James Rogers

About James Rogers

My name is James Rogers and I am a graduate from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville…

Experience

1. Category Manager - Technology

   Unum

   May 2023 — Present

   Manages work of staff, including assessing staffing needs of the team, hiring, development, performance management, and compensation decisions.\\\\n\\\\n• Engage closely with business partners to develop deep understanding of business goals and objectives and influence supplier alignment.\\\\n\\\\n• Establish a strategic roadmap (3-5 years ahead) that supports business objectives for the assigned category areas.\\\\n\\\\n• Proactively lead market-intelligence gathering and analysis activities.\\\\n\\\\n• Manage and improve supplier diversity within our supply base and support local economic development programs.\\\\n\\\\n• Develop and communicate category strategies to leaders and cross-functional teams to ensure that business expectations are met.\\\\n\\\\n• Drive consolidation of spending, seek out synergies across the enterprise, and deliver annual budgeted cost savings across the enterprise.\\\\n\\\\n• Challenge and influence business stakeholders and budget owners for the business rationale and specifications of required goods and services.\\\\n\\\\n• Develop negotiation strategies, gain alignment from stakeholders, lead cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams, and implement appropriate supplier risk analyses.\\\\n\\\\n• Ensure that category strategies, sourcing plans and actions are aligned to deliver agreed-upon contributions to savings goals.\\\\n\\\\n• Develop and maintain an optimal and effective supply base that meets the needs of business stakeholders.\\\\n\\\\n• Manage ongoing supplier relationships with regards to business continuity, change management, and issue escalation and resolution.\\\\n\\\\n• Ensure the continued protection of Unum’s information, by following all applicable Information Security policies and procedures and by reporting suspected weaknesses in information security controls to the Information Security Officer.\\\\n\\\\n• Comply with Unum’s Code of Conduct and other Company Policies and Procedures as appropriate to the role.\\\\n\\\\n• Live the Unum Leadership Expectations and the We Are Unum values.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n