Hybrid Global Category Manager – Professional Services

at Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

• Job title: Global Category Manager – Professional Services
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $140,000 - $160,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Global Category Manager at JLL overseeing strategic sourcing and procurement for professional services. Leading contract negotiations and supplier relationships globally ensuring compliance and financial targets.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the sourcing, negotiation, and contract of JLL business requirements (across the professional services categories) on a global basis.
• Delivery of financial targets in line with business expectations.
• Identify new areas of opportunities and work with the Global Head of Professional Services Procurement to evolve expenditure
• Accountable for creating strategic solutions for specific commodity/service requirements, procurement event planning, RFP/quotation management, bid analysis and recommendations, liaison with internal stakeholders for contract approvals, savings reporting, documentation, and compliance.
• Create and manage the category project calendar, lead category events, bid process, commercial evaluation, recommendations, contract document preparation, functional reviews and approvals according to JLL Delegation of Authority.
• Compliance with JLL procedures as applicable
• Rationalizes supply base and develops clear strategic supply partner framework and maintains this framework at senior supplier level
• Supplier Relationship Management tools applied to manage relationship with JLL preferred supply base.
• Act as the internal issue resolution point
• Provide functional leadership and peer group alignment, where appropriate and needed
• Identify opportunities to develop and implement new policies and procedures, including rationalization of legacy policies and procedures
• Actively engage in and support the use of e-procurement strategy, methodology and deployment
• Prepare high quality papers and presentations for use with internal and external stakeholders and/or teams as required
• Apply ethical company standards and ensure Global Procurement policy is always applied

Requirements

• Excellent Inter-personal skills
• Organization skills
• Strong Analytical Ability
• Ability to work Globally and various enterprise service lines
• Strong procurement technical expertise
• Excellent communication skills – oral and written
• Ability to work with senior business executives and across procurement leadership
• Collaborative and influencing style with a focus on team work
• Proven ability to deliver results in challenging environments
• Expertise in sourcing with demonstrated ability to manage change
• Ability to sell and present initiatives and/or new ideas
• Experience in sourcing indirect corporate services and products
• Excellent PC skills, proficient in MS applications with excellent ability to work with large amounts of data and build reports
• At least 7-10 years of Sourcing and Procurement experience
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BSc), CIPS (Level 6 passed Exam) or exceptional career progression to date

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay