Director – Category Management – Air Management & Flow Control

Director – Category Management – Air Management & Flow Control

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of sourcing and category management experience, or Master’s degree and 8+ years of sourcing and category management experience
• 5+ years of experience leading category management team or supply chain management teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of global category managers responsible for multiple categories.
• Responsible for directing the creation of short and long-term category strategy to ensure operational excellence and efficiencies are met.
• Establishes a cross-functional network and fosters collaboration with suppliers, wider supply chain organization, engineering, quality, and product management.
• Owns the vendor performance data and reports metrics to leadership.
• Develops and implements a category strategy which optimizes affordability, availability, agility, and innovation. Leverages understanding of similar industry, sourcing concepts, and Lean tools to ensure parts delivered on time at best cost and quality.
• Manage external relationships with suppliers and assumes responsibility for all internal activities and decisions associated with category and suppliers, including contract negotiations, new products development, approved vendor list, RFX, re-sourcing, dual qualification, pricing changes, quality, and capacity.
• Collaborate within the Global Strategic Sourcing team and across Product Management and Engineering to align on long-term strategy, technology roadmap, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and maintain expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors, and product innovations.
• Continuously evaluate supplier category markets to evaluate new suppliers, report on market conditions, and understand trends related to cost drivers and global pricing, to ensure our strategic sourcing competitiveness.
• Work with suppliers and internal teams to identify VA/VE opportunities and lead initiatives to drive cost-out, eliminate inefficiencies, and achieve supply surety.
• Will work closely with Engineering, Quality, and NPI teams to enhance our global product generation process to ensure we incorporate our strategic supplier partnerships in our new product innovation process.
• Manage a team of global category team leaders.
• Requires deep management and leadership knowledge to lead cross-department project teams or manage across multiple related departments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing motors, valves, pumps, and electrical solutions utilized in HVAC products.
• MBA or professional certifications (CPM, CPSM, CIRM, CPIM)
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Experience with strategic sourcing and lean tools
• Digital dexterity and ability to leverage data
• Strong knowledge of supply chain strategy (development and execution)