Requisition ID: 73780
About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant
pursuit of improving life at home. As the only major U.S.-based manufacturer of kitchen
and laundry appliances, the company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving
needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid,
JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2025, the company reported
approximately $16 billion in annual net sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas -
41,000 employees, and 35 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional
information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.
The Senior Manager, Procurement is responsible for leading global strategic sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimization initiatives across a portfolio of $140M+. This role drives team performance, aligns procurement strategies with broader organizational goals, and fosters key supplier relationships to ensure business continuity, operational efficiency, and long-term value creation.
• Global Portfolio & Spend Management: Managed a $140M global spend portfolio, leading financial forecasting, planning, and cost discipline to optimize overall portfolio performance.
• Strategic Sourcing & Category Management: Developed and executed multi-million dollar global commodity strategies to align with organizational goals and satisfy future business needs.
• Supplier Lifecycle & Contract Negotiation: Led new supplier introductions, screening, and complex negotiations for commercial terms and legal agreements (NDAs, supply agreements, and tooling).
• Performance & Risk Auditing: Conducted periodic business and financial reviews to monitor supplier risk ratings, quality compliance, and bankruptcy likelihood while driving warranty recovery.
• Cost Optimization & Value Engineering: Identified supply chain cost drivers and led supplier workshops to improve product design, material, and packaging for maximum cost reduction.
• Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Governed global product launches as a core team member by translating business unit expectations into cross-functional actions across engineering, marketing, and design.
• Sourcing Execution & Toolgate Sign-Off: Managed the entire RFQ process, bidder pools, target costing, make-versus-buy analyses, and procurement sign-offs at project tollgates.
• Operational Continuity & ERP Proficiency: Maintained zero-disruption production plans using enterprise systems like SAP, VMM, and GS3 to execute seamless purchase-to-pay processes.
• Team Development & Succession Planning: Built high-performing teams by establishing tailored development plans, balancing workloads, and creating clear succession pipelines for business continuity.
- 8+ years experience in Strategic Sourcing or similar field
- Bachelors in Supply Chain or Business Related
- Strategic Sourcing & Category Management: Proven track record of defining and deploying multi-million dollar global commodity strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Team Development & Succession Planning: Strong leadership skills in coaching, mentorship, talent development, and succession planning to build high-performing teams.
- Leading a team and establishing a development plan for each team member based on their areas of opportunity and their strengths.
- Defining direction, which is to run a business case to determine if manufacturing a product internally is more or less cost effective as opposed to manufacturing the product with an external original equipment manufacturer.
- Investigating and analyzing new suppliers’ capability in innovation, manufacturing, project management, engineering, testing and competitiveness on cost structures by performing market research, assisting to supplier fairs, and requesting quotations.
- Negotiating with suppliers on cost, capital, other commercial terms and legal contracts, based on market/industry analysis, spend analysis, strategy, cost modeling and business needs.
Connect with us and learn more about Whirlpool Corporation
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Whirlpool Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or a similar field
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related field
- Experience defining and deploying multi-million-dollar global commodity strategies
- Leadership skills in coaching, mentorship, talent development, and succession planning
- Experience leading a team and creating individual development plans
- Experience conducting make-versus-buy business cases
- Experience evaluating new supplier capabilities and competitiveness
- Experience negotiating supplier costs, capital, commercial terms, and legal contracts
Whirlpool Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Whirlpool Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Whirlpool Corporation.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical/dental/vision along with mental-health and EAP resources in the U.S. First-day benefits are also indicated for some roles, reinforcing perceived accessibility of core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented support is emphasized through paid parental leave references, added caregiver leave options, and expanded family-building benefits such as fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement. External recognition for working-parent practices is cited as consistent with this family-friendly benefits posture.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as meaningful, including a 401(k) match and, in some descriptions, additional company contributions alongside other financial supports like coaching and purchase programs. This strengthens total rewards for employees who weigh long-term benefits alongside base pay.
Whirlpool Corporation Insights
What We Do
Life at home has been at the heart of our business for 110 years - it is why we exist and why we are passionate about what we do. Beginning with our founders to the everyday actions of our people, our values have always kept us grounded -- Integrity, Respect, Inclusion & Diversity, One Whirlpool, Spirit of Winning. What we do at Whirlpool Corporation matters because consumers trust our brands. We never take that for granted and we work every day to earn that trust as we are committed to being the best kitchen and laundry company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home.
