MRO Category Specialist, Strategic Sourcing at Cinemark in Plano, TX

MRO Category Specialist, Strategic Sourcing
Location: CORP - Cinemark Service Center, Plano, TX
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Role Summary:
This role will primarily support facilities and MRO-related categories, including janitorial services and supplies, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, landscaping, fire/life safety, equipment maintenance, and general maintenance supplies. The ideal candidate brings experience managing sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and category strategies within facilities, maintenance, repair, and operations environments.
This role partners closely with Category Managers, business stakeholders, Finance, Legal, Operations, and other functional teams to execute sourcing projects, manage supplier relationships, analyze spend and market trends, and deliver value through cost optimization, risk mitigation, supplier innovation, and operational excellence.

Operating in a matrixed environment, the Category Specialist will manage sourcing initiatives, support category strategy development, conduct market intelligence and supplier analysis, and help drive procurement best practices across the organization.

This position offers broad exposure to multiple business functions and sourcing categories and serves as a development opportunity for future Category Management leadership roles.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
Support the development and execution of category strategies aligned with business objectives.
Demonstrates the highest level of ethics and integrity in all supplier interactions ensuring accountability, service excellence and long-term collaboration.
Execute sourcing projects from opportunity identification through contract implementation.
Lead or support competitive sourcing events including RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs.
Develop sourcing recommendations based on commercial, operational, and risk considerations.
Identify opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, and process improvement to meet established KPIs.
Work with Category Managers and department leaders in the development of category strategies, supplier strategies, and sourcing roadmaps.
Ensure sourcing activities comply with company policies and procurement standards.
Support the management of supplier relationships throughout the contract lifecycle.
Analyze spending data, supplier performance, and market conditions to identify sourcing opportunities.
Conduct supplier and industry research to understand market trends, cost drivers, emerging technologies, and potential risk
Manage sourcing events (RFQs, RFPs, and competitive bidding processes) for MRO and facilities-related spend categories.
Conduct detailed spend analysis, benchmarking, and cost modeling to identify sourcing opportunities and savings initiatives.
Develop supplier scorecards and monitor supplier performance against established service, quality, and cost KPIs.
Support negotiation of pricing structures, service-level agreements, annual escalators, payment terms, and multi-year agreements.
Review and administer contracts, including MSAs and Statements of Work (SOWs), ensuring compliance and commercial effectiveness.