Senior Manager, Procurement

Whirlpool•Saint Joseph, MO

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Procurement leads global strategic sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimization initiatives across a portfolio of more than $140 million. The role drives team performance, aligns procurement strategies with organizational goals, and builds supplier relationships to support business continuity, operational efficiency, and long-term value creation. Responsibilities span global spend management and forecasting, commodity and category strategy, supplier introductions and contract negotiations, supplier performance and risk reviews, cost optimization and value engineering, cross-functional product launch leadership, RFQ execution, procurement sign-offs, and maintaining production continuity through enterprise systems. The role also develops team members and succession plans.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in strategic sourcing or a similar field.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
Proven track record defining and deploying 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 establishing tailored development plans based on each team member's strengths and areas of opportunity.
Experience building business cases to compare the cost-effectiveness of internal manufacturing with production by an external original equipment manufacturer.
Experience evaluating 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 analysis, spend analysis, cost modeling, and business needs.

Responsibilities

Manage a global spend portfolio of more than $140 million, including financial forecasting, planning, and cost discipline.
Develop and execute global commodity strategies aligned with organizational goals and future business needs.
Lead supplier introductions, screening, and negotiations involving commercial terms and legal agreements, including NDAs, supply agreements, and tooling.
Conduct periodic business and financial reviews to assess supplier risk, 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.
Build high-performing teams through tailored development plans, workload balancing, and succession pipelines.
Coach and mentor team members and establish development plans based on their strengths and areas for improvement.
Assess whether products should be manufactured internally or by an external original equipment manufacturer through business-case analysis.
Investigate and analyze prospective suppliers' innovation, manufacturing, project management, engineering, testing, and cost competitiveness through market research, supplier fairs, and quotations.
Negotiate supplier costs, capital, commercial terms, and legal contracts using market and industry analysis, spend analysis, strategy, cost modeling, and business needs.