A utilities client in the Houston area is looking for a Manager, Procurement Utility to join their Procurement team. The procurement manager leads a Category team responsible for strategic sourcing activities and supplier management functions for utility categories. They will support gas and electric as well as partake in strategic sourcing and procurement at a manager level (Shared Services). The ideal candidate will build organizational strength, create robust sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements, manage strategic supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement in support of business objectives. This role will also be called upon to contribute to the broader procurement transformation. Additional responsibilities include category management process, utilization of market intelligence, financial analysis, sourcing strategy and stakeholder management. This position is responsible for managing procurement categories including, but not limited to Construction, Materials, and Engineering services. This role requires regular engagement with stakeholders, assisting with the management of strategic sourcing, category management adoption, contract negotiations and developing cost reduction strategies on an enterprise level.

Responsible for leading a team of Procurement professionals to align & execute enterprise sourcing strategies for assigned commodities and spend categories as well as providing coaching and management oversight on work activities and work products
Drive supplier negotiations, sourcing initiatives and multi-year category strategies that optimize CenterPoint Energys spend across the organization.
Responsible for performance management, talent management and succession planning, ensuring that the appropriate tools and processes are in place to support the team.
Ensure savings initiatives spanning cost reduction, cost avoidance, revenue enhancement, rebates, working capital, etc. are accurately documented, reviewed, reported and transferred to the annual operating budgets and long-term strategic plans.
Applies broad and deep subject matter expertise to solve a variety of highly complex business issues.
Promote collaboration and obtain buy-in with key stakeholders to ensure execution of category strategies.
Utilization of market intelligence to perform market analysis activities such as should cost modeling, commodity indices etc. Manages industry pricing complexity through detailed and frequent analysis.
Work cross-functionally with Legal, Risk and Data Privacy to mitigate risk in the contracting process.
Demonstrate ability to develop, present and gain consensus on complex category strategies.
Successfully lead through influence, experience and bringing category strategies to adoption.
Self-starter, energetic and motivated to influence the future of the organization.
Directly involved in contract negotiations/relationship management of high complexity, high risk contracts with significant (potential) business strategy impacts.
Interpret and draft contract provisions to mitigate exposure to risk.
Ensure all applicable contracts have appropriate terms and conditions, deliverables and KPIs.
Demonstrates a proactive approach in meeting business partners' expectations through frequent communication, scope alignment, business requirements gathering, project execution and timeline management.
Creates a shared vision by embedding and integrating the role of strategic sourcing into various parts of the business.

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