Principal Category Management

1 Month ago • 5-7 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Category Manager will join the Finance team and report to the Finance leader. This role involves strategic category management support and ownership of the procurement lifecycle for third-party IT vendors. Responsibilities include supplier negotiation, strategic sourcing execution for IT projects, market intelligence gathering, spend analysis, and process standardization. The candidate will also convey category and contractual context, drive standardization, ensure accurate contractual documents, and build strong relationships with vendors and internal teams.
Must have:
  • Strong supplier negotiation skills.
  • Experience in strategic sourcing and procurement.
  • IT category expertise.
  • Knowledge of ERP and Contract Management Systems.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Perks:
  • Competitive compensation
  • Generous Paid Time Off (25 PTO days)
  • 4 days (one day/quarter) Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
  • 5 days off annually for Year-End Break
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and Wellness Program
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Formal and informal reward, recognition and acknowledgement programs
  • Employee development events

Job Details

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel. 

Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.

Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.

The Finance team is seeking a detail-oriented, results-driven Principal Category Manager to join their ranks. Reporting directly to the Finance leader, this role collaborates closely with the team to provide strategic category management support. The position will be responsible for providing category management support and ownership of the procurement lifecycle for third party IT vendors.

Skill requirements

  • Strong supplier negotiation skills.
  • Leads, plans and executes cross-functional strategic sourcing activities to support timely, cost-effective IT projects.   Questions conventional thinking and norms and provides alternatives that can improve outcomes.
  • Gathers, monitors, interprets and leverages market intelligence data to better provide category expertise to BUs to influence sourcing strategies, supplier selections and sourcing decisions – with focus on cost savings and risk mitigation.
  • Performs spend analysis for various categories and identifies sourcing opportunities.  Develops and executes plans to capture sourcing opportunities.
  • Conveys category and contractual context and other information in response to queries from internal customers.  
  • Drives rationalization/standardization of processes, goods and services throughout the global enterprise.  Builds cost/evaluation spreadsheets in Excel to facilitate discussions and decisions.  
  • Ensures contractual documents accurately reflect the goods and/or services being sourced with relevant service levels.  
  • Demonstrates strong communication (written and verbal), organization, accountability for results, ability to handle multiple priorities at the same time, problem-solving and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with all levels of management and employees. 
  • Escalates issues as and when necessary and appropriate to overcome obstacles
  • Builds and maintains strong working relationships with key third party vendors, Procurement Operations, Contract Managers, BU/Stakeholder, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Risk and Security Teams.

Education and experience requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or related discipline preferred. 
  • 5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management.
  • Demonstrated IT category expertise.
  • Knowledge of ERP and Contract Management/Purchasing Systems. (SAP and Coupa preferred).

Sabre Offers The Following Outstanding Benefits

  • Very competitive compensation
  • Generous Paid Time Off (25 PTO days)
  • 4 days (one day/quarter) Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
  • 5 days off annually for Year-End Break
  • We offer a comprehensive medical, dental and Wellness Program
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements
  • Formal and informal reward, recognition and acknowledgement programs
  • Lots of fun and engaging employee development events

Reasonable Accommodation

Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre at recruiting@careers.sabre.com.

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Affirmative Action

Sabre is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals. EEO IS THE LAW

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