Global Category Manager
Company: Covanta Holding
Location: Morristown
Posted on: May 8, 2024
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Job Description:
Who we areFor more than 40 years, Covanta has been at the
forefront of sustainable materials management, providing companies
and communities world-class waste and resource solutions.Through
our diverse and scalable full-service capabilities, we're leading
the charge to a carbon-negative future-reducing, reusing, recycling
and reimagining waste for the benefit of both people and planet.Our
differentiator comes from our vast ecosystem of technology,
facilities, and partnerships, trusted by the world's largest
organizations to solve their most pressing environmental
challenges, and achieve their most ambitious environmental, social,
and governance (ESG) goals---.All that we're missing is you. - Join
us today!!Our valuesDiversity, inclusivity, engagement-these are
the values that help us foster a strong sense of community within
Covanta. By embracing the unique talents, perspectives, and
experiences of our employees, we cultivate an environment that
embraces teamwork, encourages open dialogue, and provides
opportunities for growth.About the roleCategory Manager - Contract
Service25% Travel requiredScope:Reporting to the Sr. Director of
Strategic Sourcing, Global Category Management, this position will
lead the strategic sourcing activities for Contractor Services
across all Covanta facilities in North America. - The Category
Manager's primary responsibility is to develop sourcing strategies
for maintenance, outage, and other professional services, as part
of the Contractor Services Category, to maximize value and deliver
Reworld a long-term competitive advantage.The successful candidate
will work closely with key stakeholders within corporate and
regionally to develop and implement effective cost reduction
strategies, risk mitigation, and change management plans. The
Category Manager will utilize strategic sourcing best practices to
capture real savings while making effective supply base decisions.
This includes direct savings captured through consolidating
company-wide purchasing volume and applying operational and
commercial total cost of ownership levers to reduce cost and
managing contracts with suppliers.This position will be located in
Morristown, NJ, and will report directly to the Sr. Director of
Strategic Sourcing.Key Responsibilities:Ability to work in a
cross-functional team environment and collaborate effectively
across different organizational levels, functions, businesses, and
geographies to realize strategic procurement goals and
objectives.Responsible and accountable to business stakeholders to
deliver and implement strategic sourcing strategies across the
assigned Contractor Services category with an annual spend of
approximately $75M.Develop and implement strategies that optimize
total cost of ownership year-over-year for assigned spend
categories that achieve stated savings goals and targets.Develop
and implement regional Category sourcing strategies and interact
with regional Procurement and Operations teams to ensure alignment
on key processes and strategy.Develop negotiation strategies that
drive stated savings goals and objectives.Work with regional and
business unit leadership to monitor and ensure contract compliance
as well as procurement policies and processes.Manage supplier
development and relationships to ensure continuity of goods and
services that meet the quality, service and price performance
standards of the company.Participate in cross-functional teams and
collaborate effectively across different organizational levels,
functions, businesses, and geographies to drive procurement
efficiency and effectiveness.This Category Manager will also be
expected to contribute to the broader Strategic Sourcing and supply
management agenda leading process improvement and best practice
conceptualization and deployment. - The Category Manager should
demonstrate the right values and behaviors with high emotional
intelligence in working with a large and disbursed stakeholder base
- often on critical schedule projects. You will interface with
project "owners" across the company to budget, plan, prioritize and
execute the work from a strategic sourcing perspective. This role
will be based within or near one of Covanta's facilities with
travel expected up to 25%.Responsibilities:In this critical role,
you will take an active leadership role in delivering procurement's
contribution to engineering and construction of new plants, and
capital projects at existing facilities; communicate delivery of
plans to leaders at all levels of the Company.Selected
Accountabilities include:Interface with project managers, project
engineers, maintenance, and other stakeholders .Maintain and update
and Acceptable Contractor List (ACL).Work with Corporate and Site
Maintenance and Operations to assess current Contractors and
potential new Contractors, qualifying on a technical and commercial
basis.Develop and maintain a category strategy and execution plan
and compliance program to include Request for Information, RFPs,
bid clarification and normalization, coordination of bid
evaluations and recommendation for award.. Effectively manage
supplier relationships to optimize service, quality, cost, and
contract compliances.Track and manage strategic sourcing KPIs that
drives Covanta sourcing to achieve "world class" excellence.Drive
process improvement initiatives - instituting best practices guided
by an effective change management process (MoC) that delivers
benchmark return on investment (ROI).Ensure savings initiatives
spanning cost reduction, cost avoidance, revenue enhancement,
rebates, working capital, etc. are accurately documented, reviewed,
reported and transferred to the appropriate budgets.Position
Requirements:Education:Bachelor's degree in business, Finance or
Engineering is required. - MBA is preferred.CPSM is
advantageous.Experience:10+ years of progressive contracts
experience with focus on mechanical and fabricated parts and/or
capital construction contracts experience. Ideally supply chain
experience is preferred.Critical Skills and
Abilities:Self-directed, action-oriented, forward-thinking and
creative individual with high ethical standards.Dynamic leader with
a record of achieving results individually and through
others.Strong negotiation skills, analytical ability, good judgment
and strong operational focus.Highly developed intellectual
capacity, strategy skills and sales ability.Ability to work cross
functionally with peers and other business leaders.Ability to
manage multiple projects concurrently and build consensus across
stakeholders.Organized, team player who is an effective
influencer.Demonstrated ability to lead change in the face of
adversity; to challenge the status quo constructively.Articulate,
superb communicator, verbal and written.Global procurement
experience highly desired.Proficiency in using PeopleSoft ERP (or
SAP) and Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).Solid
understanding of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modeling, contracts,
and change management.Our DEI CommitmentCovanta is an Equal
Opportunity Employer, has developed an Affirmative Action Program
(AAP), and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants
because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual
orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived
disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities),
veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the
United States, or any other characteristic protected by law. -Know
Your Rights (Click to view poster)Please note that Level, Title
and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience
or skills.If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled
veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are
unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply
for a job on this site because of your disability. You can request
reasonable accommodations by going to Covanta.com and clicking on
the 'Contact Us' button. Under Inquires, select 'Careers' in the
Interest field, fill out all required fields including your
message. - In the message section, please note this is a 'Job
Application Accommodation Request'.SummaryLocation: USA, NJ,
MorristownType: Full time
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