Senior Category Manager, Indirects - East Coast, US, Remote
US
Who We Are:
Cimpress Services' central teams allow us to remain entrepreneurial; to stay small as we grow. These teams enable our businesses to remain laser-focused on their customers and build the tools and services that make Cimpress greater than the sum of our businesses. We are problem solvers. We are storytellers. We are forward thinking. We are relationship builders. We are responsible for company-wide activities like accounting, capital allocation, global tax planning, procurement, communicating with internal and external stakeholders and protecting the company through compliance and risk management. We’re evolving our processes and technology to support Cimpress’ rapid growth.
What You Will Do:
- Conduct thorough market research and analysis to understand the trends, risks, and opportunities within the Indirect Goods & Services and Contract Manufacturing category. Based on this analysis, develop and implement procurement strategies that align with the organization's objectives, focusing on cost reduction, quality improvement, and innovation.
- Manage relationships with suppliers, including selecting suppliers, negotiating contracts and renewals, and managing ongoing performance. This involves working closely with suppliers to ensure they meet the company's standards for quality, cost, delivery, and sustainability.
- Collaborate with various internal stakeholders, such as technology, marketing, product development, operations, and finance teams, to understand their needs and ensure the procurement strategy supports the overall business goals. The category manager acts as a bridge between the company and the suppliers, facilitating communication and ensuring alignment of objectives.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to supply chain disruptions, regulatory compliance, and ethical sourcing. This includes developing contingency plans to manage risks and ensuring that procurement practices comply with relevant laws, regulations, and corporate social responsibility standards.
- Play a critical role in developing and implementing sustainable procurement practices. This includes identifying and prioritizing environmentally friendly and ethically sourced indirect goods and services, engaging with suppliers to encourage sustainable practices, and ensuring that the company's supply chain meets established sustainability and corporate social responsibility goals.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities for new products or improvements to existing ones that can drive company revenue growth. By leveraging insights from market analysis and supplier capabilities, the strategic procurement category manager collaborates with product development teams to bring innovative products to market, ensuring alignment with consumer demands and competitive differentiation.
Your Qualifications:
At Cimpress, we value the experiences that individual team members add to our culture. Please don't hesitate to apply even if you don't meet the exact qualifications, we look forward to learning more about you!
- Hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Technical field.
- Possess a minimum of five years of experience in Indirect Procurement leading a strategic spend category within an international corporate framework, managing across diverse business units, geographies, and multiple currencies.
- Strong analytical skills with a comprehensive understanding of business analysis, costing, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models.
- Advanced proficiency in the Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office Suite
- Complete fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Fundamental knowledge of legal documentation, with the capability to interpret contracts and determine when to engage legal support.
- Willingness to travel globally around 10% of the time, with peaks up to 25%.
Nice to Have:
- Fluency in additional languages, particularly German, Italian, or French are highly appreciated.
- At least three years of experience in some of the key subcategories within Indirects, like Technology or Marketing
Why You'll Love Working Here:
Being at Cimpress means that you don’t see work as just a building, a desk or a manufacturing floor. You see it as a chance to take a step forward in your career journey – and your life. We strive to give you everything you need to learn, grow, and succeed. Through innovation, collaboration, and perpetual exposure to what’s next, we’re always pushing boundaries and broadening our horizons. We embrace the chance to operate outside of our comfort zone to discover what we’re capable of. Some might call that a challenge; we just call it another great day at work.
We're Remote-First:
In 2020, Cimpress adopted a Remote-First operating model and culture. We heard from our team members that having the freedom, autonomy and trust in each other to work from home and, the ability to operate when they are most productive, empowers them to be their best. Cimpress also provides collaboration spaces for team members to work physically together when it's safe to do so and when in-person collaboration will deliver the best results. Currently we are enabled to hire remote team members in over 30 US States as well as several countries in Europe, including Spain, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
About Us:
Led by founder and CEO Robert Keane, Cimpress invests in and helps build customer-focused, entrepreneurial mass customization businesses. Through the personalized physical (and digital) products these companies create, we empower over 17 million global customers to make an impression. Last year, Cimpress generated $2.88B in revenue through customized print products, signage, apparel, packaging and more. The Cimpress family includes a dynamic, international group of businesses and central teams, all working to solve problems, build businesses, innovate and improve.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:
We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Cimpress is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.
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