Procurement Category Manager
2 weeks ago
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Position: Procurement Category Manager
Report to Title: Director, Category Management
Location: Remote
Date: August 2023
Position Overview
The Category Manager will have direct responsibility for the sourcing, purchasing, negotiating for one of the following categories: Indirect Material (non-production), Performance Materials (fiberglass, Chemicals etc.) or mechanical components and materials (metals, plastics etc.). The major responsibilities will revolve around global sourcing, ensuring supplier reliability, supply quality, cost savings, on-time delivery and supply network optimization.
Areas of Focus
Performance Material and Chemicals - Responsible for the global procurement management for the category of performance material (e.g. fiber glass-based separators) and chemicals like electrolyte.
General Responsibilities
- Manage the category in systematic and well-structured manner to improve and maximize spend and business performance.
- Data analysis (spend) to create a "buy better" environment.
- Act as VAVE expert and implement "spend better" attitude.
- Work with members of a functional team particularly with R&D and engineering.
- Recruit, develop, motivate and retain high caliber team members. Coach and lead team to continuously improve operational performance.
- Build an organizational climate within the procurement group that promotes collaboration and commitment by providing learning and growth opportunities.
- Lead negotiations with vendors/suppliers in defined category.
- Responsible for all new supplier selection, qualification, new purchase ramp up and supplier management from NPI through EOL.
- Define and execute the strategy for this category and its sub or sub-category,
- Ensure supply reliability, best cost, on-time delivery, high technology/innovation and speed via supply network optimization, multiple sourcing, quotation, supplier performance and relationship management.
- BA/BS in business or related field required.
- Strategic thinker able to formulate short- and long-term strategies.
- 5-7 years of procurement experience
- Process oriented, and familiar with procurement tools like CBD, VAVE
- Ability to travel both national and international 75% of time for 1st year.
- MBA
- Lean/Six Sigma experience
- Experience supporting a global organization.
- Matching category experience.
- Battery Manufacturing experience.
- Bilingual - Chinese, Vietnamese or Japanese.
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