Global Indirect Category Manager - Utilities

What You Can Expect

The primary responsibilities of the Procurement Category Manager are to manage end-to-end procurement activities for their category and lead cross-functional collaboration for Utilities category. They will be responsible for securing total cost of ownership reductions for their assigned category, define global strategy, and work with other counterparts globally to execute the regional strategies.

Work Location: Bangalore
Work Mode: Hybrid (3 Days in office)

How You'll Create Impact

• End-to-end accountability for defining the category and supplier strategy with stakeholders and delivering year-over-year cost reduction within their category
• Strategic interface with suppliers and accountable for building strong and strategic supplier relationships
• Understand supplier market dynamics/intelligence and use it as input into the strategy
• Monitor and report compliance to Source-to-Pay process for their category/suppliers
• Drive supplier selection according to strategy, develop supplier base, and identify new suppliers
• Ensure alignment, anticipate changes, and drive activities based on supply market changes and broader company/functional strategy
• Lead contract and price negotiations withs suppliers
• Create and update supplier list according to category strategy
• Work closely with key stakeholders, member organizations and corporate functions to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans.
• Identify and define procurement best practices both within and external to Zimmer Biomet and ensure that those best practices are implemented in their category

What Makes You Stand Out

• 8+ years of track record in Strategic Procurement, specifically in Travel category.
• Ability to develop high impact procurement strategies.
• Previous experience with assigned category preferred.
• Cost analysis and management, negotiation and project management skills.
• Strategic thinking and leadership skills.
• Internal stakeholder and supplier relationship management.
• Excellent market information analysis skills and supply market knowledge.
• Good conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work independently.

Your Background

Required Skills

• Experience managing the full spend responsibility for an utilities category.
• Hands‑on experience in global procurement of utilities, with primary focus on natural gas and electricity.
• Strong capability in developing and executing procurement strategies, owning supplier relationships, conducting negotiations, performing cost analysis, and managing the RFP process.
• Ability to act as a change agent within the organization and drive continuous improvement.
• Solid understanding of different market types with foundational knowledge that can be applied across new geographies.
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Expertise across the full sourcing lifecycle, including contract and vendor management.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel for analytics and reporting.

Desired Skills

• Specialized Procurement or related certification or training preferred.
• Lean and/or Six Sigma certification or training preferred.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Experience Range: 10+ Years.
• Bachelor’s Degree in any related discipline is required.

Travel Expectations

Upto 10%