Senior Category Strategist

Bread Financial

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profile Job Location:

Plano, TX - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 91500 - 180100
Posted on: 14 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Every career journey is personal. Thats why we empower you with the tools and support to create your own success story.

Be challenged. Be heard. Be valued. Be you ... be here.

Job Summary

The Senior Category Strategist works with minimal supervision to develop champion implement and communicate strategies aligned with business requirements while maximizing optimized value from the overall spend. This position oversees many categories including but not limited to IT Facilities HR and Travel.


Essential Job Functions

  • Plans and analyzes for multiple categories using internal and external category spend data market trends and insights. - (40%)

  • Collaborates with both internal and external procurement stakeholders fostering long-term partnerships. - (20%)

  • Develops and implements strategies to track and monitor the progress of initiatives across categories. - (15%)

  • Manages the commercial issues relating to contracts payments and non-performance. - (10%)

  • Drives project closure from a procurement perspective escalating issues to ensure resolution. - (10%)

  • Supports the procurement process for the development of RFXs supplier selection and communication. - (5%)


Minimum Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED.

  • 5 years of experience in budget cycles lowest cost of ownership lease/buy analyses analytics tools such as OBIEE Tableau Expert level Excel user (pivot tables Macros etc.)


Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Finance Business Administration Business Analytics Procurement Project Management.

  • 7 years of experience in a banking insurance or other regulatory environment.


Skills

  • Category Strategy

  • Contract Management

  • Financial Analysis

  • Financial Budgeting

  • Lease Analysis

  • Microsoft Excel Macros

  • Pivot Tables

  • Project Management Essentials

  • Risk Management

  • Sourcing and Procurement

  • Spend Analysis

  • Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)


Reports To: Senior Manager and above

Direct Reports: 0

Work Environment

  • Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid) 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.


Physical and Mental Requirements

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions absent undue hardship.

  • Communicate/Hearing

  • Communicate/Talking

  • Stationary Position/Seated

  • Typing/Writing

  • Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment

Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below):

$79500.00 - $144100.00

Full Salary Range for position:

California: $91500.00 - $180100.00

Colorado: $79500.00 - $151300.00

New York: $87500.00 - $180100.00

Washington: $83500.00 - $165700.00

Maryland: $83500.00 - $158500.00

Washington DC: $91500.00 - $165700.00

Illinois: $79500.00 - $158500.00

New Jersey: $91500.00 - $165700.00

Vermont: $79500.00 - $144100.00

Ohio: $79500.00 - $144100.00

The actual base pay within this range may be dependent upon many factors which may include but are not limited to work location education experience and skills.

Bread Financial offers medical prescription drug dental vision and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance supplemental medical plans and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates (regular full-time associates scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more) and their spouses/domestic partners and child(ren) under the age of 26. New associate elected coverage begins on date of hire (with the exception of disability coverage which has a 6-month waiting period). Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents is available after a 180-day waiting period. Hired associates can immediately enroll in Bread Financials 401(k) plan.

All associates receive 11 paid holidays. Associates have discretion in managing their time away from work through the Flexible Time Off (FTO) program and may need to notify and receive approval from their manager prior to taking the time off. Associates (except those located in Illinois) receive 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois associates receive 40 hours of Illinois PSST upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year and 40 hours of Illinois Paid Leave upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois Paid Leave must be used before associates in Illinois will be approved to take FTO.

Hired associates will be able to elect the purchase company stock during offering periods in June and December. You will be eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance.

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About Bread Financial

At Bread Financial youll have the opportunity to grow your career give back to your community and be part of our award-winning culture. Weve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and were proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated accepted valued and fulfilledboth personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non-traditional career progression.

Bread Financial(NYSE: BFH) is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple personalized payment lending and saving solutions to millions of U.S. payment solutions deliver growth for some of the most recognized brands in travel & entertainment health & beauty technology electronics jewelry home and specialty apparel through ourco-brand and private label credit cards and pay-over-time products providing choice and value to our shared we offer Bread Financial general purpose credit cards and saving products that empower our customers and their passions for a better life.

Bread Financial proudly marks 30 years of success in 2026. To learn more about our global associates our performance and our sustainability progressvisit follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.

  • Bread Financial offers competitive pay a comprehensive selection of benefit options including 401(k).

  • The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

  • Any applicant offered employment will be required to establish that they are legally authorized to work in the United States for the Company.

  • The Company participates in E-Verify.

  • The Company will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable federal state and local laws including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the New York City Fair Chance Act. Applicants with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.

  • The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as amended and all applicable state/local laws. The Company will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process. Applicants with disabilities may contact the Company to request and arrange for accommodations. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability you may request an accommodation at any time. Please contact the Recruiting Team at .

Job Family:

Purchasing

Job Type:

Regular


Required Experience:

Senior IC

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