Indirect Procurement - Category Manager, Logistics

About the role

The Senior Category Manager, Global Logistics will lead Bose's Global Logistics category, developing and executing multi-year category strategies aligned with Bose's global supply chain objectives. This role involves leading complex sourcing initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and delivering measurable value across Bose's global logistics network.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned with Bose's global supply chain objectives.
• Build strategic sourcing roadmaps that balance cost optimization, operational performance, supplier innovation, sustainability, and risk management.
• Partner with business leaders to understand evolving priorities and translate them into procurement strategies that deliver measurable value.
• Continuously evaluate market trends, supplier capabilities, and emerging technologies to improve Bose's logistics network.
• Lead complex sourcing initiatives across global transportation and logistics categories, including Ocean Freight, Air Freight, Parcel, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Warehousing & Distribution, Over-the-Road Transportation (TL/LTL/Intermodal), and Reverse Logistics.
• Develop sourcing strategies, manage RFIs/RFPs, evaluate suppliers, negotiate commercial agreements, and oversee contract execution.
• Drive total value optimization through competitive sourcing, supplier consolidation, commercial negotiations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure contracts appropriately balance commercial value, operational flexibility, and risk mitigation.
• Build strategic supplier partnerships by developing executive-level relationships with strategic logistics providers, establishing supplier governance processes, and monitoring supplier performance against key service, quality, delivery, and financial metrics.
• Identify and partner with suppliers to identify innovation opportunities that improve customer experience, operational efficiency, and long-term value.
• Deliver market intelligence & risk management by monitoring transportation markets, capacity trends, fuel indices, geopolitical developments, tariffs, regulatory changes, and supplier financial health, translating external market intelligence into actionable recommendations for business leaders, identifying supply chain risks, and developing proactive mitigation strategies.
• Partner across the business by serving as a trusted procurement advisor to Supply Chain and Logistics leadership, collaborating with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, savings planning, and investment decisions, partnering with Legal to negotiate commercial agreements and manage contractual risk, and working closely with Operations and Transportation teams to ensure sourcing strategies support service and operational objectives.
• Drive procurement excellence by championing procurement best practices, sourcing governance, and supplier management processes, supporting procurement transformation initiatives, utilizing spend analytics and market data to identify value creation opportunities and improve decision-making, measuring and communicating category performance through KPIs, supplier metrics, savings reporting, and executive dashboards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, supply chain, or logistics.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with logistics, transportation, or supply chain service providers.
• Strong understanding of transportation and logistics categories, including ocean, air, parcel, 3PL, warehousing, and over-the-road transportation.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives and influence stakeholders across multiple business functions.
• Strong financial, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and drive multiple strategic initiatives with minimal direction.
• Proven ability to prioritize competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%, including occasional international travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing global transportation or logistics categories within a multinational manufacturing or consumer products organization.
• Experience with strategic supplier relationship management and executive supplier governance.
• Experience using spend analytics, market intelligence, and total cost of ownership analysis to develop sourcing strategies.
• Experience with SAP and/or SAP Ariba.
• Experience working in consumer electronics or technology industries.