Global Procurement – Senior Category Manager (Digital Technology)
Key Responsibilities
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- Collaborate with technology leaders to drive the digital transformation of United Airlines
- Research and analyze market trends and potential suppliers and develop detailed sourcing strategy and plans
- Proactively engage, consult, and influence partners and leadership on sourcing strategy
- Conduct requests for sophisticated proposals (RFPs) to competitively source products and services, including gathering requirements, identifying vendors, proposal evaluation and scoring, partner engagement and TCO analysis
- Negotiate commercials and contractual terms to drive savings and reduce overall risks while ensuring partners’ needs are met
- Identify investment opportunities in emerging technology or innovative firms in collaboration with United’s venture arm
- Redline and negotiate contracts by collaborating with United’s legal department, Global Procurement leadership and other partner departments
- Develop and maintain adequate knowledge in the assigned spend categories through relationships with department leaders, suppliers, and market authorities
- Engage with internal partners and external suppliers to lead ongoing business relationships, demand forecasting, and upcoming initiatives
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities by demonstrating new systems and product / services as well as new and innovative market offerings
- Participate in vendor management activities which may include following-up on performance against contract (compliance) and resolution of any constraints or issue
Qualifications
What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications) :
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5 years of experience in Procurement, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Analytics, and / or Finance
- Minimum of 3 years experience in Technology Sourcing or Technology Consulting
- Proven proficiency leading multiple concurrent projects of various scale
- Knowledge and application of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) concepts
- Demonstrated analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills for internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience negotiating with third parties
- Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office Products
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications) :
- Master’s degree
- Hardware / software sourcing experience
- CPSM certification or other relevant certification
- Experience acting as a change agent that seeks out and advocates new and innovative solutions to meet the business needs
- Experience working in a client-facing role in a technology consulting firm
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