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Supplier & Category Management Specialist

DISH - Englewood, CO 80112

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Salary

$64,800 a year

Full Job Description

DISH is transforming the future of connectivity. We’re doing it with the country’s first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network built from scratch, free of the limitations of the past. Our wireless teams are at the helm of a communications revolution, building a multi-brand wireless telco from the ground up and reinventing how Americans view their mobile carrier. And now, with our acquisition of Boost, we’re bringing nine million mobile customers along for our latest industry gate-crash. In our first year, we’re entering the postpaid market — with plans to eventually convert our businesses to run on our very own state-of-the-art network. We are poised to emerge as the nation’s fourth facilities-based wireless carrier and a disruptive force in the market at-large. Connecting people and things is only the first step. After that? Driverless cars, smart communities and the potential to power a connected world.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will support engagements with business unit stakeholders, execute supplier and category management strategies for Indirect categories, maintain category plans and support supplier performance management. You will also work closely with the sourcing, contract and intelligence/ analytics team in executing the category management process.

Specifics

• Develop key stakeholder relationships and maintain business stakeholder engagement;
• Work with business stakeholders in executing category-specific and buying channel strategies;
• Apply category management savings levers including demand management, process improvement and total cost management;
• Implement supplier and category management methodologies, procedures, and processes for relevance, efficiency and performance;
• Assist in qualifying suppliers including preferred supplier program management;
• Conduct market research as directed by the Supplier and Category Management lead;
• Monitor supplier performance and score card reporting, risk, and continuous improvement;
• Enforce compliance to DISH Wireless standards and policies and ensure that all business transactions are moral and ethical.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university/college;
• 2-5 years of relevant experience in area of as strategic sourcing, contract management, procurement, commodity management, supplier relationship management and business analysis;
• Industry experience preferred;
• Experience in market and commodity research and techniques and a general understanding of contracts;
• Experience with relevant office software (e.g. ERP systems including Oracle, database management, MS Office products including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and OneNote);
• Experience with using Source to Pay technology and digital tools desired.

Compensation: $64,800.00/Yr. - $89,400.00/Yr.

From versatile health perks to new career opportunities, check out our benefits on our careers website.

Employment is contingent on Successful completion of a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test.