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Posted 1 weeks agoAssociate Category Manager - Corporate Services
at Xcel Energy
Minneapolis, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Utilize data and analytics, project management, and communications skills, to administer sourcing process and develop reporting, while leveraging Supply Chain resources.
- Support risk mitigation efforts and on-going supplier performance monitoring activities to ensure category strategy adherence.
- Develop foundational contracting and negotiation skills.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders and Supply Chain team.
- Ensure compliance with supplier safety, risk assessments, and other supplier programs. Essential
- Perform analysis of contracts, supply & demand, market and commodity trends (including total cost of ownership and should-cost modeling), contributing to category strategies.
- Monitor industry information, trends, and supplier risk profiles to ensure category strategy remains in line with best practices while supporting business requirements.
- Support development and execution of sourcing events, including coordinating the evaluation of proposals and selection of suppliers for targeted categories of spend.
- Administer sourcing workflow and contracts, building expertise in process and systems.
- Support Category Managers in supplier performance and relationship management efforts, developing supplier scorecards and monitoring performance.
- Administer RFx’s utilizing eSourcing tools.
- Support Category Managers in setting up RFx documents, managing templates, administering events, and managing supplier communications.
- Support Category Managers in developing contracts, redlining, and administering contract approvals, as well as negotiations in some instances.
- Ensure all contract processes are followed, documents are complete, and appropriate records are retained.
- Monitor compliance across buying channels, supplier, and contract purchasing execution.
- Coordinate the resolution of disputes and contract adjustments with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Limit risk by ensuring all required documents and notices have been obtained and are satisfactory.
- Support Category Managers in timely and accurate documentation and workflow, including intake requests, project management, approvals, and document administration. Minimum
- Support Category Managers with data and reporting and category administration, while learning foundational category management skills.