Category Manager (Systems and Controls)

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Jeannette, PA, USA
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Design • Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead the development of global sourcing strategies for assigned categories, negotiate contracts with suppliers, and oversee cost reduction programs. Requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and procurement expertise.
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Overview & Responsibilities

Purpose: Lead the development of global and/or local strategic sourcing strategies for the assigned category and the associated commodities that fall within that category.  Categories will contain a large spend level across a diverse set of commodities.  Work with the supply chain team and other functional groups (e.g. sales, engineering, projects, etc.) to identify spend forecasts, assess current suppliers, identify needs for new suppliers.  Develop sourcing strategies accordingly and negotiate global and/or local strategic contracts with suppliers in each commodity.

Background and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, master's degree in business or finance is preferred.

  • Minimum of 10 years buying experience

  • Must have excellent general background in all phases of procurement and strong financial/commercial acumen.

  • Must have a minimum of 5 years of management experience and be a proven leader.

Nature of the Job:

  • Strong leadership to work with cross-functional, global and/or local teams to develop robust category and commodity strategies.

  • Strong business acumen to enable development and negotiation of value-adding strategic sourcing agreements.

  • Coordinate with regional procurement teams to effectively implement the sourcing strategies and gather feedback.

  • This position requires leading and participating in global cross-functional teams.  Travel requirement could be frequent for global assignments and typically of one week duration, not to exceed 25%

  • Lead, develop and implement global and/or local cost reduction programs.

  • Coordinate with global supply chain development team to identify and develop new and existing suppliers to fill gaps in the category and commodity strategies.

  • Job requires frequent global communication with the procurement team, quality team, sales and applications engineering.  Will also require frequent contact with global suppliers, principally at a management level.

  • Lead, develop and implement global cost reduction programs. 

Specific Job Responsibilities:

  • Develop and then implement global and/or local sourcing strategies.

  • Lead cost reduction activities.

  • Develop and coordinate with buyers to implement commodity strategies and cost improvement programs.

  • Evaluates recommendations from cross-functional personnel in regard to new sources of supply.

  • Lead negotiations of strategic contracts including the negotiation of price, quality and delivery.

  • Collaborates with Supply Chain Development to identify sourcing gaps and to assess potential new suppliers.

  • Travels to supplier facilities to build relationships, conduct negotiations and evaluate performance.

  • Collaborates with Sales and Applications Engineering to develop competitive offers to customers and ensure the best total cost of ownership, quality and delivery.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ebara Elliott Energy is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the federal, state or local laws of the United States. Applicants and employees are protected under U.S. federal law from discrimination. To learn more, click here.
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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree in business or finance is preferred
  • Minimum of 10 years buying experience
  • Excellent background in all phases of procurement
  • Strong financial/commercial acumen
  • Minimum of 5 years management experience
  • Proven leadership

Elliott Group, Ebara Corp Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elliott Group, Ebara Corp and has not been reviewed or approved by Elliott Group, Ebara Corp.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is considered competitive for many roles, with compensation often described as good and in some cases better than competitors. Feedback suggests earnings can be strong in skilled and engineering roles, aided by overtime opportunities in certain shops.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with plan options and supporting HSAs/FSAs, and is frequently called out as strong. Wellness resources and an Employee Assistance Program further enhance the health offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement savings plans include a company match and are consistently presented as a core strength of the package. This support contributes meaningfully to total rewards value.

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The Company
Houston,, TX
1,490 Employees
Year Founded: 1910

What We Do

For more than 100 years, the world has turned to Elliott for the design, manufacture and service of critical turbomachinery. Our primary products are centrifugal and axial compressors, steam turbines, power recovery expanders, and lubrication and other auxiliary systems for rotating equipment. Elliott products and services are used throughout the world in the oil and gas, refining and petrochemical industries, as well as in other process and power applications. We have earned a reputation for quality, efficiency and reliability in our products and our people. Our primary manufacturing facilities are located in Jeannette, Pennsylvania (USA) and in Sodegaura, Chiba (Japan), and we maintain a global network of 29 sales offices and service centers, for regional access and local response. Elliott is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebara Corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan

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