Exelon

Sr Category Manager

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Chicago, IL

Job Description

Job Description

Description

At Exelon, we've got a place for you!

Join the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with one of the largest electricity generation portfolios and retail customer bases in the country. You will be part of a family of companies that strives for the highest standards of power generation, competitive energy sales, and energy delivery. Our team of outstanding professionals is focused on performance, thought leadership, innovation, and the power of ideas that come from a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Exelon will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build and enhance a successful career. We are also dedicated to motivating the success of our employees through competitive base salary, incentives, and health and retirement benefits.

Join Exelon and share your passion at a forward-thinking Fortune 100 company. Establish yourself in a place where you can truly shine and create a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. Energize your career at Exelon!

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

Oversight and implementation of the Supply Chain Process, Seven Step Sourcing Process; primary liaison with Suppliers and business unit stakeholders. Manage multiple categories within and across business units.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Establish master material and service agreements (blanket contracts) and support special projects as well as complex sourcing initiatives. Participate in periodic special project initiatives. Accountable for category purchases (including tactical); become involved on an as-needed bases to resolve emergent issues.
2. Maintain and own the position of primary contact for the resolution of systemic/recurring supplier/customer issues. Develop close working relationships with supplier and end customers. Monitor supplier performance to ensure that contract terms and conditions are being met or exceeded; and performance meets customer expectations. Manage and/or support supplier alliance process and own/manage all supplier relationships. Lead and/or support all supplier relationship development programs and suppler alliance periodic meetings.
3. Manage categories and provide oversight and governance of associated purchases; perform category spend and risk analysis; and design and implement category and supplier risk mitigation strategies.
4. Provide direction to contract administrators, procurement and sourcing specialists and other supply personnel, as appropriate, within assigned business and spend categories.
5. Identify and implement sourcing and category management best practices.
6. Lead personnel (both within and external to Supply) to achieve objectives across related categories and/or across multiple sourcing initiatives. Prioritize competing needs and assign tasks to support strategic sourcing initiatives and other Supply projects, as appropriate.
7. Identify and manage category risks; and align category profiles with business unit needs, company direction, and Exelon's goals.
8. Support the Business Units' Emergency Response activities as assigned.
POSITION SCOPE

Sourcing activities of one or more categories of technical or complex materials or services related to IT.
Independent decision making while performing typical job duties.
Manage material or service categories within and across business units with consideration of total process life cycle costs, business unit needs, Exelon goals, and risk profiles.
Continuous improvement of the Supply organization.
Availability for travel across Exelon sites, Supplier locations and business units; as business needs dictate.

Qualifications

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

Minimum:

Bachelors Degree in business, engineering, science or related field with a minimum of five (5) years experience
or High School diploma or equivalent, with nine (9) years of experience.
Demonstrated project and change management skills.
Demonstrated knowledge of category and supply management concepts with an emphasis on IT and software.
Adept and persuasive communicator (verbal, written).
Cross functional/organizational team management and facilitation skills (internal and external).
Demonstrated data analysis capability.
Demonstrated negotiation skills. Ability to hold Suppliers accountable for performance.
Conflict management experience.
Technical aptitude (category-specific requirement).

Preferred:

Demonstrated understanding of entire Exelon supply chain and cost drivers.
Detailed specific category expertise related to software: Software license agreement negotiations.
Strategic supplier relationship building.
Enterprise wide direct negotiations.

Exelon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Exelon

Chicago, IL

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in energy generation and delivery businesses in the United States and Canada. It owns nuclear, fossil, wind, hydroelectric, and solar generating facilities. The company also sells electricity to wholesale and retail customers; and sells natural gas, renewable energy, and other energy-related products and services. In addition, it is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas; and transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers.

Further, the company offers corporate governance support services, including corporate strategy and development, legal, human resources, information technology, finance, real estate, security, corporate communications, supply at cost, engineering, distribution and transmission planning, asset management, system operations, and power procurement services.

It serves distribution utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and financial institutions, as well as commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.