Company Overview:
Party City Holdings, Inc. is the largest party goods supplier and party retail chain in the world. We are also the country's premier retailer of Halloween costumes, accessories, and decorations. Party City Holdings is made up of two divisions, Party City Retail Group (PCRG) and AMSCAN Wholesale. At Party City Holdings, we like to have fun! We are helpful, passionate, and creative. We inspire our customers with exciting concepts, themes and ideas and provide everything they need to bring them to life. We make it easy to create unforgettable moments.
Job Overview:
As a successful as a Category Leader, you should be able to succeed in conducting RFP/Q, reviewing MSAs and writing SOWs as they relate to Strategic Sourcing activities and processes within an organization. Lead and support your team to remove roadblocks to ensure team performance. You will have excellent leadership abilities and be able to negotiate the best possible deal structure taking an enterprise approach.
As a Category Sr. Manager, you will report to the Vice President of Procurement. Our Procurement team covers both Indirect and Direct spend. This key position will support the Indirect Procurement projects. The Manager will be able to evaluate the Indirect business needs through spend analysis and develop with stakeholder’s business spend solutions.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Lead a team of motivated professionals, develop and coach the team towards procurement best practices in accordance with the Procurement strategy.
- Directly manage Business Service, IT and Marketing Categories.
- Engage with business stakeholders to form category strategy and develop procurement projects that maximize company performance.
- Partner on the procurement project roadmap with the Vice President, and drive project execution.
- Evaluate and develop supplier base and partnerships through a strong Supplier Relationship Management to create a reliable and long-term source of supply.
- Support vendor excellence via agreements, process improvements, and best practices
- Apply best practices in improving maturity of procurement Supplier Relationship Management, contracting, onboarding, and purchase request/order processes.
- Create and lead enterprise-based negotiation strategies which secure savings performance.
- Monitor Category Performance
Leadership Influence:
- Ability to independently work and influence outcomes with Executive Level Leadership
- Ability to influence outcomes through Service provider performance.
Skills Required:
- Must have experience in Procurement Category Management. Specific experience in Business Services, IT and Marketing.
- Ability to independently read and understand MSAs, facilitate RFP/Q process, and write SOWs agreements.
- Understanding of sourcing and vendor management tools and analysis
- Comfortable with data collection, analyzing, and interpreting data.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and purchasing software.
Business Acumen:
- 10+ years of Procurement Category Management experience with demonstrated track record of achievement and growth in leadership.
Problem Solving:
- Research, anticipate, manage risk as you review trends in the marketplace
Scope:
- Start-up team environment
- Identify and define enterprise projects.
- Category analysis & strategy development
- Supplier Identification
- RFP/RFQ Management
- Supplier Management
Interpersonal Skills:
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong critical thinking and negotiation skills.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Business Administration, Engineering or equivalent work experience.
