Job Purpose / Summary

The Logistics Category Manager & POD Leader role is a member of an established WNS-Denali Delivery team, supporting WNS-Denali’s client with category management activities. The WNS-Denali Category Manager & POD Leader will work with the Client Category Managers and Directors side by side, and perform procurement category management activities as assigned including, but not limited to:

Supporting the development of category plans and strategy

Provide forward-thinking and thought leadership to client using prior category knowledge and current market intelligence

Creating and using Category Management tools and templates

Category Management coaching to client and to WNS team members

Development of an actionable project pipeline with estimated savings via demand planning

Assisting Client Category Managers to engage business stakeholders, understand their categories, project requirement and to deliver results (including but not limited to savings/value delivery and risk reduction).

The WNS-Denali Category Manager will act as a liaison between the Client Category Managers and other WNS-Denali delivery team members, reviewing projects and making decisions based on defined category plans and strategy as needed.

Key Responsibilities / Job Duties

Act as an active team member of the WNS-Denali Category Management community, and support category management projects, plan development, governance, communication and change management on behalf of, and/or in cooperation with Client Category Managers and Directors.

Document and maintain WNS-Denali category playbooks

Provide improvements and refinements to Category Management tools and templates

Work with Client Category Managers to develop and document standard templates and category job aids to be used for ongoing end to end procurement execution activities.

Provide coordination and support as requested for procurement category workshops, supplier presentations, governance meetings across client and their stakeholders

Assist Client Category Managers and Director with category plan development and improvement including but not limited to overall spend data analysis and summary, category plan and strategy discussions with business stakeholders, provide assistance with “clear requirements” gathering, and overall category plan documentation.

Research market knowledge and intelligence and share findings via Thought Leadership with procurement execution team and client resources.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to assess appropriate procurement strategies for given Indirect categories and procurement business requirements.

Strong negotiation and strategic sourcing skills

Ability to work with web-based procurement tools

Advanced/”Expert” Excel skills, including working knowledge of filters, sorting, pivot tables, basic formulas, advanced formatting techniques, and advance data manipulation skills

Deep understanding of Procurement Category Management methods and approaches, and an ability to apply various concepts to category-level activities for the Client

Proficiency in one or more procurement categories, including understanding external market dynamics, top suppliers, market trends/intelligence and key “so what” highlights, and procurement strategies.

Required Education and Experience

Deep subject matter expertise in the Logistics Category is required

Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience is required, MBA preferred

Minimum of seven (7) years of related work experience within Indirect or Direct procurement, category management, sourcing, procurement consulting or financial/business analyst capacity

Expertise in other Indirect procurement category such as HR, Business Consulting, IT, Marketing Services, Travel, Facilities, MRO, Capital and Real Estate or other related categories

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.