Business/Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Sciences, Computer Science
Skills for Global Category Manager
Desired skills for global category manager include:
Basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms
Category management
Build Operate Transfer
Managed Service
Offshore operating environments Captive
Templates and processing tools with familiarity and awareness of relevant legal risks and issues
Systems and processes for efficient management of contract documentation
Standards
Functional & Full-Service concepts
Industry trends
Desired experience for global category manager includes:
Minimum of six (6) years professional work experience with two (2) years purchasing experience in global manufacturing companies with increasing responsibilities in a multi-site, multi-product, company is required
Must have strategic sourcing experience, preferably internationally, with packaging
International experience and previous global travel required
Proven ability to operate and influence high levels of the organization, both with internal stakeholders external suppliers
Knowledge of ePurchasing tools
Implementation of those strategies in pursuit of breakthrough delivery of improved value to the business
Global Category Manager Examples
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Global Category Manager Job Description
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of global category manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for global category manager
- Encourages the team to suggest step-change improvements in category management processes and leads the implementation of initiatives with support from Supply Analysis & Improvement and the team
- Category Strategic Marketing Direction – Assist Category Manager in developing category direction and strategy in partnership with a cross-functional team
- Drive Go To Market Strategies– Assist Category Manager in developing rolling 18-month marketing plan tied to business plan
- Creative Management – Assist Category Manager in writing creative briefs, help manage the creative development timeline and process, manage brand budgets, protect & develop brand voice across all consumer touch-points
- Sports Marketing – Assist in servicing athletes, teams and grassroots organizations
- Develop and maintain marketing marketplace knowledge
- Manage SLAs for suppliers
- Partnership with Category Marketing and Creative to ensure seasonal campaigns and tactics are delivered in alignment with Brand strategy
- Partner with the Marketing Ops Process and Integrations Team to ensure timely execution against key Marketing and Creative milestones
- Solicit ongoing feedback from various business unit, peers and teammates
Qualifications for global category manager
- Repositions existing brands to stimulate consumer demand
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Materials Management or related field is required
- Development of expertise in the relevant supply markets involved in the assigned spend area
- Negotiation and establishment of pricing and terms of sale for goods and services in assigned spend area
- Resolution of invoice price issues
- Development and maintenance of excellent commercial relationships within existing and potential supplier community that create a climate of service, innovation and continually improving value delivery
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of global category manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for global category manager
- Prefer 3+ years of commercial experience and 3+ years in purchasing experience / supplier interactions
- Influence and partner with business leaders to identify needs, build strategies and gain alignment within R&D
- Demonstrate value through leveraging relationships by building enthusiasm and support for adoption of new ideas and strategies
- Monitor market dynamics for the sub-category, across regions
- Mentor, train and develop talent
- Develops and maintains Market Intelligence to stay current with trends and technologies, products and services (market intelligence)
- Develops IS sourcing strategies for relevant sub-categories (sourcing strategy)
- Participates in the development of specification for services, equipment
- Identifies and develops appropriate vendors (sourcing strategy)
- Supports and leads contract negotiation with suppliers (contract negotiation)
Qualifications for global category manager
- Builds the brand DNA
- Strong synergy and positive relationship with US Marketing Team and Pureology international countries
- Generates ideas and concepts for products which are innovative and revolutionary to the professional salon industry
- Collaborates with Education, R&D, Corporate, Countries and Zones in refining new ideas and concepts
- Initiates new product strategies, including the positioning, formulation, packaging, advertising, merchandising, and pricing
- Support in the development of the required regional strategies, skills, support & delivery systems involved in management and execution in assigned spend areas
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Our growing company is looking for a global category manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for global category manager
- Resolves problems and issues arising from purchase of services, supplies and equipment with vendors (supplier development)
- Reviews, develops, maintain and implements purchasing & contracts management, instructions, policies and procedures (purchasing process)
- Reviews and approves contracts and purchase orders
- Develops and implements reports and analysis to provide information about KPI’s and objectives achievement (performance measurement)
- Create comprehensive global sourcing strategy for spend categories in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly global and strategic mind-set and in close collaboration with the Global Category Leader to ensure full alignment with global strategies
- Have a clear understanding of how global strategies affect local markets and the fit with regional strategy
- Build and become the global expert in the spend categories within scope of responsibility
- Supports Principals and Specialists in supplier negotiations and leads higher value, more critical negotiations
- Reviews market engagement strategies, negotiation plans and contract award recommendations
- Degree educated or equivalent and/or appropriate experience in work experience
Qualifications for global category manager
- Awareness and involvement in the entire scope of Purchasing activities in region
- Communication and distribution of specific plans, strategies & actions into the stakeholder community to facilitate purchasing change management
- Delivery of goods and services against the Purchasing business model of AQSCIR in a measurable fashion
- Determination of standard costs for assigned direct/indirect materials for the region
- Insure the proper and complete execution of vendor chargebacks
- Involvement and leadership in resolution of sustained or high-impact delivery or quality issues with vendors, as requested by Planning & Supply Execution group, the Quality Assurance group or others in the stakeholder community
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of global category manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for global category manager
- Identifies and raises opportunities and/or challenges
- Thoughtfully tenacious against opposition....but accepts and supports decisions once made
- Actively removes complexity
- Self aware, knows own strengths and limitations
- Manage and develop a pool of suppliers worldwide
- Serve as the global lead for category supplier opportunities / concerns as it relates to suppliers, time lines and contracts/agreement interpretation
- Effectively develop and lead sourcing strategies for Contractor Services and its subcategories to include, but not limited to, what is listed above
- Utilize professional sourcing tools, including Reverse Auction software, to achieve desired savings
- Demonstrated ability to lead change in the face of adversity
- Responsible for category group results and implementation, including compliance
Qualifications for global category manager
- Analysis, management and projection of purchase price variance to standard cost for assigned direct/indirect materials for the region
- Awareness of spend patterns and organizational behaviors within assigned regional spend area
- Ability to produce clear and concise decks and presentations in both Power Point and Keynote
- 7+ years of business experience with 3+ years in strategic marketing
- Demonstrated experience leading high performing teams and the ability to lead change to ensure commitment from the organization and in our businesses
- Understands how to develop and bring creative innovation to market
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of global category manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for global category manager
- Deliver business results for assigned category, monitor performance, recommend and implement course correction actions as needed
- Establish the strategy for product marketing and approve new product “go to market” plan, digital marketing, market research, business intelligence, trade shows, advertising, promotional, merchandising, public relations, and marketing communications recommendations as it relates to category
- Design and implement medium to long term category strategy
- Ensure delivery, quality and compliance from IT suppliers and partners
- Maximize IT terms & Conditions
- Mitigate risks, protect IP
- Scout new innovative solutions
- Renew suppliers and a new ecosystem
- Contract management, vendor selection, negotiation
- Manages supplier’s performance and performs risk management
Qualifications for global category manager
- Experience in go-to-market, including leading projects, managing resources, preparing introductions, and measuring results
- Experience with finances, including managing budgets and business decision metrics
- Experience building relationships and strong stakeholder management
- Willingness to travel up to 25% across international locations
- Bachelor’s degree in an aquaculture and business discipline or equivalent experience
- Masters level study preferred