Global Category Manager

ATS Corporation is looking for an experienced Category Manager to develop and implement supplier and category sourcing strategies and solutions, while actively managing and enhancing existing key global stakeholder relationships.

This role will communicate, evaluate and negotiate with external suppliers and ascertain their ability to meet ATS requirements and overall objectives. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in the industry and supply market, and have strong communication skills in order to forge and maintain vendor relationships.

•    Responsible for the overall strategy and relationship with vendors globally 
•    Owns the overall global assigned ATS Material spend and is responsible to achieve savings in line with business objectives
•    Devise & implement a category acquisition strategy
•    Communicate with, evaluate and approve vendors to ascertain their ability to meet company requirements, goals and objectives.
•    Negotiate framework agreements with suppliers which may include pricing, credit terms, discounts, rebates and other general terms, applicable across multiple projects.
•    Perform on-going review of product, service, equipment and expense usage to identify new opportunities for cost savings.