Regional Category Manager

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

The main focus of this job is to:

• Lead & develop the Heads and Fabrication Category strategies & implement related supply chain initiatives across the region (~$95M spend).
• Serve as the Category “subject matter expert” & build a community of category leaders to execute strategy.
• Manage & shape supply base to create a favorable advantage for Chart Industries operating companies

What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be…

In this role, you will:

• Define category strategy & gain buy-in from key stakeholders for specific initiatives to execute strategy.
• Drive collaboration & best practice sharing among category representatives in Business Units.
• Continuously build & maintain funnel of savings initiatives and achieve verified savings targets.
• Support new supplier/product qualifications & implement measures to minimize quality, OTD, & cost risk.
• Identify & lead identification & execution of VAVE opportunities with suppliers.
• Collaborate with Chart low-cost country sourcing hubs and identify low cost country suppliers that can improve cost while maintaining high-levels of quality and delivery.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and advise stakeholders on all aspects of Heads and Fabrications including supplier capabilities, economic forecasting and trends, supply market changes, global currency fluctuations, ‘Should Cost’ model etc.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and partners.
• Implement Long-Term Agreements with Suppliers that define fair sharing of risk and accountability.
• Develop and manage communication plan, to include engagement activity, dissemination of sourcing strategy and compliance for spend among the Category Communities

Essential skills, knowledge & behaviours

• Degree in engineering, business administration, finance or related discipline
• Experience of working across multiple locations, understanding the constraints and working culture within themExperience within a project driven Engineer-To-Order (ETO) manufacturing environment
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence and lead small teams
• Strategic focus with the ability to analyse, formulate and implement strategic procurement strategies to significantly reduce cost
• Experience in negotiating high-value, complex procurement agreements
• Excellent team player with the ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple customers
• Strong inter-personal skills
• Sets personal deliverables and maintains commitments
• Accurately captures, records and communicates information
• Enjoys difficult challenges, finding solutions not problems
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to clearly present ideas, concepts and processesAdvanced competency in MS Office, including Word, Excel, Project & Power Point

Desirable skills, knowledge, & behaviors

• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
• Comfortable to adapt in an environment of complexity and changing priorities.
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