Manager, Category

Overview

In this role you will develop and execute a global category strategy to deliver best-in-class SQDC results. You will guide regional teams and ensure policy adherence while leveraging data to drive decisions. You’ll lead a globally dispersed sourcing team, cultivate supplier partnerships, and implement cost-improvement initiatives. This position offers influence across functions and businesses to optimize supply, quality, and delivery, contributing to broader procurement excellence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a global category strategy to achieve SQDC targets
• Provide guidelines for regional execution of non-global category needs
• Develop tools and guidance for sub-category or specific supply chain strategies
• Identify opportunities and suppliers delivering advantages in price, quality, delivery, and total cost
• Define supplier strategies and long-term partnerships; drive local content where required
• Collaborate with technology, engineering, sales, operations and projects to capture key requirements
• Advance cost-improvement strategies and targets for TFMC businesses/products
• Lead quarterly performance reporting against strategies and goals
• Lead supplier improvement initiatives including cost reductions and quality/delivery reliability improvements
• Manage a globally dispersed Category Team of Sourcing resources
• Interacts with Global Sourcing, Procurement Organization and Global Business Units
• Oversee cross-functional collaboration across Quality, Finance, Operations, PM and Engineering
• Engage with multiple supplier functions to address Critical to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Process and Performance

Key requirements

• Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering or relevant subject
• Long-term work experience with supervisory/management experience
• Industry knowledge from Oil and Gas equipment and services preferred
• Ability to develop, improve and implement processes, policies and procedures
• Ability to troubleshoot and implement strategic plans for new concepts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Expert knowledge in at least one functional area and broad knowledge of related functions

• leadership
• strong communication
• strategic thinking
• category management
• supplier development
• cost reduction

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