Category Manager

About the role

The Category Manager will join the Global Sourcing team to manage fabricated metal, formed metal, machined metal, and machined non-metal categories. The role may also support other categories as needed.

Responsibilities

• Achieve supply chain objectives by assessing and mitigating risk, supporting new product introduction (NPI) activities through supplier qualification, and identifying cost savings opportunities.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers to align requirements from Legal, Finance, Operations, and Logistics departments.
• Work with Category Specialists from Business Teams to develop category strategies and ensure suppliers meet performance expectations.
• Support projects and cost savings initiatives by identifying and supporting cost-saving opportunities, providing project management support, and defining, tracking, and communicating project milestones.
• Assure supply continuity by reviewing and maintaining supplier risk assessments, leading procurement tool and process development, and providing training to internal and external parties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or Engineering with a minimum of 7 years of supply chain experience.
• Proven project management skills and knowledge leading cross-functional teams.
• Comprehensive understanding of business needs, regulations, and legal requirements.
• Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills to enable successful contract conclusion.
• Solid analytical abilities creating and adapting templates to be used across the company.
• Experienced in Lean concepts and complex value stream mapping.
• Working knowledge of PFMEA, Cost/Benefit Analysis, and Decision Modeling.
• Demonstrated understanding of statistical methods.
• Adept at articulating total cost of ownership, inventory holding costs, and cost of capital.
• Strong attention to detail, along with strong written and verbal presentation and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Hypertherm Associates Category Specialist or Category Manager.
• Experience managing some or all grouped categories.
• Knowledge of Purchasing modules in Oracle and/or Insight.
• Knowledge of Lean/JIT Methodology.
• ISM and/or APICS certification.
• Green/Black Belt Certification.

Benefits

Relocation assistance is available. Travel: 20% - 40% Domestic and International.

Pay

$93,936.00 - $156,562.00 Annual

Schedule

Five days/year paid Community Service Time.

Why join Hypertherm Associates?

• Collaborative, 100% employee-owned culture.
• Profit-Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP).
• No layoffs policy.
• Strong commitment to Environmental Stewardship.
• Stable, growing organization.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.