Executive Director, Category Management

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY • 9h ago

This position is located in Ithaca, New York. The successful candidate will have the option to perform this role remotely at a locationof their choosing within the United States. The NewYork Convenience of employer guidelines require New York State individual tax reporting andwithholdings for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if workingoutside New York State. No Visa sponsorship available for this position. About the RoleCornell University is seeking a highly accomplished, collaborative, and results-driven Executive Director, Category Management, to design, build, and lead an enterprise-wide category management capability across Cornell Ithaca, Cornell Tech, Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar. Reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer, the Executive Director, Category Management will establish and operationalize a contemporary category management model that delivers measurable enterprise value while supporting Cornell's academic, research, and clinical missions. This role is responsible for the endtoend design, governance, and execution of category management-from strategy and operating model development to talent building, technology enablement, supplier relationship management, and enterprise sourcing execution. The Executive Director will serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, leading complex, cross-functional initiatives and influencing outcomes across a highly distributed, matrixed organization. While remoteeligible, the role requires periodic travel to key Cornell locations, including, but not limited to, Ithaca (NY), New York City, and Qatar, as well as engagement with peer institutions across R1 higher education and affiliated clinical environments. Culture & ValuesEvery member of the Cornell community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting worklife integration for oneself and others. What You Will LeadThe Executive Director will design and execute an enterprise category management capability with clear measures of success, including but not limited to: Expansion of Spend Under Management (SUM), spend under contract, competitive bidding, and the reduction of rogue/maverick spend. Successful deployment of enterprise-level cost-savings programs, to include the planning for and pipelining of procurement cost savings opportunities, committing those savings via sourcing events/sourcing waves, and the delivery of resultant hard savings (runrate) and soft savings (cost avoidance) back to the business. Category strategy maturity, execution quality, and institutional coverage. Adoption and outcomes of a robust Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program. Effective use of sourcing, spend, contract, and analytics technologies, including process automation. Strong stakeholder alignment and adoption of category strategies. Development and scaling of high-performing source-to-contract and/or category management teams. Advancement of responsible sourcing (ESG) initiatives and local/diverse supplier engagement. What We're Looking ForThe ideal candidate is a proven executive leader with deep expertise in building and scaling category management functions within large, complex, and decentralized enterprises. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain management, finance, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience); advanced degree preferred. Minimum 10 years of demonstrated experience applying and leading category management frameworks, ideally in d

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