Global Category Senior Manager

2 days ago


Rochester, New York, United States MKS Instruments Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Global Category Senior Manager to join our team at MKS Instruments. As a subject matter expert in Machined Parts, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing a comprehensive category strategy that drives cost savings, risk assessment, and mitigation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with MKS engineers, SQEs, and regional category managers to create and implement a category strategy for Machined Parts, focusing on cost savings, risk assessment, and mitigation.
  • Solve complex problems that impact the organization's success, drawing on your experience to negotiate the lowest total cost of ownership, best price, OTD, lead times, customer satisfaction, and quality.
  • Collaborate directly with MKS Design Engineering and machining and mechanical product suppliers to develop specific supply strategies for key technologies and associated mechanical components.
  • Create a total cost of ownership model that includes the entire supply chain from sub-supplier, material, logistics, and other variables.
  • Take a leadership role in championing departmental or cross-functional engineering and sourcing initiatives to improve reliability, cost, and lead time.
Requirements
  • A Bachelor's degree or above in Material, Mechanical Engineering, and/or Supply Chain, or equivalent experience.
  • Working knowledge and market intelligence of machining methods/techniques, materials (metal, non-metal), mechanical components, including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing methodology, and special processes relevant and required.
  • 7+ years of Category Management experience working in a diverse supply chain organization.
  • Knowledge of negotiations, RFx sourcing processes, contract development, and ability to develop/draft complete pro forma contract terms and conditions.
  • Ability to develop a comprehensive category strategy that takes into consideration company strategy, market trends, best practices, risks, and supplier capabilities and capacity.
  • Flexibility to travel globally up to 30% of the time.
  • Experienced in working with efficiency tools and business systems, such as Oracle, SAP, Prority, MS Office, Power BI, MySQL, etc.
What We Offer
  • A competitive salary range of $121,100 to $224,900 per year.
  • A discretionary annual bonus.
  • A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance coverage, 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance, 12 paid holidays, sick time, 15 paid vacation days, 6 weeks fully paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.
About MKS Instruments

MKS Instruments is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at accommodationsatMKS@mksinst.com.



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