Sr. Category Manager

Company: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: March 1, 2025

Job Description:

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees!

This is an individual contributor role that is required to come into the Bellevue, WA, Frisco, TX, or Overland Park, KS office at least 3 days a week.

Job Overview
The Sr. Category Manager, Network Real Estate plays a critical role in overseeing and optimizing T-Mobile's network real estate portfolio. This position ensures seamless alignment across teams, driving strategic initiatives, objectives, and key deliverables within the category.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing and evolving the Network Real Estate portfolio strategy, leveraging data modeling and analytics to provide leadership with actionable insights for critical real estate decisions related to network assets. You will also own the business cadence for the Network Real Estate category, ensuring the portfolio's performance is effectively managed and optimized across teams.
Key responsibilities include:
---Strategic Portfolio Management: Lead the evolution of T-Mobile's Network Real Estate portfolio strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and industry best practices.
---Data-Driven Decision Making: Develop and maintain data models that inform leadership on key real estate decisions for network assets.
---Business Operations & Performance Oversight: Drive the rhythm of business across the category, establishing and managing quarterly and long-term performance targets.
---Executive Communication: Create and deliver executive briefs and presentations that provide insights and strategic recommendations on portfolio performance.
---Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary liaison with a key supplier responsible for Data Center real estate transactions, ensuring all transactions adhere to T-Mobile's standards and strategic goals.
This is a high-impact role that requires a combination of strategic thinking, analytical expertise, and strong cross-functional leadership to ensure the Network Real Estate portfolio operates at peak efficiency and aligns with T-Mobile's long-term vision.

Job Responsibilities:

• .Strategically manages spend by utilizing a proven sourcing process that engages stakeholders and aligns to business objectives. Gains credibility and secures high-levels of internal stakeholder's buy-in to strategic initiatives.
• Analyzes global Category or service market trends for assigned material/service purchases and communicate opportunities to management, recommending action plans based on market trends and analysis.
• Develops and directs annual cost savings programs that directly affect company financials and growth plans and generate progressive, year over year cost reductions.
• Leads supplier selection process, qualification of alternative sources, supply base rationalization programs and other relevant strategies to optimize the supply base.
• Active Supplier Relationship Management: Development and measurement of KPl's, supplier audits, business reviews, improvement plans, new opportunities, awards, terminations, etc. including savings tracking and ongoing communication to management and stakeholders.
• Performs proposal analysis, including price analyses, "Should Cost" modeling, benchmarking, etc. Develop cost targets for negotiations, negotiation strategy, and develop and negotiate agreements.
• Prepares and facilitates RFx (RFP, RFI, RFQ, etc) projects for assigned categories.
• Develops cost targets for negotiations, negotiation strategy, and develops and negotiates agreements.
• Acts as Liaison for resolving supplier-related issues for assigned categories.
• Acts as subject matter expert for assigned categories.
• Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.
  
  Education:
  
  • Bachelor's Degree Business, Finance, Procurement, or Real Estate (Required)
  • Masters Degree (Preferred)
    
    Work Experience:
    
    • 10+ year of relevant experience (Required)
    • 5+ year track record in a global procurement organization, management consulting or real estate. (Required)
    • Experience with real estate development, evaluation, acquisition, construction, and site selection (Required)
    • Global procurement experience or real estate experience (Preferred)
      
      Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
      
      • Advanced key procurement skills: Development / management of category strategies; RFP / RFI development, contract negotiations, strategic sourcing, management of supplier relationship lifecycle, understanding of risk mitigation principles, and understanding of various cost evaluation methods (TCO, ROI, Payback Period, etc.) (Required)
      • Experience with any of the following: build-to-suit development, site selection projects, real estate evaluation, acquisition, partnering or managing utility agreements or telecommunications infrastructure. (Required)
      • Results driven, innovative & creative (Required)
      • Aligns and energizes behind common objectives, action-oriented & willing to face challenging situations (Required)
      • The ability to formulate and articulate a strategy and business case and build a tactical path (Required)
      • Demonstrates candor; ability to respectfully challenge senior leadership (Required)
      • Comfort/familiarity with constructing presentations, organization communications, and business cases (Required)
      • Strong ability to build relationships and networks with multiple functions and at the leadership levels (Required)
      • Strong analytical capabilities and negotiation skills (Required)
      • Self-starter and independent worker (Required)
      • Strong leadership skills (Required)
        
        --- At least 18 years of age
        --- Legally authorized to work in the United States
        
        Travel:
        Travel Required (Yes/No):Possible travel 1-2x a year.
        
        DOT Regulated:
        DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
        Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No
        
        Base Pay Range: $111,700 - $201,600
        
        Corporate Bonus Target: 20%
        
        The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.
        
        At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here .
        
        At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com .
        
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