Regional Category Manager

Job Information

Responsible for the activities of assigned commodities, to control and reduce the transaction costs for the products associated with the manufacture of product lines.

Role & Responsibility

Coordinate Commodity Lines  

• Responsible for the overall coordination and efforts of assigned commodity lines.
• Reduce or maintain the price of goods and services procured, as well as their associated costs.
• Assure that the suppliers are financially sound and work on the Company's behalf, generating the best contracts possible for the manufacture of product lines.
• Build strong, value-adding relationships with suppliers, internal customers, and cross-functional departments and assure accurate/on time reporting of the sourcing metrics. 
• Key Performance Indicators (KPI): Supplier rapport  

Cost & Quality Improvement 

• Support cross-functional efforts to reduce costs, standardize components, and adapt new supplier technologies.
• Work closely with operations facilities to achieve operational objectives – cost, quality, delivery, and inventory management.
• Ensure acceptable quality levels and continuity of supply for all assigned commodities through implementation of supplier management and supplier development programs.
• Build a strategic purchasing plan that adds value to the organization and achieves targets and reach yearly productivity improvement goals.
• Support Engineering and Marketing on all new product development programs (NPD) and value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) projects and ensure that appropriate product launch plans are put in place during the NPD phases. 
• KPIs: Operational objectives are met-cost, quality, delivery and inventory management. Productivity improvement goals are met.

Talent Management

• Effective management of Commodity Leaders and Commodity Managers
• Coaching and mentoring to create a strong talent pipeline.
• KPIs: People development and effective pipeline management.

Job Requirement

• Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, or other related fields. MBA desired
• Experience Required: 10-15 years’ experience
• Travel Required: 25 - 50% travel
• High level of project management & negotiation skills
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to follow written instructions.
• Global Breadth- North America
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