Job Description

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
About the role:
As a Senior Category Manager, you will lead a complex category to improve cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. You will be an individual contributor and will grow a category management plan for an assigned category. Relationship skills are required to establish and implement strategies that have mid-term impact on results according to organizational needs, project timelines. Develop and implement new products, processes, standards or operational plans to have impact on the achievement of functional results.
You will report to the Manager AP1000 Category Management, and work to improve total cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. Relationship skills are required to manage internal and external suppliers to accomplish our needs. We will consider a US REMOTE Candidate for this role.
Key Responsibilities:

• You will maintain an overall category strategy to meet organizational goals by improving Total Cost of Ownership while securing supply continuity through identifying and mitigating current and potential risks and opportunities in the category guide.
• Ensure the execution category strategy through preferred supplier list, "right-sizing" non-preferred suppliers, and rewarding preferred partners with business awards tied to Long-term Agreements with year over year improvements in cost, delivery, quality, service, and profitability.
• Lead business reviews with strategic suppliers to bring category strategy and accomplishment of category goals.
• Prepared presentations for supplier relationship management meetings, category strategies, risk mitigation proposals, 4-Blockers, and supplier/category gap analysis.
• Create a plan to deliver annual results against metrics of payment terms, on-time delivery, productivity, inflation, and other metrics as determined by leadership.
• Maintain category knowledge by researching and tracking industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage, and increased overall productivity.
• Develop a productive working relationship with: Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Procurement

Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree; (Preferably MBA) in Supply Chain,
• 13+ years of experience procurement
• 10 years of negotiating contracts
• Benchmark, Market, Competitive Intelligence, and Procurement Projects Management skills
• Experience with vendor management including purchase order issuance, execution, and administration

We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications, and skills, is estimated to be ($100,800 to $126,000)
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Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 11,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting .
Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
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