Category Manager

at  Rogers Communications

We are committed to connecting Canadians through unique partnerships, our world-class network and content Canadians love—and our innovative team is growing. We are looking for dedicated team members to join our Corporate team who have a genuine passion for making positive impacts on customers and the communities where we live and work. We have a variety of business units with exciting and meaningful work waiting for you, including Communications, HR, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Supply Chain, Finance, and Real Estate. If you are considering your next step, we have exciting opportunities waiting for you. Come build a rewarding career at Rogers and be a driving force behind our success story!
Reporting to the Senior Manager of IT and HR Services, Procurement, this Category Manager position is a senior role within the Procurement and Supply Chain department. The successful candidate will have strong knowledge of HR technology, organizational development, employee benefits, recruitment and contingent workforce and will be an expert on this spend category. The candidate will be quickly recognized by the Rogers’ business partner as a valued contributor in helping manage the strategic direction, total cost of ownership and risk. This individual must be an excellent communicator with proven ability to influence at all levels within the organization.
The successful candidate will be responsible for setting savings targets for the spend category and be accountable to working collaboratively with other groups within Procurement and with our business partners in HR and Finance to realize those savings through sourcing events and negotiations. The individual will need to work across different pillars within the organization to corral and drive the overarching procurement point-of-view and to realize the desired outcomes. The Category Manager will cultivate a strong rapport with key senior IT technical, business and finance stakeholders / partners based on foundational trust, respect, collaboration, cooperation and help in achieving their business objectives. The Category Manager will coach and support other team members and work closely with senior leaders within the vendor marketplace.

• Create and maintain comprehensive category strategies based on category historic spend, top suppliers, marketplace intelligence, new entrants, disruptors, issues, gaps, opportunities, innovations, new products, industry trends, competitive intelligence, commercial models, delivery models, best practices, business direction, budget requirements and other factors
• Take full end-to-end ownership of the overarching and integrated spend category strategy to drive category transformation and short / medium / long term saving targets
• Act as the primary interface to key category business stakeholders
• Provide category leadership and direction to business partners and the Supplier Management team
• Influence the business with respect to gaining buy-in and alignment on the category strategy
• Drive relationships with key suppliers
• Identify cost savings objectives for the category and drive the total cost of ownership reductions
• Aggregate demand to leverage Rogers’ scale and scope to drive standardization and cost savings
• Ensure procurement cost saving challenges are built into the capital and operating budgets and Procurement’s projects and efforts are aligned to meet budget expectations
• Ensure procurement projects and savings are tracked against the budget and targets
• Manage the analysis of spend data to assist with the identification of sourcing and cost take-out opportunities
• Assist in additional analytical related activities including but not limited to compliance, catalogue adoption rates, procurement metrics and dashboards, etc.