Category Manager

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The Category Manager role is a great opportunity to join a high-impact team within Donaldson. This role will be working closely with multiple functions within the organization along with our suppliers. This is a highly visible team that is relied upon to ensure we continue to operate at a high level.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support the development and implementation procurement strategies that ensure supply and financial objectives are achieved. Monitors commodity markets that influence cost and supply in areas of responsibility and uses this information to refine commodity strategies. Executes fact-based negotiations that drive best total cost and ensure continuous supply for Donaldson.
• Communicate category strategies and trends, to the Donaldson leadership team and other stakeholders and also provides periodic overviews of category strategy effectiveness.
• Manage category pricing to align with current market conditions and in consideration of cost of commodity inputs. Independent of market prices, drives year-over-year cost reductions with all assigned suppliers.
• Identify, on-board and develop suppliers appropriate to Donaldson strategic sourcing objectives. Uses supplier performance management data and tools to drive supplier performance around quality, delivery, cost and continuous improvement. Performs regular reviews with suppliers to recognize and benchmark strong performance and/or develop meaningful action plans to remedy sub-standard performance.
• Provide support to Donaldson plant and distribution center teams to ensure strong alignment around servicing our end customers and ensuring efficient and profitable operations within Donaldson.
• Engage the Supplier Quality Management team in supplier development processes to ensure 50 DPPM quality levels are achieved.
• Complete comprehensive risk management assessments of the supply base through formal assessment tools, audits and analysis, coupled with face-to-face and on-site interactions. Identifies and implements countermeasures to mitigate identified risks.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related field
• 3+ years of procurement experience, ideally in buying and negotiation

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPSM Certification would be ideal
• Critical thinker who possess quantitative/data analytical skills
• Strong negotiator who uses knowledge-based data-drive negotiating techniques
• Ability to read market and commodity conditions and use information to drive pricing
• Ability to identify and implement innovative cost savings projects
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications of assigned commodities
• Driven by continuous learning and development; passionate about innovation and improvement
• Proactive/sense of urgency

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