PERM - Senior Manager Category Management - MB

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The Martin-Brower Company, LLC seeks a Senior Manager Category Management at its facility located in Rosemont, IL to
develop, track, and execute sourcing strategies for assigned categories for assigned customers and interact directly with customer teams on Category Management activities; Analyze specific product lines, product assortment,
sourcing options, profitability, and market trends to identify the cost savings and profitability for customers; Manage Martin Brower’s profitability with
customers by ensuring product costs, freight and volumes are provided per original commitments; Coordinate product, pricing and supplier setup for
customers and their distribution partners and manage timely purchases and delivery of goods to the customers; Manage Supplier relationships and resolve
any supply issues for product procured from global and domestic locations; Assist Category Management Team with key vendor activities and functions.
Conduct business reviews with Martin Brower’s vendors for various categories and operating divisions; Negotiate supply agreements to secure the highest
quality goods and the right value based on market changes, supply chain movement, and various product offerings; Develop and communicate changes and
updates to the of the Supplier Agreement to different entities involved with the Category Management; Responsible to secure new items to be sold to customers
at the direction of the Category Management leadership. Identify new products or suppliers to serve customers; Prepare Category sourcing profiles that
includes spend, pricing, locations and supplier mix to help identify the cost saving opportunities Lead and/or support multiple cost reduction projects;
Develop business cases; for major cost reduction projects by taking inputs from pricing, logistics and customer teams; Verify the Sales price across products
to the customers by validating the supplier and distribution costs and various margins and savings; Create, analyze and publish commodity report and tracks
market changes to mitigate supply and price risks; Serve as a primary point of contact between corporate Category Management Team and Martin Brower’s
satellite locations; Coordinate new product testing with the Distribution Centers, Suppliers and Client locations and manage transition to the new
products; Develop communication around changes to the products and line of supply changes and communicate to various internal and external entities.
Position Requirements:
REQUIREMENTS: This position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering and 4 years of work experience in Sourcing and Category Management. Also must have work experience with: (1) Analyzing product lines, product assortment, sourcing options, profitability, market trends and inventory to identify cost savings and profitability; (2) Negotiating supply agreements to secure highest quality goods and the right value based on market changes, supply chain movement, and product offerings; (3) Preparing category sourcing profiles that includes spending, pricing, locations and supplier mix to help identify cost saving opportunities; (4) Developing business cases for major cost reduction projects by taking inputs from pricing, logistics and customer teams; (5) Creating, analyzing and publishing commodity reports and tracking market changes to mitigate supply and price risks; and (6) Developing communication around products changes and line of supply changes to various internal and external entities.
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