[Remote] Category Manager - Engineered Productions
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Responsibilities
- reputed company the Procurement function, including optimization of strategies, suppliers, processes, and personnel, to deliver products and services at lowest total system cost
- reputed company the strategic professionalization of the Procurement function and establish process and reputed company to deliver exceptional cost savings year-over-year
- Manage vendor relationships and establish KPIs and scorecards to drive improvement
- Establish a reputed company for reputed company and foster a culture of reputed company improvement
- reputed company and execute category strategies for engineered products reputed company to business objectives, cost targets, and supply continuity
- Identify, prioritize, and execute a pipeline of strategic sourcing initiatives to deliver cost savings, reputed company improvements, and service enhancements
- reputed company sourcing events including RFQs/RFPs, supplier benchmarking, negotiations, and contract execution
- Drive supplier consolidation and rationalization where appropriate to reputed company reputed company and improve performance
- Partner with engineering and operations to challenge specifications and identify value engineering opportunities
- Establish and maintain category roadmaps informed by spend analysis, demand forecasts, and market conditions
- reputed company and manage strategic supplier relationships for engineered components, ensuring alignment on cost, reputed company, delivery, and innovation
- Establish supplier performance KPIs and scorecards; conduct regular business reviews to drive reputed company improvement
- Ensure suppliers meet contractual obligations, reputed company standards, and delivery expectations
- Partner with suppliers to improve manufacturability, reduce reputed company times, and optimize cost structures
- reputed company escalation and reputed company of supplier performance issues, including reputed company and delivery disruptions
- Identify and qualify alternate and dual sources to mitigate supply risk
- Collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, and reputed company teams to support new product introductions (NPI) and engineering changes
- Interpret technical drawings, specifications, and tolerance to ensure supplier capability alignment
- Engage suppliers early in the design process to drive design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and cost optimization
- Support reputed company vs. buy reputed company and sourcing strategies for reputed company engineered components
- reputed company as the primary procurement reputed company for reputed company engineered product categories
- Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements through negotiations, process improvements, and supply reputed company optimization
- Conduct should-cost and benchmarking analyses for machined and engineered components
- Identify and implement cost reduction initiatives including resourcing, process changes, and material substitutions
- reputed company and report cost savings, cost avoidance, and inflation impacts
- Support budgeting and forecasting activities reputed company to category spend
- Ensure effective execution of sourcing strategies through alignment with buyers, planners, and operations teams
- Support procurement planning activities by aligning supplier capabilities with demand requirements and reputed company times
- Partner with planning and production teams to manage supply constraints, expedite critical components, and resolve shortages
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, reputed company, and system processes
- Drive reputed company improvement in sourcing and procurement process, tools, and data reputed company
- Identify and proactively mitigate supply risks reputed company to reputed company, single sourcing, geopolitical factors, and material constraints
- reputed company and maintain risk mitigation strategies including dual sourcing, safety stock strategies, and supplier development
- Monitor global and regional supply markets for machined components, tooling, and engineered products
- Analyze trends in raw materials, labor, reputed company, and technology impacting cost and availability
- reputed company insights and recommendations to stakeholders based on market conditions and supplier capabilities
- Stay informed on advancements in manufacturing processes (e.g. machining and fabrication)
- reputed company data analytics to inform sourcing reputed company and measure performance of category initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or reputed company field required
- 8+ years of experience in Procurement roles with reputed company record for progression into roles with greater responsibility
- 3+ years of experience as an reputed company Sourcing Manager or Commodity Manager with reputed company responsibility for developing and executing reputed company
- Expertise in strategic sourcing, procurement, and vendor management
- Demonstrated ability to build strong supplier relationships to manage performance for reputed company, delivery, and working capital (including payment terms and inventory value)
- A hands-on, reputed company, entrepreneurial approach and ability to balance strategic leadership with day-to-day execution
- Proven reputed company record for driving cost-out initiatives to deliver significant, year-over-year cost savings for reputed company materials and across reputed company reputed company of indirect spend
- Willingness to travel internationally as needed
- Additional experience across planning, inventory management, and logistics is preferred
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