Category Manager
16 hours ago
Job Title:
Category Manager
Length:
12 Month Contract (Potential for Extension)
Location:
Toronto or Mississauga (2 Days on-site
Rate:
$80-90/hour (Negotiable)
The Category Manager (NON‑IT) is responsible for developing and executing strategic sourcing initiatives across several spend categories. This role supports category strategy development, leads competitive procurement events, negotiates contracts, ensures compliance with procurement policies, and drives cost savings and process improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of category strategies across NON‑IT categories.
- Conduct market research, analyze spend, benchmark costs, and build sourcing pipelines aligned with business and financial planning needs.
- Lead sourcing initiatives to optimize processes, enhance service delivery, and reduce total cost of ownership.
- Lead contract negotiations to secure optimal pricing, service levels, and terms.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, Vendor Risk, and SMEs to ensure contract compliance and risk mitigation.
- Manage contract renewals, amendments, and continuity of supply.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities through vendor consolidation, renegotiation, and value engineering.
- Track, measure, and report savings in partnership with Finance.
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with business objectives.
- Provide procurement insights and market intelligence to influence decision-making.
- Build strong supplier relationships and monitor performance against SLAs.
- Lead supplier reviews, manage RFPs, and drive performance improvements.
- Utilize data analytics to track spend, identify trends, and support category strategy decisions.
- Report regularly on category performance, savings, and risk to senior leadership.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of procurement and strategic sourcing experience, preferably within financial services.
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's and procurement certifications are assets.
- Strong functional knowledge in spend analysis, benchmarking, RFP development, contract negotiation, vendor management, and risk management.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, strong analytical abilities, and proficiency with procurement tools and Excel.
- Ability to manage change, influence decisions, and deliver measurable ROI.
- Strong communication skills and openness to feedback.
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