Donaldson · 14 hours ago
Category Manager, Global Procurement
Bloomington, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$78K/yr - $101K/yr
3+ years expDonaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. The Category Manager, Global Procurement role is a great opportunity to join a high-impact team, responsible for developing and implementing procurement strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
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U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support the development and implementation procurement strategies that ensure supply and financial objectives are achieved
Monitors commodity markets that influence cost and supply in areas of responsibility and uses this information to refine commodity strategies
Executes fact-based negotiations that drive best total cost and ensure continuous supply for Donaldson
Communicate category strategies and trends, to the Donaldson leadership team and other stakeholders and also provides periodic overviews of category strategy effectiveness
Manage category pricing to align with current market conditions and in consideration of cost of commodity inputs
Independent of market prices, drives year-over-year cost reductions with all assigned suppliers
Identify, on-board and develop suppliers appropriate to Donaldson strategic sourcing objectives
Uses supplier performance management data and tools to drive supplier performance around quality, delivery, cost and continuous improvement
Performs regular reviews with suppliers to recognize and benchmark strong performance and/or develop meaningful action plans to remedy sub-standard performance
Provide support to Donaldson plant and distribution center teams to ensure strong alignment around servicing our end customers and ensuring efficient and profitable operations within Donaldson
Engage the Supplier Quality Management team in supplier development processes to ensure 50 DPPM quality levels are achieved
Complete comprehensive risk management assessments of the supply base through formal assessment tools, audits and analysis, coupled with face-to-face and on-site interactions
Identifies and implements countermeasures to mitigate identified risks
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
3+ years of procurement experience, ideally in buying and negotiation
Preferred
CPSM Certification would be ideal
Critical thinker who possesses quantitative/data analytical skills
Strong negotiator who uses knowledge-based data-drive negotiating techniques
Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to read market and commodity conditions and use information to drive pricing
Ability to identify and implement innovative cost savings projects
Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications of assigned commodities
Driven by continuous learning and development; passionate about innovation and improvement
Proactive/sense of urgency
Benefits
Health benefits
Retirement plan (401k)
Paid time away
Paid leaves (including paid parental leave)
Company
Donaldson
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Tod Carpenter
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bradley Pogalz
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-02-09
2025-12-05
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