Norfolk Southern Corporation is looking to solve the problem of optimizing its category management by analyzing data, developing category strategies, and managing supplier performance to drive value and efficiency across assigned categories.
Requirements
- Experience with analytics and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Alteryx, or SQL.
- Project Management – Proficient in project planning, scheduling, and task assignment using tools like Gantt charts and work breakdown structures.
- Risk Management – Applies risk analysis techniques and proactively identifies mitigation strategies.
- Supplier Performance Management – Develops KPI tracking solutions and understands supplier relationship principles.
- Contract Writing and Management – Understands contract structures and scopes standard terms and performance criteria.
- Spend Analysis – Conducts detailed spend analysis and monitors off-contract or rogue spend.
- Strategic Sourcing – Leads sourcing processes including RFI/RFP development, supplier evaluation, and opportunity quantification.
Responsibilities
- Identify, gather, and analyze spend data relevant to category sourcing.
- Conduct detailed category analysis to capture market trends, benchmarks, cost drivers, and supplier insights.
- Perform periodic spend criticality analysis at both the category and enterprise levels.
- Contribute to value proposition development and sourcing strategies using SCM tools.
- Build and maintain a database of potential sourcing suppliers.
- Segment category spend to identify off-contract or non-compliant spend.
- Develop total cost of ownership (TCO) models and prioritize sourcing opportunities.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence/Analytics, or a related technical or business discipline.
- 1–5 years of experience in category management and/or data analysis.
- Professional Supply Chain certification (e.g., CPSM, CSCP) is preferred.
- Business Acumen - Understands current business priorities and general business principles.
- Drive and Initiative - Sets challenging goals and consistently meets or exceeds expectations.
