Category Manager - Global Facilities

Category Manager - Global FacilitiesLocation: Lehi, UT (Hybrid) Pay Range: $48 - $58/hr. Duration: 3 Months Top 3 Skills: 5-9 years' experience in strategic sourcing, preferably in facilities, with proven ability to lead RFx processes, negotiate contracts, and manage supplier relationships. Strong skills in spend analysis, fiscal planning cycles, BI reporting, and Excel, with ability to synthesize complex data into executive-level insights. Exceptional written/verbal communication, emotional intelligence (EQ), and ability to build trusted relationships with internal partners, influence decision-making, and drive organizational change. Company: Our client is a global leader in creative software, offering innovative tools for digital media creation, design, and marketing. Duties: Serve as a liaison with internal business partners and external suppliers in the strategies and execution of sophisticated and impactful sourcing projects related to facilities. Build strong trusted relationships with senior internal partners through understanding their objectives and bridging them with those of Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS). Proactively seek value-creating opportunities across spend categories. Oversee the process of disseminating and following contract obligations, and instituting a complete strategy to approach renewal. Demonstrates expertise in facility trends and commercial models, and apt to train others on the same across the organization. Develop, issue, and coordinate RFx activity and lead commercial negotiations to find the best sourcing solution for facilities. Ensure proper risk mitigation through liaising and contributing with Legal. Help internal partners obtain robust Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure reliable performance. Report progress on a weekly basis, indicating work planning and work in progress. Add agreements, service details and payment forecasts into procurement systems in a complete and timely manner. Drive continuous improvement and organizational change initiatives. Key contributor to the strategic direction of Sourcing/Procurement initiatives. Skills: Familiarity with fiscal planning cycles and ad hoc financial analysis. Exemplify excellent emotional intelligence (EQ) and positively influencing various partners, and improving business dynamics both within Global Procurement and broadly across; evidence of continuous positive customer feedback. Growth mentality: aware of personal strengths and weaknesses; great at receiving, applying, and giving useful feedback. Mastery of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Familiarity with BI reporting and spend analysis. High attention to detail and the exercise of sound judgment and decision-making. Has exceptional written and verbal communications, time management and interpersonal skills. Able to synthesize and present complex matters and data analysis in executive presentation views with insightful commentary. Must be willing to train and educate users in new processes, policies, and procedures or technologies. Handles own workload and priorities effectively. Flexible working times based on company requirements and should be expected at various times through the business year and quarter. Education/Experience: Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or similar (preference: MBA, or JD). Strategic Sourcing/Procurement-related industry certification(s) a plus. Preference: 5-9 years' experience in Strategic Sourcing with an emphasis in facilities. Benefits Summary: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching. IND123