Category Manager

We are committed to connecting Canadians through unique partnerships, our world-class network and content Canadians love—and our innovative team is growing. We are looking for dedicated team members to join our Corporate team who have a genuine passion for making positive impacts on customers and the communities where we live and work. We have a variety of business units with exciting and meaningful work waiting for you, including Communications, HR, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Supply Chain, Finance, and Real Estate. If you are considering your next step, we have exciting opportunities waiting for you. Come build a rewarding career at Rogers and be a driving force behind our success story

**What you’ll do**:

- Take end-to-end ownership of assigned spend category strategy to drive towards procurement and company objectives and business partner goals.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to influence, develop, and gain buy-in on aligned category strategies and advance key supplier partnership aligned with such strategy with a focus on strategic opportunities.
- Provide leadership and guidance to business partners on best-in-class procurement practices, on-going advancements and opportunities associated with assigned categories, and strategic category insights to support delivery of company objectives.
- Lead and own relationships with assigned key suppliers within your categories ensuring fulfilment of contractual obligations and business partner requirements.
- Act as a first level escalation point for issues related to suppliers for which you are identified as the procurement prime.
- Manage assigned supplier issue and dispute escalations to settlement, including negotiations and settlement agreement execution.
- Responsible for building, maintaining, and enhancing solid relationships with key internal stakeholders across the organization to ensure suppliers within the category and the category strategy are meeting business needs.
- Challenging the status quo by actively participating in and taking an active role in the continuous improvement, implementation of innovations and automations to create best-in-class procurement practices that are intuitive and user-friendly for internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Implement and champion ethical procurement practices, procurement policies, supplier social responsibility objectives, and supplier diversity and sustainability programs.
- Act as internal consultant to business owners on sourcing practices, supplier performance, compliance, and risk management policies, processes, and procurement standard practices.

**What you will bring**:

- 5 years+ procurement, telecommunications, IT or equivalent experience
- Experience managing complex projects in telecommunications industry or IT is a strong asset
- Procurement designation/certification desirable but not required - Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC)
- Excellent communications, listening and influencing skills, able to communicate complex information to decision makers and key stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
- Critical thinking mindset and analytic skills. Creativity to seek, encourage and find non-traditional approaches
- Professional executive presence with a demonstrated ability to navigate difficult situations through relationship building and influencing others
- Results-driven both short and long term
- Ability to execute against multiple projects and excel in a fast-paced, results-oriented work environment
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; a demonstrated collaborator

Schedule: Full time
Shift: Day
Length of Contract: Not Applicable (Regular Position)
Work Location: 8200 Dixie Road (101), Brampton, ON
Travel Requirements: Up to 10%
Posting Category/Function: Procurement & Category Management
Requisition ID: 283096
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Posting Notes: Corporate