• Design and implement strategies for assigned categories
• Work across the Hawaiian Airlines supply chain to ensure that supplier partnerships are effectively integrated and meeting performance expectations
• Perform spend analysis by category, supplier, and commodity area, and leverage findings to drive category strategies
• Develop a sufficient understanding of category business users and business models to effectively represent Hawaiian Airlines in the market
• Perform market research of relevant business models, suppliers, products, and services
• Manage the RFx process for all supplier bidding processes
• Develop business cases for supplier partnerships in conjunction with internal customers
• Develop supplier performance management models and implement
• Develop negotiation strategies, and then prepare for and lead supplier negotiations
• Draft and modify supplier contracts based on negotiated outcomes
• Adopt Category Management standards and best practices in individual categories as defined by the Senior Director, Category Management

• Airline industry experience, particularly working for a commercial carrierCollege degree
• 4 years supply chain, procurement, or related experience
• Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong analytical skills coupled with the ability to work with all types of data
• Keen ability to solve complex financial and non-financial challenges, and to develop detailed business cases to drive effective change
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio or equivalent tools, as well as online research tools (e.g. Google)
• Demonstrated negotiation successes on large, high-spend corporate partnership commercial engagements
• Strong ability to review legal contractual terms and conditions, in order to negotiate optimal levels of risk for the enterprise

Preferred Qualifications

Airline industry experience, particularly working for a commercial carrier