Category Management Senior I/Senior II

Within SDG&E, championing our people is a key part of our values and our strategic mission. Thank you for continuing your journey with SDG&E!   

Only Open to SDGE Employees.

Career Level: P3

Primary Purpose: 

This role supports sourcing and contracting activities within the Major Projects and Advanced Clean Technology portfolio, aligned with the company’s capital plan and key infrastructure initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts and documents market research and supplier financial risk assessments to evaluate vendor viability.
• Identifies and mitigates risks related to supply availability, cost fluctuations, and service or product quality.
• Maintains strong working relationships with internal teams and external partners to support alignment between sourcing activities and business initiatives.
• Monitors market trends and potential partner risks to ensure strategies remain aligned with organizational goals and evolving best practices.
• Promotes and upholds compliance with organizational policies throughout the entire purchasing and contracting process.
• Reviews sourcing activities and agreements to ensure they meet internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Typically requires a 4 year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Typically requires 5 years of related experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Category Management - The process of bundling like products into a singular category, or business unit, and then addressing procurement, merchandising, sales, and other retail efforts on the category as a whole.
• Commercial Negotiation - The planning, reviewing, analysis and other activities that a buyer and seller conduct to reach an agreement.
• Contract Management - Streamlining the creation, execution, storage or renewal of contracts, with a focus on compliance, often via software or other automated means.
• Cost Analysis - A process businesses use to analyze decisions, whereby a business sums the benefits of a situation or action and then subtracts the costs associated with taking that action.
• Market Analysis - Analyzing competing products, services, and organizations in the external business environment.
• Relationship Management - Activities undertaken to improve business relationships.
• Risk Management - Identifies, evaluates and manages risks by developing and implementing risk management strategies, frameworks, policies, procedures and practices.
• Sourcing Strategy - Builds a reliable and competitive supplier base, defines pricing strategies and procurement requirements and ensures timely delivery of goods and services to meet business objectives.
• Supplier Management - Identifies, acquires, and manages resources and suppliers that are essential to the operations of an organization.
• Supply Chain Management - Supply chain management is the management of the flow of goods and services and includes all processes that transform raw materials into final products.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.