Global Category Manager Expert - Machined Components

Global Category Manager Expert - Machined Components

We are seeking a Global Category Manager Expert to lead the category for Machined and Bearing components across our worldwide supply base. This high‑impact role partners with engineering, operations, and regional sourcing teams to unlock cost savings, improve supplier performance, and ensure long‑term supply chain reliability.

In this position you will lead global sourcing strategies, negotiate complex machining contracts, develop suppliers in low‑cost regions, and build category frameworks that support scalability and sustainability.

• Plan, organize, direct, and communicate all strategic sourcing activities for assigned commodities and services, collaborating closely with supply‑chain, engineering, technical support, and operations partners.
• Conduct brainstorming and problem‑solving sessions at facilities with cross‑functional groups to identify strategic opportunities and prioritize deployment of cost‑saving initiatives.
• Provide oversight, guidance, and direction to sourcing and project managers to ensure effective deployment of strategic projects with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with global and regional supply teams to identify, assess, and qualify strategic suppliers that align with category and business objectives.
• Partner with global facilities to build regional and global material cost‑saving funnels aligned with corporate strategies and financial targets.
• Lead comprehensive spend analysis, develop countermeasures for projects that fall short of plan, and make data‑driven decisions to resolve issues and ensure teams meet or exceed financial targets.
• Develop and deliver category strategies that advance strategic sourcing initiatives, drive year‑over‑year cost savings, and support long‑term value creation.
• Proactively evaluate internal and external process‑improvement opportunities, leading and influencing meaningful changes to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with business segments to prepare RFPs and oversee the screening and supplier selection process.
• Negotiate and manage supplier contracts, including payment terms, delivery schedules, pricing, freight terms, currency exposure, raw‑material fluctuations, and inventory levels.
• Analyze market and delivery conditions to assess current and future product needs and identify potential availability risks.
• Provide timely reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) and present strategic sourcing plans and performance updates to stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree required (BA or BS), preferably in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Engineering.
• Minimum of 3‑5 years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment within a strategic procurement or supply‑chain role.
• Proven experience developing and executing global sourcing strategies.
• Strong technical expertise in machining processes—including milling, turning, grinding, metal forming, and gear cutting—with a deep understanding of manufacturing and raw‑material inputs for machined and stamped components.
• Proven experience operating within a matrixed organization and managing categories at a global level.
• Experience negotiating external machining processes and driving supplier development with measurable performance improvements.
• Skill in sourcing across low‑cost regions and managing global, multiregion partnerships.
• Proven success thriving in change‑intensive, high‑stretch environments.
• Strong cost‑modeling expertise for machined, cast, and fabricated components.
• Proven track record delivering strategic sourcing KPIs, including cost reductions and strategy deployment.
• Able to navigate and solve complex, high‑volume, and sometimes contradictory information effectively.

Travel: Up to 20%

Compensation Details: Expected base salary range: $120,000 – $140,000. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including worksite location, geographic market, candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons among other potential factors.

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug coverage
• Spending…