Sr. Category Manager

DMEX Donaldson SA de CV; Aguascalientes; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Donaldson Company is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead the Castings procurement for The Americas. You will interface with all levels, drive strategy, and negotiate with suppliers to secure supply and favorable total cost.

You will analyze markets, manage supplier performance, and collaborate with plant and distribution teams to ensure efficient, profitable operations across Donaldson's global footprint. English proficiency is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field.
• 5–7 years of professional-level sourcing experience.
• Strong data analytics skills and proficiency with MS Office.
• Advanced English level; automotive or manufacturing industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Defines procurement strategy for the Castings Commodity to meet supply and financial goals.
• Monitors markets and refines commodity strategies.
• Negotiates to achieve best total cost and continuous supply.
• Communicates strategies and outcomes to leadership and stakeholders.
• Manages pricing in line with market conditions and inputs.
• Drives year-over-year cost reductions with suppliers.
• Identifies and develops suppliers aligned to objectives.
• Uses performance data to improve quality, delivery, and cost.
• Supports plants and distribution centers for efficient operations.
• Leverages risk tools to mitigate supply risks.

Skills

Data analytics

Advanced English

Sourcing experience

Automotive/manufacturing domain

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

Donaldson is committed to solving the world's most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities. We are searching for a high-energy Senior Category Manager to join our global world-class organization. This exciting role will be primarily responsible for one of our major commodity categories for The Americas. You will interface with all levels of our organization and with our suppliers. This position has high visibility and offers many opportunities to positively contribute to the success of our company and for our customers. Strong performance is recognized by Donaldson Company and we offer a rewarding and professional environment.

Role Responsibilities:

• Defines the implementation of procurement strategy for the Castings Commodity that ensure supply and financial objectives are achieved.
• Monitors commodity markets that influence cost and supply in area(s) 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.
• Communicates commodity strategies and trends, to the Donaldson leadership team and other stakeholders and also provides periodic overviews of commodity strategy effectiveness.
• Manages commodity 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.
• Identifies, on-boards, and develops 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.
• Provides 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.
• Engages the Supplier Quality Management team in supplier development processes to ensure 50 PPM quality levels are achieved.
• Completes 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field and minimum 5 - 7 years professional-level sourcing experience
• Strong data analytics skills and proficiency with MS Office applications
• Advanced English level
• Experience in the automotive or manufacturing industry.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Institute for Supply Management (ISM) - CPSM Certification
• Association for Supply Chain Management (formerly APICS) - CPIM or SCOR-P Certification
• Employment opportunities for positions in the United States may require use of information which is subject to the export control regulations of the United States.
• Hiring decisions for such positions are required by law to be made in compliance with these regulations.
• Applicants for employment opportunities in other countries must be able to meet the comparable export control requirements of that country and of the United States.

Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.

Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts.

Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more.

Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents.

The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand. Learn more at www.donaldson.com.