The Lead Category Manager, Tubing and Metal Fab is a key member of the Global Strategic Sourcing team, responsible for the procurement of steel fabrication and steel tubing components. This role centers on strategic supplier management, contract negotiation, supplier development, and cross-functional collaboration to drive sourcing excellence and value creation within the steel fab and steel tube categories.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage individual supplier relationships for steel fabrication and steel tubing, including negotiation activities.
Achieve year-over-year productivity and working capital goals specific to steel fab and steel tube categories.
Collaborate with departments such as Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Legal, Logistics, and IT to develop and implement sourcing strategies for steel fab and steel tube.
Conduct market analysis and participate in trade fairs to identify and evaluate potential steel suppliers.
Develop and execute global purchasing strategies for steel fabrication and steel tubing components.
Negotiate, implement, and manage supplier contracts and service level agreements for steel fab and steel tube.
Execute tenders, benchmarking, and price/value analyses to optimize steel procurement outcomes.
Drive supplier development initiatives and implement supplier performance scorecards for steel suppliers.
Plan and execute complex procurement projects related to steel fabrication and steel tubing, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in strategic sourcing, including supplier selection, supplier management, and contract negotiation.
At least 3 years of experience in category or material field strategy, preferably in steel or metals procurement.
Strong knowledge of procurement techniques, supplier integration, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Demonstrated track record of executing successful productivity projects.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple and conflicting priorities in a matrixed organizational environment.
We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.
Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.
Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.
What You’ll Also Get
Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in strategic sourcing including supplier selection, supplier management, and contract negotiation
- At least 3 years of experience in category or material field strategy, preferably in steel or metals procurement
- Strong knowledge of procurement techniques, supplier integration, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Demonstrated track record of executing successful productivity projects
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple and conflicting priorities in a matrixed organizational environment
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A broad U.S. benefits menu with multiple health plan choices, savings programs (including an employee stock purchase plan), tuition assistance, and well‑being extras offers substantial choice and customization. This breadth can bolster total compensation value beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, additional maternity recovery time, and adoption support provide meaningful family‑focused coverage. Time‑off programs and designated holidays further support work‑life needs.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical, dental, and vision options, plus supplemental coverages, EAP access, and prescription‑savings programs reinforce core health coverage. The company indicates it pays most of the cost of health coverage, which can enhance perceived medical value.
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Insights
What We Do
For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done—and we have since 1843. You repair your home and car with the tools we provide. Your car and your phone are secured with our fasteners. The things you value most can be protected by our security systems. And the roads you drive on, the bridges you cross, the energy you consume, all of these most likely came to you via one of our infrastructure systems. We join forces to bring together the best of the best to create practical, meaningful products and services that make life easier—empowering people to do better, safer, more significant work. Innovation and excellence have powered our success, but we know there’s more we can do for the world and those who make it. Across our businesses, we’re investing in breakthrough innovation and digital excellence, striving for outperformance and increasing our focus on social responsibility. We define success as: delivering value to our customers, colleagues and communities. Our commitment to quality, safety and sustainability helps us on our path to becoming the type of uniquely human-centered global industrial company that keeps every stakeholder in mind, while helping to make the world better.
