Category Manager - Marketing/Creative Services

The Category Manager (CM), Marketing Services, is responsible for elements of the spend, strategic planning and leadership of selected initiatives within the Marketing Services Category. The scope of the CM Marketing Services role includes responsibility for associated expenditure within the parameters of the role. Specifically but not exhaustively, the CM Marketing Services has responsibility for stakeholder and supplier engagement activities associated with Marketing Services such as Creative Advertising Services, Tradeshows & Exhibition, Market Research Services, Media Services and Medical Education. The CM Marketing Services supports the development of the Marketing Category strategy owned by GCM Marketing Services. The CM Marketing Services establishes and proactively manages key business stakeholder relationships, leads proactive sourcing projects, influences specification definition & demand management, as well as managing Category specific supplier performance and innovation activities.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring internal issues within the Marketing Services Category are addressed and resolved in a timely manner
• Supporting the establishment of the overall Marketing Services Category segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships
• Identifying key supplier risks within the Marketing Services Category and agreeing mitigating activities with the relevant business stakeholders
• Supporting the development of the Global Category Strategy for Marketing Services, including relevant stakeholder approval (members of the Marketing LT)
• Ensuring that relevant activities delivered by Regional Implementation team members / GBS Procurement team members within the Marketing Services Category are in line with the overall Category strategy
• The communication of distribution of selected Category specific strategies to the relevant stakeholders (members of the Marketing LT)
• Supporting the development and the execution of selected projects based on the Marketing Services Category strategy and supporting business planning activities that feed into the Annual Procurement Category Plan for Marketing Services
• The management of selected strategic Marketing Services Category supplier relationships, as agreed in the supplier segmentation process
• Leading proactive sourcing activity for the Marketing Services Category
• Providing Procurement Category input into the Global Category Manager in order to inform the functional objective setting process
• The creation, application, completion and review of major contracts for the Marketing Services Category
• Supporting the implementation of consistent KPIs for the Marketing Services Category
• Monitoring compliance and adherence to Smith & Nephew Procurement policies and procedures within the Marketing Services Category
• Ensuring negotiated contracts are clearly communicated to business stakeholders for the Marketing Services Category, and that they are consistently applied
• Ensuring the Category projects agreed to within the Global Marketing Services Category Strategy are executed in a timely basis in line with the targeted goals
• Accountable for the delivery of specific elements of the Marketing Services Category target following engagement in the target setting process
• Ensuring that any supplier performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis
• Collection of supplier, supply market, category and internal business data and information for elements of the Marketing Services Category
• Supporting the S&N innovation agenda with strategic suppliers within the Marketing Services Category, in line with S&N objectives

Location: Memphis TN, Fort Worth TX or Andover MA

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3+ years of experience in a Procurement function required

Competencies:

• Value Delivery: Demonstrable achievement of the annual Category savings targets, increased spend under management (influence), support & delivery of the S&N innovation agenda
• Business Engagement & Influence: Supports the alignment of the Marketing Services Category Strategy with key stakeholders and successful implementation of key Category initiatives (Cost, Risk, Quality)
• Supplier Performance & Risk Management: Pro-active, Procurement Led supplier relationship management, critical Category risks identified, mitigated and managed through dynamic plans

Travel: 10 % domestic and international