Associate Category Manager

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Florida, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $83k - $110k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🛒 Procurement

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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CFA Institute

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1947

📚 Education

💸 Finance

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Finance • Non-profit

CFA Institute is a global not-for-profit organization that provides finance education for investment professionals. It offers a diverse range of programs and certificates designed to meet the needs of finance professionals across various career stages and specializations, including the CFA Program, which is known for equipping individuals with the skills necessary for the investment industry. The institute promotes high standards of ethics and professional conduct, and it is involved in research and policy advocacy to shape the future of the finance industry. CFA Institute also facilitates professional networking and offers membership benefits for finance professionals worldwide.

📋 Description

• Manage activity across the procurement lifecycle, including sourcing, vendor evaluation, negotiation, contracting and ongoing vendor management • Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective sourcing strategies and category plans • Lead or support competitive sourcing activity, including RFI, RFP and RFQ processes, vendor evaluation and award recommendations • Negotiate with vendors to secure strong commercial outcomes while balancing cost, quality, risk and business requirements • Manage contracts across their lifecycle, including renewals, amendments and expiration tracking, working in partnership with Legal where appropriate • Monitor vendor performance against agreed SLAs and KPIs and support action where performance gaps are identified • Use market research, spend analysis and supplier insight to identify opportunities such as vendor rationalisation, consolidation and improved management of tail spend • Support stakeholders through evolving procurement processes and ways of working, explaining requirements clearly and handling challenging or sensitive conversations constructively • Track category performance, savings and compliance metrics and contribute to the continued improvement of procurement processes, templates and playbooks • Help shape CFA Institute’s procurement and category management function

🎯 Requirements

• Strong, demonstrable experience across procurement, strategic sourcing, category management or contract management, with clear personal ownership of procurement outcomes • Proven experience managing the procurement lifecycle, including sourcing, commercial negotiation and vendor management • Experience within services procurement, with an understanding of procurement environments beyond goods, manufacturing, logistics or production supply chains • Evidence of personally leading or contributing significantly to vendor negotiations and competitive sourcing activity • Strong stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to challenge existing approaches and influence new ways of working • Working knowledge of contracts and key commercial terms, with experience supporting contracts through their lifecycle • An analytical approach and the ability to work with spend information, supplier proposals and performance measures • Confidence operating in an evolving environment where established processes and stakeholder expectations are changing • A collaborative, team-oriented approach combined with the ability to take individual ownership and clearly articulate your own contribution and decisions • An open mindset and interest in exploring new ways of working and emerging tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive bonus • 12% employer contribution to a pension plan • Comprehensive medical benefits package • Health coverage • Generous time off • Competitive retirement plans • Flexible work options • Wellbeing and development programs