Strategic Global Category Manager – Capital Equipment

Flint Hills Resources; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Glass in Auburn Hills, MI, is seeking a Global Category Manager to shape sourcing and supplier strategies guiding capital investments and long-term value. You will partner with cross-functional teams to align priorities, requirements, and lifecycle economics before commitments.

Join Guardian Glass’s Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group and drive strategic direction across regions, engaging Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal, and project teams to deliver value through disciplined

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or related commercial discipline.
• Experience developing commercial strategies and leading supplier negotiations and contracts.
• Working knowledge of total cost of ownership and lifecycle economics.
• Ability to influence across technical, operational, financial, and legal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term category and supplier strategies with stakeholders.
• Resolve gaps between specs, proposals, and contracts before award.
• Lead commercial and contracting strategies for assigned categories.
• Develop supplier qualification and relationship-management approaches.
• Identify and mitigate supply, commercial, compliance, and continuity risks.
• Build total-cost-of-ownership and lifecycle-economic models.
• Lead negotiations and enable regional teams to execute strategies.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Supplier negotiations

Stakeholder influence

Lifecycle economics

Job description

Guardian Glass in Auburn Hills, MI, is seeking a Global Category Manager to shape sourcing and supplier strategies guiding capital investments and long-term value. You will partner with cross-functional teams to align priorities, requirements, and lifecycle economics before commitments.

Join Guardian Glass’s Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group and drive strategic direction across regions, engaging Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal, and project teams to deliver value through disciplined