Gerdau North America Β· 1 day ago
Category Manager
Midlothian, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expGerdau North America is a leading steel manufacturing company seeking a Category Manager to coordinate and manage the strategic procurement process for assigned categories. The role involves developing procurement strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring adherence to sustainability principles in sourcing.
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Responsibilities
Lead the development of procurement strategies for assigned categories at all levels (global, national, & regional), ensuring cost-effective results and ethical procurement practices
Analyze category market attributes such as number of suppliers, competitiveness, logistics, technology, criticality, market complexity, etc
Engage internal customers to fully understand the impact of each category to the operation
Utilize market and business intelligence to effectively develop procurement strategies
Continuously gather and maintain pertinent key supplier and market intelligence for assigned categories, such as financial performance, business activities, negotiation history, cost drivers, and supplier performance in order to support effective decision making, negotiation planning, and to reduce supply chain risk
Negotiate, develop, and manage supply agreements for assigned categories
Lead the development of Requests for Quotations and Requests for Proposals
Effectively manage the competitive bid process
Analyze competitive bids and develop negotiation strategies
Negotiate and develop agreements for assigned categories
Ensure that contracts are accurately initiated and maintained in SAP. This includes key information such as price, lead time, incoterms, etc
Effectively execute the supplier performance evaluation and development process with key stakeholders
Monitor supplier performance and engage key stakeholders for input
Periodically meet with suppliers to develop actions to improve supplier performance and/or capabilities
Work with key stakeholders to identify, plan, and execute continuous improvement opportunities to decrease total cost of ownership
Annually meet with key stakeholders to identify areas for continuous improvement as it pertains to procurement
Facilitate the engagement of suppliers to assist in the action plan to improve total cost of ownership
Stay engaged with business activities by attending routine meetings with key stakeholders
Carry out company policies regarding procurement practices, standards and ethical conduct to ensure a fair, effective, and competitive sourcing process throughout the organization
Assist with the development of policies and procedures regarding service delivery model and the strategic procurement process. Train procurement staff and non-procurement personnel on processes and procedures
Under the direction of senior procurement personnel, work with local and regional procurement and operations personnel to implement inventory policies for assigned categories
Qualification
Required
Four year degree in Engineering or Business Administration
3-5 years of procurement experience with exposure in an industrial or manufacturing environment
Previous experience in project management
Strategic planning experience
Performance management experience
Contract negotiations experience
Experience working in cross-functional teams
Working knowledge in contemporary procurement process
Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills enabling effective interaction with all levels of management
Strong analytical and computer skills (MS Office Suite)
Preferred
Previous experience in global sourcing initiatives
Leading cross-functional teams
SAP experience
Professional certification in Procurement or Supply Chain Management
Company
Gerdau North America
In North America, Gerdau manufactures merchant bar, structural steel, piling, special bar quality and rebar products for the agricultural, automotive, civil construction, distribution, energy, industrial, and mining markets.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Brittany Concepcion , MBA(HRM)
Human Resources Business Partner
Christy McDonald, CIR, PRC, CSMR, CSSR
Regional Talent Acquisition Partner
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