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Director, Category Management, Direct

  1. Purchasing / Supply Chain
  2. Full-time

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Raleigh, NC

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We are proud to be a member of the Rentokil family of companies, the global leader in Pest Control and other services across more than 90 countries. We pride ourselves on being a trusted partner to many of the world's leading brands and serve consumer and business customers across multiple industries. We are extremely proud of our legacy of excellence and constantly work to fulfill our mission to "protect people, enhance lives, and preserve the planet."

What do our Director's do?

This role is responsible for the procurement process for highly technical and complex Rentokil-Terminix NA spend, including management of cross-functional teams to facilitate the definition of category plans, defining and leading negotiations, supplier, and stakeholder management to optimize NA spend in the relevant category. The Director will be responsible for categories that require deep category knowledge, have high annual spend, and have the greatest impact on overall Rentokil-Terminix P&L performance. This role is also responsible for a team of sourcing specialists.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • The role will lead the external facing commercial process (3rd party spend) for high-complexity categories in support of the relevant category objectives and will therefore be an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team (marketing, IT, finance, HR, etc) owning the development of sourcing strategies for that category
  • Define category sourcing strategies to optimize the total Rentokil-Terminix NA spend in the relevant spend categories to deliver year on year cost savings, maximize cash, mitigate risk and drive our sustainability agenda in line with the categories objectives and the overall business AOP
  • Lead complex, cross-functional negotiations in order to deliver the objectives set out in the sourcing strategies ensuring full optimization of the organizational spending power and ensuring the engagement and buy-in from senior stakeholders (finance, legal, HR and operations) to ensure full alignment of the organization)
  • Use strong business and legal acumen to manage high-value, high-complexity SOWs, RFx's, and contracts with minimal direction to ensure that vendor requirements are well-defined and delivered.
  • Working with the legal team to ensure that the negotiated agreements are codified into legal contracts to protect the organization and ensure full delivery of the benefits (service, financial, risk mitigation).
  • Define the metrics required to ensure successful implementation of the benefits required (and defined in contracts) from the vendors and manage the implementation of the strategic sourcing initiatives that enable short and long-term business unit objectives to be achieved.
  • Contract manage the ongoing relationship at senior levels to ensure ongoing delivery and ensure the defined benefits are delivered.
  • Manage a team of procurement sourcing specialists, analysts, and strategic buying teams
  • Act as a subject matter category expert to coach colleagues for the smaller value areas where (where you might not lead) where the role does not directly lead the negotiation as well as serving as an internal and external reference point for procurement-related questions for assigned categories,
  • Own the relevant spend maps for agreed categories and drive analytics to identify opportunities
  • Proactive review of existing contracts to identify business and mitigate risk and to then be accountable to define and implement sourcing strategies and activities to improve the position and mitigate the risk.
  • Develop and manage annual cost savings, working capital improvement, budgets, and supplier performance targets set by the organizational leadership. Ensure delivery is via the category sourcing strategy plan.
  • Foster regular communication with stakeholders both within formal settings such as the senior leadership meetings and also on a more ad hoc basis to ensure a clear understanding of the stakeholders' needs as well as clarity as to the benefit procurement brings.
  • Apply a strategic approach to vendor qualification, vendor selection, the development and implementation of global sourcing strategies, management of RFI's and RFP's, the negotiation and development of contracts, the identification and implementation of cost savings opportunities, working capital improvement and assistance with critical supplier performance issues
  • Remain current on market and category trends in an effort to continuously implement improvements
  • Manage suppliers to drive quality standards, adherence to product specifications, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Improve working capital performance through the extension of payment terms
  • Ensure compliance with regional and global procurement policies
  • Build strong relationships between Procurement and other Functional teams
  • Exhibit strong interpersonal communication skills and change management skills, demonstrated by motivating a diverse group of internal customers to follow the optimum strategy

What do you need?:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Marketing, or relevant field
  • Procurement (or relevant) experience of over 7 years required
  • Experience with procurement best practices and a successful track record in Procurement, managing related spend in a corporate environment
  • Experience in negotiating and optimizing strategic programs to match organizational goals and circumstances
  • Experience developing and negotiating complex contracts
  • Ability to work independently and perform against tight deadlines with multiple priorities
  • Analytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities in finance and business subjects, and multi-tasking skills
  • Strong influencing skills
  • Expert negotiation skills
  • Effective communication and facilitation skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and deadlines
  • Detail-oriented - able to review and produce accurate, professional and error-free analyses in a timely manner
  • Proven ability to lead, build trust and be highly credible across levels of organizations
  • Must pass pre-employment background screen
     

Base Pay Range $148,000 - $196,000 / year

While starting pay falls within the given range, it can vary based on factors like geographic location, skills, education, and experience. Total earnings may also be affected by overtime, incentives, commissions, performance, and route assignment (where applicable).

Why Choose Us?

A career with the Rentokil family of companies can be a professional trajectory filled with opportunity. We pride ourselves on being a world-class team that rewards high performance, and we love to promote from within. We offer competitive pay and many of our roles offer performance incentives.

Below you'll find information about some of what we have to offer. All Full-Time Colleagues qualify for the following and Part-Time Colleagues qualify for most benefits after they meet certain criteria.


Click here to read more about our Total Rewards Program which includes: 

Professional and Personal Growth

  • Multiple avenues to grow your career

  • Training and development programs available

  • Tuition Reimbursement benefits (for FT Colleagues)


Health and Wellness

  • Health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance plus much more

  • Full-time colleagues are eligible to begin enrollment immediately upon hire with benefits starting on day 1


Savings and Retirement

  • 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching contributions 

 
Work-Life Balance

  • Vacation days & sick days

  • Company-paid holidays & floating holidays

  • A company mindset that prioritizes health, safety, and flexibility


We are looking for individuals who want to make a difference where our customers live and work.  Is that you?
 

This company is a Drug Free workplace.

Rentokil is committed to complying with all Federal, State, and local laws related to the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities.

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