Group Category Manager

As a Group Category Manager, Indirect Sourcing your role will be to provide guidance and leadership to category managers across multiple commodities in the development and implementation of global sourcing of indirect materials and services for the company. You will establish an Indirect Sourcing Supplier segmentation strategy for the company to achieve a competitive advantage from the supply base in cost, quality, delivery and innovation.

• Developing strategies across purchasing teams, plants, and businesses to leverage indirect spend and drive cost reduction delivery.

• Ensuring selected indirect suppliers are delivering the committed value to the company

• Leads development of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to improve indirect sourcing, purchasing, and 3rd party processes.

• Managing the Strategic Sourcing Team across multiple commodities, developing and implementing global strategies, and defining supply chains that significantly impact enterprise financial and operational objectives.

• Leading the implementation of sourcing strategies for new product programs to achieve I program goals.

• Establishing direct linkage with key stakeholders of associated commodities across the enterprise to ensure the integration of business needs into sourcing strategies.

• Identifying, developing, and implementing innovative sourcing strategies, leveraging best in class technology insights impacting components and commodities across the enterprise.

• Consulting with Strategic Sourcing Director to negotiate complex, long-term agreements with key suppliers for multiple plants and/or business units globally.

• Working with Senior Category Managers to ensure business transformation and continuous improvement goals are being met, gathers feedback on enhancement of the strategic sourcing process, and identifies opportunities and recommends changes in existing commodity strategies to assure business unit and enterprise leverage.

• Managing high level, strategic supplier relationships for their assigned value chains. Defines and communicates long-term strategic sourcing strategies, the category vision and expectations for suppliers, outlining, performance gaps to goals, and improvements to ensure business objectives are met.

• Managing key supplier risk issues, facilitates internal working groups, and develops appropriate mitigation plans.

• Performing full range of managerial responsibilities which may include but not be limited to: interviewing, hiring, coaching and developing employees; planning, assigning and directing work; EEO/AA; performance management; department budget.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Proven track record in developing and executing strategic plans, influencing skills, managing complex projects, and leading collaborative relationships, in a cross-functional team environment preferably in the manufacturing industry

• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects meeting aggressive deadlines

• Knowledge of purchasing, negotiation techniques, quality, and supplier relationship development

• Established interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively work with and manage a diverse group of people in a team environment

• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain management.

• Highly developed analytical and communication skills

• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

• Minimum of ten years of progressiveexperience in sourcing preferably in a manufacturing environment

• Minimum three years of management experience, preferred