Strategic Category Manager: Chemicals, Gases & Energy

Coherent Corp.; Sherman (TX); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Coherent Corp. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to develop and execute multi-year category strategies for Chemicals & Gases and Energy & Utilities.

You will lead sourcing, negotiations, and contract renewals while driving savings and working capital improvements. In this role, you will coordinate with Finance, Data Analytics, and site stakeholders to forecast trends, maintain KPI dashboards, and deliver enterprise-wide LTAs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, finance, Procurement or a related field required.
• 5+ years Procurement experience.

Responsabilités

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for Chemicals & Gases and Energy & Utilities.
• Lead strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, competitive bidding, pricing initiatives, and contract renewals.
• Develop and maintain preferred supplier and long-term agreement strategies.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and lead supplier performance, governance, and escalation activities.
• Identify, negotiate, validate, and track savings, cost avoidance, and working capital opportunities.
• Ensure negotiated savings are translated into executed PO pricing and reflected through procurement and Finance reporting.
• Partner with Finance and Data Analytics to maintain savings methodologies, forecasts, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Develop annual savings opportunity pipelines and category forecasts.
• Support tax exemption, tariff optimization, energy cost-reduction initiatives and sustainability programs.
• Coordinate with site managers and stakeholders on sourcing and implementation activities.
• Provide commercial leadership for strategic and higher-risk programs, representing site and business requirements during supplier negotiations.
• Maintain contract visibility, renewal planning, compliance, and lifecycle governance.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate fragmented supplier relationships into LTAs and enterprise-level agreements.
• Monitor supplier and program KPIs and drive corrective actions.
• Standardize commercial terms and working capital improvements.
• Provide category forecasts, total-cost guidance, market intelligence, and commercial recommendations.
• Support Power BI, ASL, and other procurement reporting and governance processes.

Connaissances

Strategic Sourcing

Supplier Negotiations

Contract Management

Cost Reduction

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Procurement Systems

Formation

Bachelor's degree

5+ years Procurement experience

Outils

Power BI

ERP/Procurement Systems

Contract Management Systems

Description du poste

Coherent Corp. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to develop and execute multi-year category strategies for Chemicals & Gases and Energy & Utilities.

You will lead sourcing, negotiations, and contract renewals while driving savings and working capital improvements. In this role, you will coordinate with Finance, Data Analytics, and site stakeholders to forecast trends, maintain KPI dashboards, and deliver enterprise-wide LTAs.