Category Manager II

Job Title: Category Manager II

Position Summary:

The Category Manager II is responsible for developing and executing category plans for the strategic sourcing of various spend categories, from Direct (including Power Equipment) and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) to Information Technology, Shared Services, Engineering, and Construction. This role will more specifically focus on supporting IT & Shared Services. The category manager is responsible for cross-functional sourcing and contracting activities to leverage Duquesne Light Company's services and materials spend to best attend internal stakeholders and business needs.

Location: Hybrid (see below), Pittsburgh, PA

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creates, implements, and manages multi-year category sourcing strategies for assigned categories to generate value for the company.
• Leads cross-functional strategic sourcing teams that include representation from the end user community.
• Analyzes spend data and identify opportunities to increase spend opportunities with diverse suppliers (including local and regional).
• Partners with internal stakeholders to understand current and future business needs, as well as external resource requirements, to create and execute project pipeline.
• Influences key internal stakeholders to engage sourcing as a key partner to drive cost out of their 3rd party suppliers.
• Drives a measurable reduction in year over year total cost of ownership for assigned categories.
• Manages supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, purchase or blanket orders, compliance, and ongoing supply management processes.
• Conducts regular reviews of supplier scorecards and operational metrics to drive continuous improvement of suppliers.
• Leverages e-sourcing and spend analysis tools to drive incremental year over year cost savings.
• Provides external industry benchmarking to better assess strategy and solutions within procurement.
• Drives process improvements to create efficiencies in sourcing procedures.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
• Storm role duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, engineering, finance, or relevant discipline.
• 2+ years of relevant experience inclusive of sourcing various IT & corporate services required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of contract terms and conditions.
• Experience supporting or leading the development and execution of sourcing category strategies.
• Strong knowledge of the strategic sourcing process and practical application of the process to sourcing projects.
• Must be able to work within all functions and levels of an organization.
• Experience in increasing supplier diversity spend.
• ERP system experience (Maximo) is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with the Power Advocate Energy Intelligence Platform a plus or web-based tools, such as e-Sourcing, Spend Analytics, Contract Management.

Skills/Abilities:

• Exceptional ability to engage cross functional teams and influence decision making process.
• Contract negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Project management and change management skills.
• Must be able to navigate a complex organization structure to solve problems.

Scope

Primary focus is on daily deliverables, outputs and reporting. Typically, accountable for managing one's own time and workflow. Responsible for using prescribed guidelines to analyze situations and solve problems. Work is typically of moderate complexity requiring the incumbent to draw on previous knowledge to perform role. Continues to build knowledge base and develop capabilities by partnering with more experienced staff as needed

Decision Impact

Problems and issues faced are vague but may be recognizable based on past experience. Accountable for some direct level of reasoning and decision making in straightforward situations based on precedents.

Hybrid Work

Position follows our hybrid work model, with a minimum of two days working in the office and the remaining days working remotely. Reporting location and frequency may be subject to change based on job role and department needs.

Storm Roles

All Non-Union Employees will serve in storm roles as appropriate to their role and skillset. Please be sure to discuss storm roles with the hiring manager for this position, as duties can vary across the Company. Examples of storm roles could include but aren't limited to duties such as: working with operations for service center support or with the communications, customer service or government affairs teams to respond to public and customer requests for information, etc.

Data Governance

Utilize data to make business decisions as appropriate for the position, support data stewardship activities and partner with IT on underlying data needs.