Category Manager- Heavy Gauge Components

Carrier • Charlotte, NC

11d • $96,000 - $192,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Category Manager Heavy Gauge Components Manage overall supplier relationships for top suppliers in category.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of experience in supply chain, planning, procurement and/or engineering
• 5+ years with Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Ability to travel 30% international and domestic

Nice To Haves

• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Global supply chain experience working with diverse worldwide team spanning multiple time zones
• Familiarity with strategic sourcing concepts and tools
• Very comfortable with Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Successful negotiation experience with international suppliers
• Bachelor's Degree in related field(supply chain, mechanical or industrial engineering, procurement preferred)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within the Global Category team and across Product Management and Engineering to develop long-term strategy and technology roadmap
• Align the roadmap and ensure we have the correct portfolio of suppliers with capabilities to meet all business objectives
• Identification of potential supply risk and development of mitigating strategies
• Work with engineering and product safety team to define critical standards for supplier selection for assigned category
• Lead supplier selection for all NPI by teaming up with engineering / product management at start of new product conception
• Manage the approved vendor list for category spend and communicate throughout the organization most preferred / least preferred suppliers
• Ensure a competitive sourcing environment by driving efforts for dual qualification of supply, routinely quoting incumbent spend, and working with sites to ensure suppliers routinely challenged on cost
• Negotiate best in class long term supply contracts
• Interface with cross functional teams to assess current and future sourcing needs in terms of technology, cost, and mfg. location / lead-time
• Deliver periodic executive business review of category (5-year plan) focusing on overall strategy, industry landscape, supplier capabilities, performance, and technical roadmaps
• Help define strategic business objectives from a cost, delivery, contracting and NPI perspective
• Maintain working knowledge of market trends, key drivers of supply conditions, and cost structure along with any technology shifts ongoing
• Travel to supplier manufacturing locations to assess “ground conditions”, foster healthy working relationships, and deliver key messages to supplier leadership

Benefits

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
• Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Paid vacation days, up to 15 days
• paid sick days, up to 5 days
• paid personal leave, up to 5 days
• paid holidays, up to 13 days
• birth and adoption leave
• parental leave
• family and medical leave
• bereavement leave
• jury duty leave
• military leave
• purchased vacation
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Health Savings Account
• Health Care Spending Account
• Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level