Category Manager – Digital Patterson
Saint Paul, MN30+ days ago
Highlights
Optimize the total cost of ownership and increase the total value derived from our digital and technology investments for non-merchandise goods and services acquired by Best Buy . The IT Category Manager will join the team responsible for development of category and sourcing strategies, sourcing execution, negotiations, and contracting activities across multiple categories within IT.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1966 |
| Website | http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/ |
Description
The IT Category Manager will join the team responsible for development of category and sourcing strategies, sourcing execution, negotiations, and contracting activities across multiple categories within IT. This is a high-impact position, with responsibility to commercially manage and strategically source products and/or services within the Infrastructure subcategory of IT Spend. This position will provide consistent exposure to Best Buy executives, large strategic suppliers, and highly complex agreements. The right candidate will have an opportunity to make an immediate impact with noticeable results. The Best Buy Procurement organization is undergoing a significant transformation to become a strategic value generating business enabler.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work in the office Monday through Thursday Best Buy's headquarters and Fridays virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you'll do
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work in the office Monday through Thursday Best Buy's headquarters and Fridays virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you'll do
- Development of category and sourcing strategies, sourcing execution, negotiations, and contracting activities across infrastructure related area of IT spend
- Establishes and maintains strategic relationships with business stakeholders understanding and applying business objectives to category strategies
- Optimize the total cost of ownership and increase the total value derived from our digital and technology investments for non-merchandise goods and services acquired by Best Buy
- Interact with all levels of the organization, cross functionally partnering with and influencing business leaders across the Best Buy Enterprise
- Leading negotiations of $0-$25 million technology contracts
- Problem solve and search for answers using internal and external network/sources with ability to be agile when faced with setbacks and roadblocks
About Company
Energetic teams. Fun atmosphere. Exciting opportunities.
That’s what you’ll find at Best Buy. Care to join us?
You can feel the energy here. And we’re not talking about the hum of electronics (there’s that, too). We’re talking about people.
Best Buy employees are friendly, enthusiastic and willing to help you succeed. Sure, we’re a big company — the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer — but that doesn’t stop us from having fun while doing what we love: bringing technology into people’s lives in meaningful ways.
When you join our team, we consider you part of our Best Buy family. And what you do here every day will support our goal to make people’s lives better, easier and more enjoyable through the great products we sell.
So if you’d like using your talents to help improve people’s lives, bring it! We’d love to have your energy here.
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