Category Manager

 Develop, champion, and ensure implementation of ideas that will optimise the total cost of ownership year-over-year for the assigned spend categories according to group guidelines.
 Negotiate Contracts to complement the strategy and reduce risk
 Work with key stakeholders to streamline and improve sourcing processes
 Contribute and delivery of cost savings goal
 Track forecasted vs actual savings for the IT Category and be responsible for communicating performance against these measures and their potential budgetary impact.
 Develop and implement sourcing strategies and establish and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers to ensure successful implementation and support.
 Develop and work with vendor management to monitor contract compliance
 Manage supplier development/relationships to ensure continuity of good and services that meet the quality, service and price performance
 Develop negotiations strategies and drive negotiations to achieve goals and objectives
 Keep up to date with current market trends through relationships with suppliers and market experts; identify and communicate new technologies and solutions to key problems in the assigned spend areas
 Lead cross-functional negotiating teams targeting key spend categories.
 Collaborate effectively across different levels, functions, businesses, to achieve goals and objectives