Gestionnaire de catégorie | Category Manager

at  Grass Valley

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Grâce à sa technologie primée et à son expertise reconnue, Grass Valley permet aux créateurs, aux diffuseurs et aux organisations médiatiques de produire du contenu exceptionnel qui captive le public et connecte les gens par la magie des médias.
En tant que chef de file de la R&D de l’industrie, nous offrons la gamme la plus étendue et approfondie de solutions de pointe dans le secteur. Nous sommes le partenaire de confiance de nombreux grands noms créatifs du secteur des médias et du divertissement, car nous aidons nos clients à créer des entreprises médiatiques prospères et à s’adapter à l’évolution rapide du paysage médiatique.
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Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing, Production/Operations Management, or Engineering or equivalent business experience.
• Master’s degree an asset.
• 3 to 5+ years of relevant experience in engineering, operations, supply chain, or NPI.
• Experience with LEAN/Six Sigma quality improvement techniques.
• Demonstrated success of completed contract negotiations and implementation with vendors along with tracking vendor performance a weekly / monthly basis to company objectives.
• Experience with developing counter measures to ensure objectives are back on track.
• Experience launching high low volume products.
• Experience with developing materials strategies for supporting critical milestones, including risk buys, safety/buffer stock

Grass Valley is looking for a Category Manager to join our Supply Chain team based in Montreal. The Category Manager is responsible for sourcing and the development of specific categories for both our direct and indirect spend. The incumbent will manage supplier relationships, negotiate terms, and optimize cost for the total spend for Grass Valley’s global Electronic and Electromechanical portfolio.

General Responsibilities:

• Develop a global category management strategy for their assigned spend portfolio based upon in-depth market analysis and collaboration with internal stakeholders on behalf of the whole organization.
• Work closely with functional teams to drive supply chain strategies that influence technical design decisions and capabilities.
• Manage supplier relationships including performance, capabilities, cost and quality.
• Responsible for supplier selection and lead QBRs (Quarterly Business Reviews) with strategic suppliers.
• Develop materials strategies for supporting critical milestones, including risk buys, safety/buffer stock.
• Responsible for quarterly cost activities including cost downs, PPV reconciliation.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the year (domestic and international).

Specific Responsibilities:

• Work closely with global engineering teams to drive supply chain strategies that influence technical design decisions and capabilities
• Manage supplier relationships including performance, capabilities, cost and quality
• Lead cross functional commodity teams and develop technology commodity roadmaps aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing, Production/Operations Management, or Engineering or equivalent business experience.
• Master’s degree an asset.
• 3 to 5+ years of relevant experience in engineering, operations, supply chain, or NPI.
• Experience with LEAN/Six Sigma quality improvement techniques.
• Demonstrated success of completed contract negotiations and implementation with vendors along with tracking vendor performance a weekly / monthly basis to company objectives.
• Experience with developing counter measures to ensure objectives are back on track.
• Experience launching high low volume products.
• Experience with developing materials strategies for supporting critical milestones, including risk buys, safety/buffer stock.

Desired Qualities

• A play to win attitude to exceed assigned objectives and be accountable for performance while creating value for all stakeholders.
• A self-starter who can deal with ambiguity and can think outside the box when presenting with challenging objectives.
• A change agent who will be able to work across multiple functional groups based in EMEA, North America and APAC to create innovative strategies based upon current needs.
• Strong communicator who is able to motivate a diverse function group to follow their recommended strategy.
• Must be able to develop KPIs to track company objectives.
• Innovative performer, effective negotiator, ability to think outside of the box.
• Able to direct and motivate team members.
• Service mind-set.
• Able to manage and drive multiple projects.
• Understands and appreciates internal & external customers, and a driver for continuous improvement.

Working Conditions

• Competitive Compensation packages
• Energizing and supportive work environment

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.
Grass Valley is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.
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