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EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION Category Manager IT Infrastructure in MADISON, Wisconsin

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Help us change lives At Exact Sciences, we\'re helpingchange how the world prevents, detects and guides treatment for cancer. We give patients and clinicians the clarity needed to make confident decisions when they matter most. Join our team to find a purpose-driven career, an inclusive culture, and robust benefits to support your life while you\'re working to help others. Position Overview The Category Manager is responsible for the development and execution of category strategies for high spend/complex spend categories. This role has primary accountability for negotiating and contracting with the vendor base in their assigned category(ies), ensuring alignment with the Exact Sciences category governance models and overall Business plans. The Category Manager, in conjunction with key business stakeholders, will develop and maintain a strategic plan for sourcing activities that optimize value across the relevant supplier base for Exact Sciences. This role will have domain-specific sourcing experience in the IT categories of hardware, security, telecom and infrastructure, and familiarity with software, security and services. This includes a deep understanding of how large telecom and cloud services providers price their services and how the different models work and perform within a technical context. Essential Duties Include, but are not limited to, the following: Serves as a SME to develop and implement category management strategies for assigned category or categories. Develops category charter, roles / responsibilities and conducts category meetings. Monitors the external environment to identify new trends and opportunities. Engages business stakeholders to clarify and prioritize the value that is required from the category. Collaborates to establish category targets and tracks progress against targets. Partners to negotiate contracts meeting cost savings and risk mitigation objectives. Ensures development and application of advantageous sourcing strategies, managing strategic vendor selection through proven/approved RFx processes. Provides problem-solving and innovative ideas to support internal customers. Identifies value-generating opportunities (e.g. savings, efficiencies, or revenue growth). Drives an awareness of supplier expectations and requirements within the organization to foster win-win relationships. Monitors overall category strategy development and implementation, suggests changes to the strategy in... For full info follow application link. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Applicable portions of the Company\'s affirmative action program are available to any applicant or employee for inspection upon request. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/D5EFB3B742A549BD

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