Category Lead

2 days ago

Burnaby, Canada BC Hydro Full time

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**JOB DESCRIPTION**
**Duties**:

- Our Supply Chain function is integral to keeping the business running and the lights on. We’re

transforming our Supply Chain model through the implementation of a full category management
capability to better meet the business’ requirements for quality, safety and reliability in what we
buy for the best total cost and to ensure mutually beneficial supplier relationships.
- As the Operations & Enterprise (O&E) Supply Chain group, we’re accountable to develop and

implement strategies for the key products and services spend categories that account for over
80% of BC Hydro’s annual $2 billion expenditures. Categories are organized into five portfolios:
Enterprise, Major Equipment, Engineering & Technical Services, Materials & Logistics, and Field
Support Services.
- We’re five years into our multi-year transformation journey in O&E Supply Chain, and we have

openings for a few Category Lead (CLs) positions. CLs work with cross-functional teams,
sponsors and executives to create, implement and manage multi-year category strategies. Our
category strategies enable us to be smart about what and how we buy from whom, and in how we
work with our suppliers, in order to deliver on BC Hydro’s vision, mission and corporate priorities.
- The mission of the CL is to ensure their categories are meeting performance objectives in

support of BC Hydro’s goals and priorities. To do this the CL operates like an overall 'owner/
manager' of the category, and is an expert both in understanding the external category
environment (suppliers and market) and in BC Hydro’s internal drivers and requirements for the
category. CL’s leads cross-functional teams to develop and implement category strategies and are
responsible for planning and actively assessing, communicating, and managing category
performance.
- Throughout the category management lifecycle, they directly perform and/or project manage:
strategy development, sourcing, business process improvements, supplier relationship
management (SRM), benefits realization and provide support on contract management. Key to
- their success is building and managing relationships across internal business groups,
- stakeholders and suppliers, and being proficient at organizing and managing across projects and
- constraints to ensure sourcing, SRM, contract management and business process improvement
- plans are integrated effectively.teams, and having mutually beneficial supplier relationships. They are pro-active and take
- ownership. They are adept at creating and using influence where they do not have control. They
- have expertise managing cross functional teams and projects gained working in a complex- executing value add category, supplier or similar business strategies to achieve specific business
- outcomes.- Our profile person is a blend of strategic and pragmatic with a project management orientation:
able to create longer-term strategic plans and able to organize and manage the multiple near-term- will be team players, collaborators with a growth mindset, and able to stay calm and focused in
- pressured situations. They calibrate their excellent communications and facilitation skills to
- engage people at all levels to work effectively towards desired outcomes. Their ability to listen and
- connect the dots allows them to understand, prioritize and integrate business, technical and
- market trends and requirements to drive business strategies. It is vital that they are able to
- understand and are comfortable with changing and complex business contexts and adapt their- understand what leadership means in the context of their role and within BC Hydro, and they’re
- open to learning and evolving their leadership.
- High Level Outcomes- Ensures assigned categories are operating in a way that meets performance objectives and in

alignment with approved strategies. This includes ensuring plans are in place to manage risks and
- anticipate future trends, needs, changes.- Leads/Manages development and implementation of: category strategies, sourcing, business

process improvements, supplier relationship management (SRM), benefit realiza

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