Construction Services Category Management (Vegetation)

Construction Services Category Management (Vegetation)Perm OpportunityOakland or San Ramon, CA ( hybrid)This role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies that align with the goals of Construction Services / Vegetation Management portfolio across all business lines and broader enterprise objectives. This position leads strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier governance to drive performance, cost savings, sustainability, and supplier diversity. The role works closely with internal stakeholders to ensure sourcing activities meet operational needs and capital projects while identifying opportunities for process improvements, standardization, and increased value. This is a highly collaborative role that plays a key part in strengthening sourcing outcomes and enhancing the client experience within the portfolio.Our client collaborates with internal clients and suppliers managing more than $12 billion of annual company spend to develop mutually beneficial total value solutions for goods and services. The department provides the following services to internal clients: procurement of goods and services, strategic sourcing and cost savings, category management, supplier relationship management, execution and outreach, compliance management, ongoing procurement field support and management of the source to pay cycle.Job ResponsibilitiesEstablish a high-performance team to develop strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimizes diversity spending and total cost of ownership for key lines of business.Ensures the overall governance of the contract approval process from contract creation through contract award.Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories.Develops short and long term strategies for all spend categories within portfolio.Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives.Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development.Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies.Monitors and maximizes customer satisfaction using standardized client service level agreements.Manages continuous improvement-based relationships that deliver mutually beneficial results.Establishes service level agreements to hold suppliers accountable for performance.Approves purchase orders and contracts from $500,000 to $10 millionWorks with Sourcing Supervisors, Category Leaders and Sourcing Specialists.Develop work processes and procedures aligning to organizational requirements** For Manager Level roles - will lead Strategic Sourcing teams, managing 2+billion in SS spend.RequirementsBachelor's degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college)8 years of total sourcing or related industry experience.Strategic Sourcing experience.8-10 years of total sourcing experience or related industry experience.5 years of supervisor experience.SAP/SRM proficiency.Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriersDesiredMBA or equivalent advanced degreeUtility industry experienceVegetation ManagementAbility to lead cross-functional teamsDemonstrated leadership and management skills