Club Car · 1 month ago
Associate Category Manager
Greater Augusta Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expClub Car boasts a 60+ year history of industry-leading innovation and design, initially focused on golf cars and then expanding to commercial utility vehicles and personal-use transportation. The Associate Category Manager will manage ongoing global and regional commodities, supporting the Senior Category Manager by engaging with stakeholders, conducting negotiations, and ensuring supplier qualification and quality.
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Responsibilities
Manages day to day category supplier relations and seeks out growth or revision opportunities within supply base
Partner with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, quality) to capture commodity requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality - partner with regional PPM teams to efficiently transition suppliers as needed
Under the direction of Category Manager assist with developing & executing detailed commodity strategy:
Assess Opportunity for commodity including spend segmentation, commodity maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis
Accountable for execution of sourcing projects including continuous improvement, consolidation, etc
Conduct or support negotiations and supplier selection- accountable for contract lifecycle management and compliance
Responsible for delivering commodity productivity through price negotiations, supporting value analysis/ value engineering projects (VA/VE or i2V) and other continuous improvement projects
Support supplier segmentation, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)and quarterly supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within commodity
Support commodity continuity of supply - engage with plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues
Support region/sector NPD Procurement teams through preferred supplier programs and RFQ's
Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovery of commodity inflation
Lead periodic Commodity Reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and countermeasures
Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering or related field
3 + years procurement sourcing experience, consulting, buyer, and/or analyst experience
Demonstrate competence in negotiating skills and assessing vendors
Candidate must have demonstrated experience coordinating, facilitating discussions, consultation and conflict resolution skills
Professional communication; both verbal and written are required
Ability to travel up to 30%
Supply Chain Acumen – Ability to drive global development and execution of supply chain strategies for assigned components or services to achieve optimal results in the key areas of Quality, Delivery, & Price
Project Management – Review and approve project plans, oversees project execution, balances projects between short and long-term focus, secures alignment with cross-functional partners
Global Business Thinking/Strategizing - Demonstrates deep global knowledge of suppliers, industry trends, emerging markets and technology, builds this knowledge into GSC strategies/playbooks, develops global talent
Problem Solving – Identifies/anticipates potential problems, supports root cause analysis, evaluates robustness of corrective action plan and oversees plan implementation
Relationship Management – Creates collaborative environment with cross-functional partners, assures regular/appropriate two-way communication flow, builds/maintains relationship with industry peers and suppliers
Excellent technical, analytical problem solving skills
Ability to quickly and efficiently understand and organize information necessary to make engineering decisions
Experienced in applying and understanding the results of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen
This position may be required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel; reach with hand and arms, and stoop, kneel or crouch as needed
Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Company
Club Car
Club Car, LLC manufacturers small-wheel, zero-emissions electric vehicles.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-04-12Acquired
Leadership Team
Haresh Shah
Chief Financial Officer
Angie Hammond, PHR, SHRM-CP
Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
Recent News
2025-12-05
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