DePaul University Hiring for Category Manager, Procurement (Hybrid) at Chicago, IL Full Time

The Highlights: Reporting to the Associate Director of Procurement, the Category Manager will lead IS/IT category strategies and strategic sourcing events and will support other category and supplier management activities for categories of spend across the university, with input of spend analytics and budget forecasts. This position works closely with multiple business areas and stakeholders to establish business requirements, conduct analysis, evaluation, and sourcing negotiations.  This position is responsible for managing and delivering strong results that support the goals of the organization and provide significant value.

What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for the development, implementation, management, and performance of sourcing strategies within IS/IT category and others, to meet business goals and objectives. 
• Researches and benchmarks current commodity market conditions/trends, developing technologies, supply chain capacity/capability and product knowledge to inform category strategy meet customer requirements and supply/demand challenges. 
• Recommend and implement process changes and enablers required to shift current fragmented spend and project purchasing to a category management methodology. 
• Develop Key Performance Metrics, including savings plans, and track and report actuals against target. 
• Discretionary spend for all categories is approximately $154,000,000
   

What You’ll Need:

• A Bachelor’s degree is required, a Master’s degree is preferred
• 7+ years of Strategic Sourcing experience
• 7+ years of Procurement experience supporting IS/IT category
• 5+ years experience applying Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in category
• 5+ years of experience working within a cross-functional team
• Demonstrated solid analytical skillset (i.e. expert/advanced proficiency within Microsoft Excel, Oracle experience is a plus)
• Advanced analytics skills including cost modeling, TCO, and Net Present Value (NPV)
• Ability to derive insights from analysis to inform category strategy and achieve business outcomes
• Ability to establish key performance measures for relevant spend category (e.g., cost per unit, total product expense)
• Effective problem solving, planning, and project management skills

Perks:

• Working for a stable and well-known University that values diversity and inclusion.
• Top choice medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Retirement plan matching contribution of 10%.
• Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
• Generous paid time off, sick time, holidays, floating holidays, and more!
• Full-Time Benefits

 

For consideration, please include a resume and cover letter.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:
Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism, DePaul compassionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community. We seek to hire collaborative, open-minded, and dedicated professionals who are committed to advancing our university mission to making education accessible to all, with special attention to including underserved and underrepresented communities. Successful candidates thrive in an environment where ideas and perspectives representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences are welcome and supported.

Required Background Check:

Employment at DePaul University is contingent on passing a background check. Only final candidates who are extended an offer of employment will undergo a background check.

Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse & Neglect:

Upon accepting an offer of employment with the university, you will also be required to sign an Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status at the time of hire. A mandated reporter is required to make a report to the Illinois DCFS Hotline whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their professional or official capacity may be abused or neglected. For more information, please visit the following pages:

Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS)  
Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act  

DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.