Neiman Marcus Group is a relationship business that leads with love in everything we do—for our customers, associates, brand partners, and communities. Our legacy of innovating and our culture of Belonging guide our roadmap for Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences. Our brands include Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. 

Your Role 

As a Category Manager in Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, you’ll partner with business stakeholders to develop and execute category strategies to bring value to the business. This includes leading strategic sourcing events; writing and negotiating contract terms; leading and supporting supplier performance management; and, analyzing spend associated with specific indirect spend categories. You will communicate with multiple levels in the organization to foster internal and external relationships. 

You will benefit from NMG's Way of Working, which is a framework across all teams to work smarter, be present, and integrate work and life in a way that empowers you and others. You will report to the Director of Strategic Sourcing. 

What You'll Do  

• Provide expertise in developing category strategies for Supply Chain and Logistics that support our goals and conduct ongoing reviews to inform future opportunities
• Manage supplier performance and relationships to ensure our expectations are met
• Simultaneously lead multiple sourcing projects, including building successful sourcing strategies, driving strategic improvements, and delivering on operational targets, savings goals, and business strategies
• Conduct total cost modeling and sensitivity/scenario analysis to help team members understand trade-offs and benefits to multiple outcomes
• Help with the analysis and planning for multiple components of indirect spend categories to ensure operational success and results
• Use sourcing tools to support departmental efforts to refine and improve procurement processes and policies
• Develop and manage relationships with business stakeholders and provide regular project status updates
• Partner with multiple corporate functions (e.g., Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Legal) as part of your sourcing projects and related activities
• You will take ownership of projects and bring them to completion understanding that the results will have an impact on the department's goals 

What You Bring 

• BS/BA degree preferably in supply chain management, engineering, or business
• 7+ years of experience in Strategic Sourcing with experience in Transportation, Distribution, and Imports (small parcel, LTL, TL, etc.)
• Demonstrated capabilities of developing/implementing category strategies, leading sourcing projects, contract negotiations and authoring, and driving savings/value
• Strong relationship-building, verbal and written communication, interpersonal, motivational, and influencing skills; coordination across related disciplines and with key stakeholders
  
• Experience coordinating teams, collecting insights, and constructively challenging team members with conventional thinking
• Understanding of multi-step strategic sourcing processes, sourcing tools, and strategies