Senior Category Manager, Technology

McKinsey & Company
parental leave, paid time off
United States, Florida, Miramar
Dec 13, 2024
Procurement Senior Category Manager, Technology Job ID: 93960 Are you driven by the opportunity to tackle complex challenges and work alongside top leaders? Do you want to be part of a team that delivers outcomes that others simply can't? If so, you've come to the right place. Who You'll Work With You'll work in Miramar, Philadelphia, Boston or New York, as possible alternative locations, and be a part of the Technology Category team within McKinsey & Company's Optimize function whose vision is to enable colleagues and the firm to live our purpose confidently by creating leading solutions and experiences across our supplier ecosystem. The technology category team plays a critical role in making responsible buying easy by ensuring we have a best-in-class end-to-end process for maximizing the firm's strategic competitive advantage. This involves identifying new technology product and service categories, as well as new technology market products and services to meet critical needs. The team creates relevant criteria to successfully segment technology suppliers and, based on that segmentation, establishes supplier management standards for each segment. Furthermore, the team is responsible for establishing the technology category's strategy for supplier sourcing and contracting priorities. They also help develop, establish, and maintain a successful technology category governance process, which could include identifying improvement opportunities across the entire supplier lifecycle. Additionally, the team ensures that the technology category has environmental and social governance goals and initiatives to achieve those goals. Your impact within our firm You will lead a critical portfolio managing hundreds of suppliers within the technology procurement category. Your performance will be evaluated based on key metrics such as innovation, financial impact, sustainability, risk management, and strategic growth. You will develop and implement long-term strategies for technology category management, ensuring alignment with the firm's goals. You will drive innovation and efficiency by fostering high-impact relationships with suppliers. You will govern and manage third-party risks as it will be crucial to protect the firm, while embedding sustainable practices that will promote responsible sourcing and long-term value creation. You will recommend innovative solutions based on industry trends and key metrics and communicate the category vision and strategy to firm leaders. You will build and maintain strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and external parties will allow you to leverage best practices and industry knowledge. You will demonstrate a growth mindset as you will provide leadership and drive integration and collaboration within the team. You will develop talent through coaching and feedback. Your qualifications and skills Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, or a related field; master's degree or professional certification is a plus 7+ years of experience in procurement, with a contingent labor focus and category management experience Commanding knowledge of current and emerging technologies, including negotiation SOW/contracts and contracting strategies Excellent people leadership skills - you are an outstanding people leader who attracts and develops a group of highly talented colleagues Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across functions at all organizational levels Experience influencing senior leadership in a consensus-based culture, able to drive change, meet deadlines, and inspire confidence among senior leadership Ability to manage multiple points of view and perspectives towards syndicated solutions; results-oriented, highly equipped at delivering measurable outcomes and overcoming challenges Comfort with navigating ambiguous situations with thoughtfulness and pragmatism Strong problem-solving, structuring, communications, and client service capabilities An entrepreneurial, action, and growth-oriented mindset Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint Please review the additional requirements regarding essential job functions of McKinsey colleagues. 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