Sourcing Category Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead cross functional team to develop best in class strategic procurement activities for assigned categories in support of business objectives.
• Drive supplier performance management strategies, which include spend/supply assessments, consolidation strategy, supplier selection and financial analysis.
• Execute overall performance management tactics, including leading supplier performance reviews, to ensure operational execution for all suppliers within the categories.
• Obtain and communicate market condition information, commercial opportunities, category strategy updates, risk assessment project status, risk assessment updates, active RFQ’s, and technology trend to commodities and suppliers.
• Work with cross-functional teams to design sourcing strategies, identify, and evaluate potential suppliers, and negotiate supply agreements.
• Drive cost savings within each assigned spend category.
• Drive continuous high quality and technical continuous improvement within each assigned spec category.
• Establish and maintain exceptional relationships with suppliers, while ensuring that all interactions are conducted with the highest level of ethics/integrity.
• Negotiate purchase/supply/service agreements.
• Lead supplier negotiations, with an approach that is consistent with Swagelok’s values, while achieving Swagelok’s business objectives and risk management expectations.
• Monitor supplier performance and resolve major supplier performance reliability, relationships, and technical issues.
• Ensure team’s familiarity and adherence to Global Sourcing and Supplier Management System policies and procedures.
• Drive the timely completion of supplier corrective action request and reviews and approves final documentation submitted for closure.
• Recruit, motivate, and help to develop a professional, high performing sourcing staff.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree; Preferred in Supply Chain, Engineering or other relevant area of focus
• 5+ years of operations, engineering and/or sourcing experience including experience with complex, high impact business negotiations
• Preferred 1+ years of supervisor/management experience
• Excellent communication, leadership, and negotiation skills are required.
• Proven broad business knowledge & acumen
• Results-motivated Technical acumen

Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements

• Working conditions associated with normal office environment.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment (e.g., computer, telephone, copier, printer, etc.).
• Ability to effectively communicate in both small and large groups and settings.
• Ability to traverse between multiple locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania as needed.
• Occasional domestic and/or international travel may be required.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

Benefits

Swagelok provides a comprehensive package of valuable benefits called Total Rewards focused on health and wellness, compensation, retirement planning, and supplemental rewards.

About the Role

This position is responsible for overseeing the strategic development and execution of product categories for direct or indirect procurement. This leader of people and categories is focused on value and goal-based objectives for their categories and will lead their team of cross-functional associates to ensure that they are managing all supplier engagement, development, and continuous improvement. This will include managing all sourcing, contracting, supplier management, quality, and other procurement activities for their categories.

Schedule

Shift: 1st shift

City

City: Solon

Swagelok

Swagelok is a global organization and one of the largest employers of manufacturing talent in Northeast Ohio. We are driven by our core values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, which are demonstrated through our daily actions. For over 75 years, our dedication to our core values has been the foundation for our success. Our products have been up into space, down to the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between. That same dedication spans to our customers. Throughout our organization we demonstrate a commitment to these values and those we bring onboard. Whether you want to grow in your role or explore broad opportunities and develop new skills—you’ll thrive in a culture that promotes learning and development. We strive to be a company where we all can do our best work with a true sense of purpose and belonging. Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You. We hope you’ll consider joining our team.