Sourcing Senior Manager

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Supply Chain

Job Profile

Sourcing Sr Manager

Management Level

Sr Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $106,700.00 - $177,900.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Category Strategy is tasked with developing and implementing a successful software category strategy program. This role partners with category owners to analyze the current landscape of tools and software used across the business, including internal demand, trends, forecasted usage, and industry offerings, to optimize for Cox Automotive.

Cox Automotive currently utilizes over 800 software tools, both internal (traditional IT) and customer/consumer-facing applications, marketplaces, and products. The Senior Manager will work with category owners to create roadmaps for optimizing and rationalizing each category to meet business needs, while also ensuring compliance with the established strategy across the organization.

Who You Are

An experienced program leader who can effectively build, lead, and manage a software category strategy program. This includes indirect team leadership and continued partnership with category and asset owners to ensure all team’s software/tool needs are supported. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated familiarity with category management relative to software application and utilization.

What You’ll Do

1. Create a category strategy program to support the Cox Automotive team members.
2. Educate stakeholders and leaders on the program shedding light on how category strategy works and the intended outputs.
3. Facilitate successful strategies and roadmaps for specific families of products/tools that will drive the execution of contract renewals, amendments, and terminations.
4. Collaborate with category owners, asset owners, procurement, and finance teams to execute upon the roadmaps and strategies.
5. Develop and implement effective and efficient policies, procedures, and training to ensure consistency and compliance in category management.

You have:

1. 7+ years of experience successfully building, contributing to, and leading an IT and/or software category strategy program.
2. Interest and expertise in a broad landscape of software/tools to help facilitate strategic discussions and decision making.
3. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
4. Proficient in data analysis, budgeting, and financial modeling.
5. Ability to lead collaboratively across multiple teams and functions consistently driving results.
6. Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
7. Experience driving high-impact projects spanning multiple teams and numerous stakeholders.

What’s In It For You

Here’s a sneak peek of the benefits at your disposal as a Cox employee:

1. A competitive salary and top-notch bonus/incentive plans.
2. Exceptional work-life balance, flexible time-off policies and accommodating work schedules.
3. Comprehensive healthcare, with multiple options for individuals and families.
4. Generous 401(k) retirement plans with up to 8% company match.
5. Mental health support, including counseling and access to virtual wellness resources such as CALM.
6. Access to Care.com, with up to 10 days of subsidized care for children, seniors and pets.

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox.

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.