Strategic Sourcing Category Manager – Indirect Material, Services, Transportation & Facilities

Dometic is a global market leader in the mobile living industry. Millions of people around the world use Dometic products in outdoor, residential, and professional applications. Dometic Land Vehicles Americas is a trusted provider of high-end products for recreational vehicles, commercial passenger vehicles and overlanding vehicles in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. We are on a journey of continuous growth – now looking for our next star – a passionate Strategic Sourcing Category Manager-Indirect within our Supply Chain capability.

This position reports to Director of Procurement and Sourcing and will work in Elkhart-Industrial Parkway location.

As a Strategic Sourcing Category Manager-Indirect in the Supply Chain team, you will be involved in leading the development and execution of sourcing strategies across a broad portfolio of indirect spend categories, including transportation, logistics, warehousing, facilities, real estate, MRO, capital expenditures, professional services, IT, and other indirect materials and services.

• Develop and execute regional and global sourcing strategies across multiple indirect spend categories including transportation, logistics, warehousing, real estate, facilities, MRO, professional services, capital equipment, utilities, and corporate services.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives from opportunity assessment through implementation and supplier performance management.
• Build multi-year category roadmaps aligned with business objectives, growth plans, cost reduction targets, and operational requirements.
• Continuously evaluate market trends, cost drivers, industry developments, and supply risks to proactively identify opportunities

• Lead sourcing activities for domestic and international transportation, parcel, LTL, FTL, ocean, air freight, 3PL providers, warehousing, and logistics services.
• Develop transportation optimization strategies focused on service, cost, capacity, and risk management.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations teams to identify network optimization and logistics improvement opportunities.
• and mitigate business exposure.

• Support sourcing activities related to facility leases, warehouse facilities, distribution centers, office locations, facility services, utilities, maintenance contracts, and real estate projects.
• Lead commercial negotiations for leases, renewals, amendments, service agreements, and related supplier contracts.
• Evaluate facility-related spend and identify opportunities to reduce operating costs while maintaining service levels.

• Lead supplier selection, contract negotiations, supplier development, performance reviews, and risk assessments.
• Negotiate commercial agreements including pricing, payment terms, service-level agreements (SLAs), liability provisions, warranties, termination rights, and other key contractual terms.
• Develop and maintain executive-level supplier relationships while driving accountability to performance metrics and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Build robust business cases, total cost of ownership models, should-cost analyses, and sourcing recommendations.
• Deliver annual cost reduction, productivity, working capital, and cash flow improvement targets.
• Lead fact-based negotiations utilizing market intelligence, benchmarking, cost modeling, and supplier collaboration techniques.

• Partner with Finance, Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Customer Service, IT, Legal, Human Resources, and Executive Leadership to align sourcing decisions with business…