Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

Senior Category Specialist

LocationCranberry Township, PA

About This Job

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.


The Senior Category Specialist is the supply chain lead for Mechanical Equipment AP1000® supporting Energy Systems. The category lead will support and be accountable for bid and proposal efforts, sourcing strategies and implementation, including development of key suppliers to deliver the best value to the AP1000® project. This position will interface with other category leads and managers to leverage category spend globally, with a focus on cost efficiencies, product quality, innovation and the most effective supply chain models. Further, the category lead will develop and implement new products, processes, standards or operational plans that will have impact on the achievement of functional results.

The position takes direction from the Supply Chain Manager and/or Sr. Supply Chain Manager, and works to improve total cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. Strong relationship skills are required to manage internal and external suppliers to provide timely and innovative solutions to meet business needs.


Your Day to Day:

Primary relationship owner for suppliers for Mechanical Equipment AP1000 projects
Interface between Energy Systems project team (project management, engineering, etc.) and supply chain.
Responsible for managing the segmentation of assigned spend into subcommodity groups, in collaboration with other category leads and managers, to create levers to achieve operational excellence
Develops and maintains an overall category strategy to meet organizational goals by improving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while securing supply continuity through identifying and mitigating current and potential risks and opportunities in the commodity playbook.
Leads the execution of the category strategy through preferred supplier list (PSL), “right-sizing” non-preferred suppliers, and rewarding preferred partners with business awards tied to Long Term Agreements (LTA) with year over year improvements in cost, delivery, quality, service, and profitability.
Reviews analysis from PowerBI and other tools to create insights into the drivers of assign commodity and implications to spend and cost projections to use as levers with current and future supply base.
Conducts regular business reviews (SRM) with key and strategic suppliers with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
Creates presentations for supplier relationship management reviews, commodity playbooks, risk mitigation proposals, 4-Blockers, and supplier/commodity gap analysis.
Responsible for creating and executing a plan to deliver annual business results against metrics of payment terms, on-time delivery, productivity, inflation, and other metrics as determined by Procurement Leadership.
Research, track, and communicate industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage, and increased overall productivity
Develop a productive working relationship with peers on other teams: Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Procurement
Negotiation of Westinghouse preferred terms and conditions with supply base



Who You Are:

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
4+ years of experience in category management or supply chain, 8-10 years typical
High Level of Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Project. Ideal Candidate will have proficiency in SAP & Ariba



Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

Competitive Salary
Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
Paid Vacations and Holidays
Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
Educational Reimbursement Program
Employee Referral Program

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

Safety and Quality
Integrity and Trust
Customer Focus and Innovation
Speed and Passion to Win
Teamwork and Accountability

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 11,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

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