Senior Category Manager, Global Procurement

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We are PCI. Our investment is in People who make an impact, drive progress and create a better tomorrow. Our strategy includes building teams across our global network to pioneer and shape the future of PCI.Senior Global Category Manager, Indirect Procurement is a strategic partnership role that will develop and execute the strategy for the assigned category, delivering savings and value while managing risk and key supplier relationships.

This will include leading complex RFx events, negotiating contracts, building multi‑year category roadmaps, and translating spend analytics into action. You will partner with stakeholders across PCI in designing and executing the assigned global category strategy, aligning on business goals, cost objectives, and key initiatives. You will be responsible for managing and optimizing category performance, while driving savings through strategic planning, supplier management, and end-consumer focused decision making.

This role offers the opportunity to be entrepreneurial, directly influence the bottom line and shape how procurement supports the business. This position is ideal for a strategic thinker who can also execute – offering autonomy, and the chance to make meaningful improvements in a dynamic, continuous‑improvement environment.

This role will report directly to the Senior Director, Indirect Procurement.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and execute assigned category strategies by evaluating business stakeholder requirements, industry trends, competitor activity, and customer behavior to inform category strategy.

Conduct supplier / category spend analysis, should-cost modeling and market/competitive research to identify cost optimization opportunities

Manage supplier relationships to secure collaborative partnerships that maintain performance, adhere to reporting requirements, mitigate risks and drive cost savings and innovation initiatives.

Risk and compliance: manage supply risk, ensure policy compliance, and support sustainability and diversity goals within the category.

Lead end-to-end category management and sourcing — from strategy to negotiation and contract execution — ensuring compliance, sustainability, risk management, and quality.

Integrate ESG and sustainability initiatives into sourcing and category strategy decisions to align with PCI’s ESG goals.

Mentor and develop team members to enable the opportunity to build analytical, strategic, and overall best-practice capabilities across the entire procurement team.

Facilitate cross-functional collaboration:
Work closely with all functional stakeholders (e.g., Manufacturing, Project Management, Finance) across the organization to align category strategies with overall business objectives.

Drive collaboration with local site procurement teams to effectively manage supplier performance, category strategy implementation, and adherence to end-to-end procurement processes

Design and execute performance monitoring to track category performance metrics (e.g., savings goals, business objectives), analyze data, review compliance, and adjust strategies to improve results.

Deploy a robust risk management process to develop exit strategies and follow supplier management process to mitigate risk.

Execute indirect procurement category sourcing activities including the development and execution of RFXs, business requirements gathering and development of supplier selection criteria in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Develop and drive negotiation strategies with vendors, including gaining alignment from stakeholders, leading cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams, and implementing appropriate…