Category Manager (New Gas Generation)

About Ameren Services (B&CS) Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment. Our benefits include: Medical coverage on date of hire 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​ About The Position   The Category Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of Ameren-wide sourcing strategies for assigned categories of approximate $2.5 Billion of annual sourceable spend to leverage the supply base, ensure continuity of supply, maximize cost savings/value realization, and support the achievement of Ameren's business strategy in a proactive manner by truly partnering with the business stakeholders as well as the vendors.   Key responsibilities include:   Represent the Procurement organization to the broader Ameren businesses and implement strategies to strategically source related spend  Utilize the sourcing process to develop, implement and manage proposal activities; lead negotiation and completion of contracts with suppliers to maximize benefits across Ameren.  Analyze and leverage spend across all Ameren business segments.  Segment spend based on category and work with stakeholders to define current and future business needs.  Ensure assigned category(ies) are procured in a manner which mitigates risk and provides the highest overall total value to Ameren through:  Supplier assessments and rationalization  Diverse spend  Negotiation strategy and execution to drive lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)  Make vs. buy analyses  Should cost models  Cycle time improvements  Security and continuity of reliable supply  Continuous improvement  Internal Stakeholder Management:  Build and maintain strong relationships with team members in Ameren's sourcing organization   Develop and maintain a strong network and foster collaboration with key internal stakeholders and suppliers to gain input into demand planning and forecasting, assist in strategy development, advocate the use of the negotiated contracts and influence strategy implementation.  Balance commercial and contractual complexities with stakeholders, through influencing change (without authority), driving enterprise consistency and delivering value with internal clients and external stakeholders, e.g. manage stakeholder expectations, operational cultures and individual business requirement, establish and adjust priorities, manage supplier dispute resolution process  Leads cross-functional teams consisting of technical SMEs, operations SCM personnel, Legal and other stakeholders, as required, in the development and implementation of sourcing strategies   Market Intelligence (MI) & Cost Modelling:  maintain company-wide demand profiles and external supply and demand MI information;  interpret MI to drive category strategies and provide direction to stakeholders (i.e. raising changes in market conditions which could have an impact to cost or schedule);  understand the marketplace for assigned category(ies), including industry structure and new and non-traditional suppliers;  build cost models, identifying value and cost drivers, to drive for better understanding of costs and results during supplier negotiations.  Development and implementation of category strategies:  for optimizing and leveraging