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Chart Industries

Category Manager - Indirect

Chart Industries, Canton, Georgia, us, 30169


Category Manager - Indirect

Location:

Canton, GA, United States, 30107

Company:

Chart Industries

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Chart Industries is currently recruiting for an Indirect Sourcing Manager. This position can be hybrid based in the Atlanta, GA area or Houston, TX

To develop & implement a long-term category strategy to maximize savings, quality, & delivery through the facilitation of a regional network of sourcing associates

Lead negotiations, supplier selection, supplier relationship, stakeholder management, & implementation of contacts across sub-categories

Partner with budget holders, business leaders, & buyers to identify, create, & execute strategic sourcing activities in the region

What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be…

Create, sustain, & execute on time an updated cost reduction action plan for indirect materials to achieve the financial objectives of each business unit

Define & deploy the regional strategy for Indirect material, identify opportunities for cross-business collaboration and partner with top class suppliers to improve performance, reduce the cost of poor quality and align with business units needs and requirements

Establish category focused working groups to develop 3yr sourcing roadmap for all major categories covering 80% of regional spend, especially MRO and FM

Responsible for developing, implementing, & sustaining a regional Tiered strategy to transition spend from non-preferred suppliers to drive cost savings and improve leverage through rationalization

Collaborate with sourcing leaders, plant managers, & functional leaders to develop and implement supply chain levers that will drive cost reduction & improve supply chain efficiency.

Collaborate with the sourcing leadership identify & implement best practices relating to sourcing category management

Develop, implement & sustain an effective category management operating rhythm driving process efficiency and business results in order to meet targets

Facilitate collaboration across the Chart with Functional Budget holders to support the delivery of their key supply chain performance indicators

Manage all commercial agreements with Tier 1 regional suppliers

Your Education Should Be…

Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

Office and computer work.

Your Professional Experience Should Be…

7+ years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas: Supply Chain, Engineering, Sourcing or Operations management

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills at all levels, written and verbal

Extensive experience developing and implementing MRO & FM services/ material strategies within a global complex manufacturing environment

Experience of working in a complex matrix organisation across multiple geographical locations, understanding the constraints and working culture within them

Strong leadership capabilities to deliver results and with experience of leading a strategic procurement function, and sizable indirect organisation

Strong influencing and negotiation skills with demonstrated experience in negotiating high-dollar, complex procurement agreements

Knowledge of general business processes with experience in managing projects globally

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills at all levels, written and verbal

Chart is an equal opportunity employer...

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