What are the responsibilities and job description for the Indirect Procurement Category Manager position at Glazier Foods Company?
**Job Description:**
As an Indirect Procurement Category Manager at Glazier Foods Company, you will play a critical role in driving collaboration with key stakeholders and suppliers to execute short and long-term strategies that ensure optimal cost, quality, and service levels for indirect products and services.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Performing category management informed by knowledge of current trends, internal and external data, and feedback from engaged relationships with GFS divisions, specialty companies, and other business units.
- Ensuring optimal connectivity to business owners and providing input into the sourcing process.
- Driving compliance for designated spend category by ensuring stakeholder use of preferred suppliers as well as supplier alignment to negotiated agreements.
- Leading deployment of Source-to-Pay digital transformation for designated focus area, including development of supplier enablement and catalog strategies.
To be successful in this role, you will need to have a minimum of ten years of previous experience in procurement, operations, and/or other supply chain discipline. A Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, or related field is also required. Operations, procurement, finance certifications are preferred.
In addition, you will need to possess strong negotiation abilities, problem-solving skills, and working knowledge of vendor communities. Proficient analytical skills to analyze and interpret data related to industry trends, supplier pricing, stakeholder needs, etc. are also required.
If you are a motivated and results-driven individual with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team at Glazier Foods Company.
