Strategic Category Manager — Body Components

International Motors, LLC; Lisle, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

International Motors, LLC in Lisle, Illinois is seeking a Category Manager – Body Components to lead strategic sourcing across the Body Components portfolio, partnering with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to balance TQDCS goals and ensure supply continuity.

You will own supplier relationships, negotiate contracts, analyze spend, and drive cost improvements while delivering executive-ready updates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with experience in purchasing/procurement.
• Five+ years in purchasing/procurement with lead experience.
• Alternate: 3+ years with Master's and lead experience.
• Eight+ years purchasing/procurement with lead experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Body Components category strategies aligned with business objectives and TQDCS value drivers.
• Lead sourcing decisions and supplier selection for new product launches and current business to improve technology, quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability.
• Own the commercial relationship with the assigned supply base, including negotiations, cost reduction roadmaps, contract execution, escalations, and supplier development.
• Analyze category spend, supplier cost structures, market dynamics, benchmark data, and should-cost inputs to identify value creation opportunities and mitigate cost increases.
• Build fact-based business cases to support sourcing decisions, supplier nominations, and implementation plans.
• Lead or support cross-functional category management teams to align sourcing strategies and drive execution across engineering, quality, operations, finance, and supply chain.
• Monitor and improve supplier performance in quality, launch readiness, delivery, service, and responsiveness while proactively managing supply continuity and business risk.
• Identify and execute opportunities for dual sourcing, localization, footprint optimization, and other actions that strengthen supply resilience and total cost performance.
• Prepare executive-level summaries and presentations to support leadership reviews, sourcing approvals, and strategic updates.

Skills

Category management

Supplier negotiations

Sourcing strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

International Motors, LLC in Lisle, Illinois is seeking a Category Manager – Body Components to lead strategic sourcing across the Body Components portfolio, partnering with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to balance TQDCS goals and ensure supply continuity.

You will own supplier relationships, negotiate contracts, analyze spend, and drive cost improvements while delivering executive-ready updates.