Senior Category Manager

Job Description

 

Danfoss Power Solutions is looking for an experienced and self-driven Senior Category Manager to join our team within the Precision Turned Parts and Raw Material category. Our ambition is to support the Danfoss growth journey by providing strategic procurement business insights to our matrix colleagues and businesses. 

 

If you are passionate about setting new directions, creating strategies and developing relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, this could be a truly exciting opportunity for you.

 

You will be located in either Maumee (OH), Ames (IA), or Eden Prairie, MN (USA) and should expect 10-30 days of business travel per year (mainly to our key suppliers and stakeholders). You will become part of a truly global team with colleagues in Europe, USA, Brazil, China and India, so you need to be fluent in English. So, if you’d like to broaden your horizons and embrace your international spirit, then apply now and join us to co-create our sustainable and greener future. It’s time for action, and we are ready to meet you! 

Job Responsibilities

 

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following.

 

As our new Regional Category Manager, you will develop and implement the category strategy for Precision Turned Parts and Raw Materials across the North America region while developing strong relations with key internal and external stakeholders. You will be entrusted with the responsibility for managing a small, selected number of high spend suppliers that has high attention from the top management in Danfoss.

This position will give you an exciting growth opportunity to define, implement, lead and coordinate category strategy activities in North America and Mexico. Your key tasks, will be to:

• Accelerate cost reduction impact from suppliers
• Drive and execute a sustainable savings pipeline across all levers (negotiations, projects, and technical ideas)
• Develop and implement supplier strategy for own suppliers
• Research trends within technology incl. how other industries impact the sub-category e.g., late point definition, automation, supply, pricing, investments
• Take full and proactive responsibility for supplier performance 
• Lead supplier relationship, acting as the Danfoss key account
• Manage supplier development activities
• Lead Regional Sourcing and Supplier Selection
• Develop and support sourcing strategies including decarbonization, regionalization, localization, dual sourcing or  strategies as applicable for each division and business unit
• Understand the Danfoss business needs and the commodity market impacts  

Background & Skills

 

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, or Engineering.
• 3+ years of category management experience with mechanical parts, with strong commercial understanding
• 2+ years of experience within a manufacturing company

 

 

Job Criteria:

 

As a person, you are driven, combined with a strong appetite for keeping momentum on strategic development of your category. You are able to use your diplomatic, negotiation and networking skills without losing people on the way. We’d love to see that you can also add value with your ability to navigate safely in complex relations, while working both independently and within cross-functional teams. Last, but not least, the successful candidate will show proactivity and a can-do attitude with high commitment to results and people relations. 

 

At Danfoss, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a broader perspective in decision-making. When you consider this job posting, do you feel like your profile is not a perfect match? Numerous studies have found that women and people of color are more likely to apply only when they meet all requirements listed in the job posting. Even if you do not check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are curious to find out how you can bring new insights to the role or to Danfoss as an organization.

 

Employee Benefits

We are excited to offer you the following benefits with your employment:

• Bonus system
• Paid vacation
• Flexible working hours
• Possibility to work remotely
• Pension plan
• Personal insurance
• Communication package
• Opportunity to join Employee Resource Groups
• State of the art virtual work environment
• Employee Referral Program

 

This list does not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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