Senior Manager, Procurement

Whirlpool • Saint Joseph, MI

11h

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Procurement leads global strategic sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimization across a portfolio exceeding $140 million. The role drives team performance, aligns procurement strategies with organizational goals, and develops supplier relationships to support business continuity, operational efficiency, and long-term value creation.

The position is part of Whirlpool Corporation’s Procurement team, which identifies and evaluates suppliers based on price, quality, timing, and reliability; seeks opportunities to secure reduced prices; and assesses whether supplier products meet specifications and quality standards.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in strategic sourcing or a similar field.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or a related business field.
• Proven ability to define and deploy multi-million-dollar global commodity strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• Strong leadership skills in coaching, mentorship, talent development, and succession planning.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading a team and creating development plans tailored to team members’ strengths and development opportunities.
• Experience developing business cases to compare the cost-effectiveness of internal manufacturing with production by an external original equipment manufacturer.
• Experience assessing new suppliers’ innovation, manufacturing, project management, engineering, testing, and cost competitiveness through market research, supplier fairs, and quotation requests.
• Experience negotiating supplier costs, capital, commercial terms, and legal contracts using market and industry analysis, spend analysis, strategy, cost modeling, and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage a $140 million global spend portfolio, including financial forecasting, planning, and cost discipline.
• Develop and execute global commodity strategies that align with organizational goals and future business needs.
• Lead supplier introductions and screening, and negotiate commercial terms and legal agreements, including NDAs, supply agreements, and tooling agreements.
• Conduct supplier business and financial reviews to monitor risk ratings, quality compliance, and bankruptcy likelihood, and drive warranty recovery.
• Identify supply chain cost drivers and lead supplier workshops to improve product design, materials, and packaging for cost reduction.
• Govern global product launches as a core team member, translating business-unit expectations into cross-functional actions involving engineering, marketing, and design.
• Manage the RFQ process, bidder pools, target costing, make-versus-buy analyses, and procurement sign-offs at project tollgates.
• Maintain production continuity using SAP, VMM, and GS3 to support purchase-to-pay processes.
• Develop high-performing teams through tailored development plans, workload balancing, and succession planning.

What This Job Offers

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