Associate Category Manager

Club Car; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Club Car seeks a skilled procurement professional to manage global/regional commodities in support of the Senior Category Manager. You will engage internal stakeholders to capture requirements, qualify suppliers, and support negotiations and supplier selection.

Responsibilities include driving commodity strategy, forecasting, and lifecycle management, while coordinating with regional NPD teams and achieving supply continuity across regions. Travel up to 30% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, operations, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3+ years in procurement sourcing, consulting, buying or analyst roles.
• Strong negotiating skills and vendor assessment experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; travel up to 30%.
• Ability to coordinate across functions and resolve conflicts.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day category supplier relations and identify growth opportunities.
• Partner with engineering, operations and quality to capture commodity requirements.
• Assist with developing and executing detailed commodity strategy.
• Lead negotiations and supplier selection; manage contract lifecycle and compliance.
• Drive productivity through price negotiations and value engineering projects.
• Support supplier segmentation and quarterly reviews for strategic suppliers.

Skills

Supplier negotiations

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Global supply chain

Cost analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business / Supply Chain

Tools

FEA

SRM tools

Job description

Club 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.

General Job Description

Manage on-going global and/or regional commodities in support of the Senior Category Manager. Identify and engage with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, and quality) to capture commodity requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality. Support negotiations and supplier selection. Responsible for less complex negotiating, and supplier coordination. Advises on options risks, total cost of ownership, and business impacts. Support region/sector NPD Procurement teams through preferred supplier programs and strategy development.

Primary Duties And Responsibilites

• 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

Other Duties And Responsibilities

• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business , Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering or related field.

Experience:

• 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%.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• 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).

Physical Requirements

• 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.

Club Car is a diverse and inclusive environment. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, dedicated to hiring a diverse workforce including individuals with disabilities and United States qualified protected veterans. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated at Club Car.