Category Management Consultant

Overview

Drive category strategy, negotiations, and savings across assigned spend categories.

Key Responsibilities

• powerbi dashboards
• category management
• market analysis
• procurement strategy
• savings initiatives
• supplier relations

Tasks

-Develop PowerBI Dashboards for interactive cost management for assigned categories. -Maintain supplier lists for assigned categories and build partnerships with strategic suppliers. -Perform category management of assigned areas such as MRO items, distribution and transmission materials. -Travel as needed to meet with Business Unit customers and suppliers (expected travel up to 1 week per month). -Lead the formulation of category strategies and negotiation of key terms for highly complex sourcing events. -Effectively communicate initiative updates and savings targets across the organization. -Maintain relationship with supplier senior executives. -Frequent Business Unit Executive updates on cost analysis and budget impact strategies. -Develop, build and present strategic plans and dashboards for assigned spend categories. -Analyze relevant markets and assess cost impacts of market events for assigned categories. -Proactively engage and collaborate with Business Unit customers on strategic business goals, category strategies, initiatives, and budget impact targets. -Developing knowledge of assigned categories. -Lead cross-functional, enterprise-wide savings initiatives. -Setting meaningful category savings targets and deliver savings results by implementing procurement strategies based on TCO analysis and innovation. -Develop and Lead charter initiatives for process improvements and budget impact opportunities.

Requirements

• analytics
• tco
• project management
• negotiation
• mentoring
• influence

What You Bring

-Ability to navigate organization and influence decisions. -Hands-on understanding of business processes and objectives. -Strong understanding of business cost drivers. -Strong analytic toolset that will support the creation of financial targets, detailed analysis of spend data, and structure of TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) models. -Ability to develop and implement a structured, negotiation strategy. -Excellent project management skills, with ability to resolve problems and to remove barriers to success. -Strong mentoring skills.

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About Dominion Energy

-Committed to sustainability, focusing on reducing carbon emissions and expanding its renewable energy portfolio, including wind, solar, and battery storage projects. -Operates a vast network of electric transmission and distribution lines and natural gas storage, transmission, and distribution pipelines. -Supplies electricity to parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and natural gas to regions in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. -Dominion also operates generation facilities in Indiana, Illinois, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

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Visa Sponsorship

-dominion energy cannot transfer or sponsor a work visa or employment authorization for this position.