Indirect Category Manager - Manufacturing

Indirect Category Manager - Manufacturing Categories

This Indirect Category Manager - Manufacturing Categories reports to the Director of Indirect Strategic Sourcing and is responsible for the strategic management of sourcing and program deployment of manufacturing categories indirect materials and services such as MRO, Facility Services, Energy, Capital Equipment, and Packaging.

Responsibilities:

• Developing the strategic category strategies for the assigned areas and partnering with key internal stakeholders across corporate functions as well as operations to manage strategic supplier relationships and supplier solutions to ensure the best total cost and performance of indirect spend.
• Driving strategic action to align the spend profile for assigned categories to identified strategic suppliers as well as delivering annual cost improvement goals.
• Managing complex multi-year customer / supplier relationships aligned to enable operations service and material needs.
• Leading the strategic relationships in partnership with key stakeholders for all strategic sourcing activities related to enterprise indirect material and services to cross functional supply, engineering, technical support and operations groups.
• Conducting brainstorming sessions at clients facilities with cross functional teams to identify strategic commodities and deployment priorities on cost saving initiatives.
• Providing leadership to sourcing/project managers on the deployment of projects with internal and external stakeholders.
• Driving spend analysis, including counter measures for projects that fall short of plan and making decisions to remedy the issues to get the teams back on track to meet or exceed plan.
• Executing strategies and supplier development activities to support Diversity spend initiatives and Supply Chain ESG strategies.
• Proactively assessing internal and external process improvements and influencing effective change and driving innovation and continuous improvements.
• Collaborating with global business units on the preparation of Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQ's) and leading the screening and supplier selection process.
• Negotiating and drafting supplier contracts of sale, including payment terms, deliveries, price, freight terms, currency exchange, service levels and technical resources, inventory levels.
• Analyzing market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability, and preparing market analysis reports.
• Responsible for timely reporting to agreed upon KPI's and presenting Strategic Sourcing plans, activities and progress.
• Developing & mentoring the next generation of Supply Chain leaders.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in Indirect Category Management.
• Experience with sourcing of Manufacturing Spend categories; sense of urgency, strong critical thinking, and analytical skills.
• Ability to act and make independent decisions as well as work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to dissect and determine root causes of problems and implement solutions.
• Collaborative and effective in a cross-functional environment.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment while meeting multiple deadlines for leadership.
• Continuous improvement mindset, including the ability to innovate and simplify legacy processes.
• Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Manages Complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Manages Conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Plans & Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.