Category Manager, Instrumentation & Controls - land

Location:

Loveland, CO, US, 80538

Workplace Type:
On-Site

Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level

Job Type: Full Time

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

• Model our core value of safety by leading and enabling a culture in which you and your team are actively contributing to a safe work environment.
• Partner with Senior Manager, Category Management, Engineered & Electrical Equipment and stakeholders to develop / manage category strategies for the Instrumentation & Controls subcategory by driving the category playbook, identifying value initiatives, managing key global suppliers and agreements, identifying key supplier / site risks and developing mitigation plans.
• Responsible for partnering with sites to operationalize results and manage/direct a comprehensive change management strategy across the sites.
• Drive frequent site engagement with site Procurement managers to collect business requirements for sub-categories, site specific risks and opportunities to inform broader category strategies.
• Coach Category Analysts to develop category / spend analytics and market insights tailored to deliver both global category and site level insights.
• Oversee the development and execution of category KPIs (goals & objectives) aligned to Procurement, Business Units and Site's GPS procurement goals & objectives that will measure the effectiveness of strategic spend management.
• Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (Q 's) with suppliers, defining KPIs and best practices for supplier performance (i.e., on-time delivery), jointly identifying cost savings levers across sites, inventory optimization (lead times, etc.) and other value-added services.
• Ensure local suppliers, community partnerships, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion engagement strategies are prioritized and actioned in a collaborative fashion to create sustainable, long-term value for Nutrien and the communities in which we operate.
• Collaborate with peer Category Management, Site Procurement, and Capital Procurement teams to address key Nutrien-wide synergies and ensure value and service level performance expectations are consistently maintained.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or similar discipline.
• 8+ years relevant experience in category management, strategic sourcing, supply chain management, project management, engineering, or equivalent.
• Hands‑on experience with Instrumentation, Controls & Automation category sourcing activities, including capital projects and turnarounds.
• Broad experience in supply chain, source-to-contract and source-to-pay processes and tools, and a more targeted experience in spend analytics, category strategy development and implementation, competitive sourcing, supplier negotiations & contract execution, supplier relationship & contract management and supplier risk management.
• Track record of effectively driving and managing organizational change and influencing diverse audiences to achieve challenging objectives.
• Analytical abilities and experience using quantitative insights to make decisions and influence stakeholders.
• Experience in leading teams across distributed geographic networks.

The salary range for this role, in Loveland, CO, is between $105,300 - $180,500. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but…