Senior Category Specialist

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At Maxar Intelligence, we unlock the promise of space intelligence to help governments and businesses solve problems on earth and beyond. Since humans first explored our solar system, we have been supporting space missions with our tools. Maxar Intelligence, partners with innovative businesses and more than 50 governments to monitor global change, deliver broadband communications and advance space operations with capabilities in Space Infrastructure and Earth Intelligence. Now is your chance to amplify your impact, working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. We are hiring immediately for a Senior Category Specialist to join the Corporate Procurement team in Westminster, CO. The work schedule for this team is in-office Tuesday, Thursday and you choose the third in-office day and two days from home.

What you will do day-to-day with your colleagues:

We are supporting a mission-critical project, implementing a new ERP system company-wide. We are looking for someone to join our team who brings strong strategic sourcing and contracting experience and is passionate about delivering results. In this role, you will manage, negotiate, and lead the sourcing of indirect/corporate goods and services for Pillar 2 of the SAP implementation.

• Project manage all procurement-related supplier RFPs, MSAs, SOWs, and supplier management.
• Lead sourcing, contract negotiations, supplier management, and portfolio management events across multiple categories
• Proactively manage categories to optimize results - including spend analytics, supplier performance and stakeholder management
• Analyze data and metrics to drive value and deliver savings
• Coordinate and perform contract reviews alongside Legal and business partners
• Develop relationships with team members and stakeholders across Maxar
• Potential for broad exposure to multiple indirect/corporate categories including Facilities, Marketing, Professional Services, Talent Acquisition, IT and HR
• Participate in supporting Category Manager with special projects and ad hoc requests
• Other duties as assigned

Life with Us:

There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work, Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution

to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits like:

• 401K

• Career growth opportunities

• Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options

• Program to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development

• Student loan repayment

• Generous time off

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision at affordable monthly rates

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen or permanent resident
• Minimum of 5 years related experience in contract negotiations, sourcing, category management, supplier management, spend analytics and/or market intelligence
• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related technical field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading significant service sourcing events and contract negotiations (in excess of $500K)
• Prior knowledge of indirect corporate categories is beneficial.  Potential categories include facilities, marketing, HR, professional services, IT
• Familiar with e-procurement tools – sourcing, contract management, spend analytics, risk management, and transactional P2P applications
• Ability to create, deliver, and execute strategies across multiple indirect categories
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to produce clear and concise communications at all levels of the organization
• Strong analytical and facilitation skills
• Passionate about customer service and delivering results
• Ability to build strong relationships

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Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:

$71,000.00 - $119,000.00 annually.

 

Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.