Senior Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Briggs & Stratton; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, seeks a Category Manager to drive strategic sourcing for assigned commodities, leading supplier selection, cost reduction, and performance management across the enterprise.

You will develop global sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, and oversee packaging and electronics-related categories, collaborating with plants and executives for alignment and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or equivalent experience.
• 2–3 years of purchasing or related field experience.
• Proficiency in MS Excel or Google Sheets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience overseeing multiple plants/sites preferred.
• Knowledge of strategic sourcing and supplier processes.
• Ability to travel 10% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate broad purchasing practices, quotes and reviews cost/price and value analysis to select, reviews alternative suppliers
• Build and manage high level supplier relationships: communicating supplier performance & gaps to goals, and outlining improvement to ensure business objectives are met
• Ensuring supplier training for relevant processes and procedures
• Establishing and managing strategic sourcing goals and metrics for cost reduction, supplier performance, and sourcing decisions
• Researching and evaluating the benefits of contracts, open-market purchases and out-sourcing
• Negotiating, writing and verifying legal issues of supply agreements
• Recommending and implementing changes in processes or procedures for assigned areas
• Defining, resolving, and providing permanent solutions to systemic supplier performance issues
• Leading continuous cost reduction / value improvement activity by developing and executing projects, competitively quoting, conducting negotiations, and developing/executing cost models
• Developing and implementing communication plans to key stakeholders

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Supplier relationship

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management

Equivalent experience and education

Tools

MS Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, seeks a Category Manager to drive strategic sourcing for assigned commodities, leading supplier selection, cost reduction, and performance management across the enterprise.

You will develop global sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, and oversee packaging and electronics-related categories, collaborating with plants and executives for alignment and execution.