[Hiring] Category Manager II @Mortenson

Role Description

Mortenson is currently seeking a Category Manager II - EBOS that will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing sourcing strategies for specified categories or group of categories. This role will focus on optimizing costs, quality, and delivery while improving Supply Chain efficiencies and maintaining supplier relationships.

Expectations of All Team Members

• Apply leadership principles: Do the Right Thing, We Before Me, and Inspire What’s Possible.
• Act with dependability, initiative, and a positive attitude.
• Produce high-quality work and deliver an exceptional customer experience.
• Be on time, productive, and consistent in attendance.
• Work as part of a team, listen to others, and cooperate to achieve project goals.
• Accept direction from supervisors and seek constructive feedback.
• Follow rules and procedures to ensure quality work and safeguard wellbeing.
• Exceed established goals, standards, and accountabilities to increase quality, safety, and innovation.
• Support a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.
• Align with Mortenson’s values and ethical standards as stated in the Mortenson Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Category Strategy for Assigned Categories.
• Identify and engage with internal stakeholders across engineering and operations to capture category requirements.
• Assess potential opportunities for categories including spend segmentation, category maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis.
• Develop Sourcing Strategy for categories detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits.
• Adapt the strategy as business, market, and economic environments change.
• Support Annual Category Reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Manage Relationships with Key Suppliers.
• Maintain relationship with suppliers at the Leadership level.
• Conduct supplier business reviews.
• Monitor supplier’s quality and delivery performance.
• Leverage supplier relationship to assist buyers with expedites as needed.
• Manage Financial Success of Category.
• Responsible for category financial results for assigned categories.
• Develop pricing strategies for project proposals.
• Lead monthly and annual category financial reviews with project information, metrics, forecast, and strategy, if applicable.
• Achieve Material Cost Reductions for Assigned Categories.
• Initiate and conduct supplier contract negotiations.
• Define negotiations strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Monitor market drivers affecting the category including raw material pricing and availability, supplier capacity, industry disruptions, and new products.
• Forecast, report, mitigate, and recover commodity inflation.
• Effectively work and build relationships with those of diverse backgrounds and organizational levels.
• Lead team members by example, offer effective coaching and feedback, and effectively manage performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of construction processes, equipment and materials, purchasing processes and procedures.
• Negotiating, organizing, planning, verbal and communication skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, and negotiations skills.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Strong organization, planning, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Active listening skills and effective communication including openness to diverse input and feedback.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, construction management or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience.
• Current driver’s license.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug plans that include no additional cost vision coverage.
• Dental plan.
• 401k retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match.
• Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves.
• Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• No-Cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Gym Membership Discount Program.