Sr. Category Manager – Packaging

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve.

Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care.

Global Reach with a Local Touch
140+ years serving healthcare

Over 14,000 teammates worldwide

Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries

Manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland
40+ distribution centers

Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings1,000 branded medical product suppliers4,000 healthcare partners served

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Plan
- Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.

Educational Assistance
- We offer educational assistance to all eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.

Employer-Paid Life Insurance and Disability
- We offer employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.

Voluntary Supplemental Programs – We offer additional options to secure your financial future including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.

Support for your Growing Family – Adoption assistance, fertility benefits (in medical plan) and parental leave are available for teammates planning for a family.

Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) - We offer these voluntary financial programs to help teammates prepare for their future, as well as other voluntary benefits.

Paid Leave
- In addition to sick days and short-term leave, we offer holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave – including parental leave.

Well-Being – Also included in our offering is a Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs – all at no cost to you.

The compensation for this position will be $115,000 - $150,000 annually. The exact compensation will vary by experience, education and location.

SUMMARY The Global Category Manager – Packaging is a strategic leadership role accountable for developing and executing a 12–36 month worldwide sourcing plan spanning all packaging tiers managing $100 MM in spend. Within a center-led hybrid model, the position drives negotiating power, designs index-based contracting frameworks, and shapes long-term market positioning across the portfolio. This role establishes commercial guardrails for packaging development in close collaboration with R&D and Marketing, optimizing total cost and protecting brand standards, while safeguarding manufacturing locations from commodity price volatility through disciplined, centralized oversight.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Category Strategy:
Develop and deliver a robust, clear and aggressive 12–36 month global category strategy covering flexible, rigid, corrugated, labels, and tertiary packaging. Takes innovation, supply chain resilience, supplier relationships, and commodity volatility to deliver 4-5% cost savings to enable clear commercial advantage.
• Specification Optimization:
Proactively works with Marketing and R&D to enhance cost leverage, operational efficiency, and sustainability outcomes before finalization.
• Contracting & Negotiation:
Structure and enforce transparent, index-linked agreements, separating material inputs from conversion costs using market benchmarks.
• Cost & TCO Management:
Lead value creation through advanced total cost modeling,…