Category Manager

1 day ago


Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States Boston Scientific Full time
About the Role

The Category Manager plays a critical role in developing and executing sourcing strategies that drive cost reduction, enhance supplier value, and secure a competitive edge in key sourcing categories.

This position collaborates with divisional stakeholders to align and optimize sustainable sourcing strategies for sub-assemblies and secondary operations, leading a category team of cross-functional partners in Supplier Quality and Supplier Engineering to execute project deliverables.

Key Responsibilities
  • Gather market intelligence and trends for commodities and sub-commodities
  • Identify suitable suppliers per commodity and region per sample RFQ to develop comprehensive knowledge and supplier database
  • Guide internal leads through a holistic and systematic category approach to material and supplier selection and management
  • Manage strategic supplier relationships according to commodity strategy and strategic differentiators
  • Analyze data and develop tools to manage commodities, including should-cost models and COGS models
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or related field
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain management, or supplier relationship management
  • Experience with MS Office Excel and other applications
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's degree or professional certification
  • Experience sourcing plastics, resins, and/or chemicals in a manufacturing environment
  • Strong decision-making and negotiation skills, ability to influence internal and external teams

Boston Scientific is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and advance science for life.



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