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Mortenson Construction Category Manager - Electrical Cable in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Summary: As a Top 25 builder, developer, and EPC, our expertise spans markets like sports, renewable energy, data centers, healthcare, and more. We are builders at heart, working to ensure the built environment has a lasting positive impact. | Let's Redefine Possible PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION Responsible for developing, implementing, and managing sourcing strategies for specified categories or group of categories. This role will focus on optimizing costs, quality, and delivery while improving Supply Chain efficiencies and maintaining supplier relationships. EXPECTATIONS OF ALL TEAM MEMBERS High quality, professional work product performed with initiative, productivity, a positive attitude, and behavior. Team members should cooperate with others in a team environment, accept direction from supervisors, follow work rules and procedures, have punctual and consistent attendance, and accept constructive feedback. Performance should meet or exceed the established standards, goals, and accountabilities of the position. All team members are responsible for supporting an inclusive work environment along with affirmative action and employment related goals and requirements. Team members should align with and contribute to the Mortenson values and ethical standards as stated in the Mortenson Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and understand and abide by the procedures and practices outlined in the Mortenson Operations Manual. KEY RESULT AREAS (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS) Develop Category Strategy for Assigned Categories: Identify and engage with internal stakeholders across engineering and operations to capture category requirements. Assess potential opportunities for categories including spend segmentation, category maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis. Develop Sourcing Strategy for categories detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits. Adapt the strategy as business, market, and economic environments change. Support Annual Category Reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and risk mitigation strategies. Manage Relationships with Key Suppliers: Maintain relationship with suppliers at the Leadership level. Conducts supplier business reviews. Monitor supplier's quality and delivery performance. Leverage supplier relationship to assist buyers with expedites as needed. Achieve Material Cost Reductions for Assigned Categories: Initiate and conduct supplier contract negotiations. Responsible for defining negotiations strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Closely monitor market drivers affecting the category including raw material pricing and availability, supplier capacity, industry disruptions and new products. Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovery of commodity inflation. Effectively work and build relationships with those of diverse backgrounds and organizational levels. Lead team members by example, offer effective coaching and feedback, and effectively manage performance. Other duties as assigned. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, and negotiations skills. Effective communication and presentation skills. Strong organization, planning and decision-making skills. Ability to influence without authority. Active listening skills and effective communication including an openness to diverse input and feedback. Ability to travel up to 30%. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's year degree in either business or technical. Minimum five years' experience strategically managing electrical cable material spend. Knowledge of construction processes and materials. Experience presenting in front of Senior Leadership. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS This position requires the following with or without an accommodation, sitting, seeing, hearing, and utilization of a computer and office equipment. The working environmen consists of indoor and climate-controlled settings. This position description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position. The duties and responsibilities of this position may change without notice. Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position. * No Agency emails, calls or solicitations accepted * #LI-JF1 Mortenson is an EOE/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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