IT Sourcing Category Manager

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Thrive at work and at home:   

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives – WE DARE TO CARE!    

• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.    

• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.     

• Paid time off, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.       

• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.     

• Learn more about our benefits here!   

Where is the work:  

This position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule with work performed onsite in Davidson, NC 3 days each week.  

Job Summary：

Trane Technologies is hiring an IT Category Manager.  This is a critical role on our Indirect Procurement team, with high visibility to enterprise leadership and great potential for career growth. The roles’ primary responsibilities include category strategy development for a range of IT Categories including Software and SaaS. We are looking for a candidate with category management experience willing to learn and drive the management of the category to reduce risk, cost, and ambiguity for our internal customers.  

What you will do:  

• Manage a portfolio of projects, contracts, and internal business partners to deliver business value and mitigate contractual risk related to Software and SaaS purchases.
• Negotiation and management of Software and SaaS contracts of varying complexity, including financial, contractual (Terms and Conditions), and commercial terms. Lead the negotiation process for Software and SaaS contracts, including engaging with suppliers, functional leaders, legal team, subject matter experts, executive leadership, and the business sectors, as required. Manage contract lifecycle and compliance, to ensure supply continuity, and deliver best total value through RFx activities and supplier selection activities.
• Collaboration: Identify, engage, and align with internal stakeholders to capture category requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality;
• Strategy: Develop and Execute detailed Software/SaaS short and long-term category strategy that expands on the current Preferred Supplier Program; segmenting spend and buying channels based on the business needs and effective procurement principles.
• Risk Management: Actively monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality, and compliance.
• Cost Management: Responsible for delivering category productivity and cost avoidance through price, value analysis (VA) or continuous improvement projects.

• Supplier Management: Oversee Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and regular supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within the category to meet program Quality/Cost/Delivery targets.

What you will bring:

• 5+ years of experience in negotiation and management of Software, SaaS, and hosting agreements; or 5+ years of contract management and/or category management negotiation experience with a desire to learn and lead software/SaaS/IT category management for a global organization.

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• Demonstrated success in assessing, negotiating, and managing vendors; leveraging cross-functional teams.
• Collaboration, facilitation, consultation, and conflict resolution skills; you will be a trusted business partner and engage both internal and external stakeholders/customers, and we are seeking the ability to collaborate and influence within a highly matrixed environment.
• Professional communication: both verbal and written are required.

Compensation:    

Base Pay Range: $90,000-$135,000.  

Total compensation for this role will include a commission/incentive plan. Disclaimer: This base pay range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, and geographic location where the work is performed. 

Equal Employment Opportunity:   
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.