Sr. Analyst, Category Management
Macy's Inc. - Springdale, Ohio
Overview:
The Strategic Procurement team at Macy’s is responsible for collaboratively developing and implementing non-merchandise spend management strategies in support of Macy’s Inc.’s overall corporate strategy and the company’s focus on ongoing profit improvement. Strategic Procurement is responsible for strategic sourcing, category management, vendor development, vendor diversity, and sustainability. Specifically, the Category Management team manages ongoing operations with vendors including vendor management, planning, working with stakeholders on requirements and new requests, demand management, spec. optimization, risk monitoring and mitigation, vendor service level management, innovation, and efficiency/productivity improvements. Evolution of the Strategic Procurement capability is a priority for Macy’s and we continue to seek top talent in support of this objective.
Reporting to the Manager, Category Management, the Sr. Analyst, Category Management is responsible for supporting all Category Management activities and scope, including vendor management, contract compliance, continuous improvement, market research and risk mitigation.
Essential Functions:
- Owns basic vendor management activities, including creating vendor scorecards and SLA reporting matrixes.
- Communicates project updates to all internal stakeholders.
- Conducts vendor viability assessments and builds models to assist with overall risk evaluation.
- Leads market research, commodity research and vendor research for all vendors/categories in scope.
- Can own portions of day-to-day operations for categories that are wholly-managed by Strategic Procurement, including reporting and escalating issues.
- Works with stakeholders to ensure vendors are meeting business needs as well as contractual obligations.
- Identifies and helps to implement opportunities for add-value and continuous improvement.
- Monitors and reports on contract compliance and rogue spend.
- Partners with Sourcing and Business teams to develop implementation and transition plans and supports change management initiatives.
- Supports savings tracking in partnership with Finance.
- Drives compliance with Company policies and procedures.
- Supports change management initiatives.
Qualifications:
Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, logistics, finance or related discipline
- Contract review and vendor negotiation experience.
- Contract management and data base management experience is preferred.
- Knowledge of Supplier Management tools is preferred (SRM, conducting Quarterly Business Reviews, etc.)
- Retail / CPG experience is preferred.
Communication Skills
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, goal-oriented, and time-sensitive environment.
- Ability to work independently with limited direction
Other Skills
- Technology-savvy to leverage eProcurement and eSourcing tools including but not limited to: SAP, Ariba, Spend Analysis tools.
- Detail and process-oriented individual.
- Good analytical skills.
- Dedicated team player, with the innate ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships.
- Business acumen and project management skills.
- Knowledge of financial accounting, strategic sourcing, and supplier management concepts
- Experience sourcing indirect categories is preferred.
- Proficient in MS Office Suite.
- Executes following a “Teams Win” philosophy, fostering a positive, collaborative environment.
This job description is not all inclusive. Macy's Inc. reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. Macy's Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
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About Macy's Inc.
Macy's, Inc., with corporate offices in Cincinnati and New York, is one of the nation's premier retailers, with fiscal 2015 sales of $27.079 billion. The company operates about 870 stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico unde... more
