Supply Chain Sourcing Category Manager

Intralox; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 57,400 - 163,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

401K

Job summary

Intralox is seeking a Sourcing Category Manager (SCM) to join the Equipment Supply Chain Team in a hybrid role blending technical and supply chain expertise. The successful candidate will act as the Category CEO, driving profitability and long-term value despite a lack of direct authority over others.

Responsibilities include developing supplier strategies, managing relationships, and guiding cross-functional teams to optimize cost, lead time and service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of industry or function-relevant experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to influence across all levels of an organization.
• Proven leadership, planning and team-building capabilities.
• Self-managed individual who is a team player; able to deliver clear presentations.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Willing/able to travel ~30% (domestic and international).

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term relationships that enable growth and customer acquisition.
• Maintain deep knowledge of global markets, technology and supplier landscape to inform decisions.
• Drive supplier selection and specifications in line with Category Management Principles.
• Resolve delivery, quality and technical challenges using root cause analysis.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Engineering, Production, Project Management, Commercial and Product Management teams to deliver optimal solutions.
• Build and execute category strategies focused on the global optima that optimize cost, lead time, capacity and service.
• Conduct performance reviews and align expectations, contracts and capabilities.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Self-managed

MS Office

Influence

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Intralox is a division of Laitram, L.L.C., with an extensive portfolio of innovative conveyance solutions and services that improve lives and optimize businesses worldwide. Our global workforce of over 3,000 employees in 20+ countries consists of reliable problem solvers, continuously developing and delivering solutions that drive our customers’ growth worldwide for more than 50 years.

Intralox was founded on the principle of doing the right thing, by treating customers, employees, and suppliers with honesty, fairness, and respect. We invest heavily in these values and aim to practice our business philosophy principles every day, which is why we have been consistently recognized for innovation and workplace excellence. We believe in the power of a good idea no matter where it comes from, using trust as the foundation to how we work, and that self‑managed people are our greatest asset.

We listen objectively, think creatively, and deliver results. To learn more about our company culture, philosophy, and benefits, please visit our company page.

Job Description

Intralox L.L.C. has a position available for a Sourcing Category Manager (SCM). The qualified individual will be part of the Intralox Equipment Supply Chain Team in a hybrid role of technical and supply chain expertise.

We are looking for someone who naturally finds their way into conversations that matter and proves they belong once there. This role calls for curiosity over ego: someone comfortable asking the 'uncomfortable' question in a room full of experts, and determined enough to track down the right answer, wherever it hides. The right candidate is a pragmatic pioneer able to step into unfamiliar terrain, make sense of it quickly, and start sketching a better path forward with limited guidance that leads to decision making. They are energized by challenge, unafraid to stand alone when needed, and willing to deliver hard truths with clarity and purpose. They do not seek to make others uncomfortable by asking the hard questions, but they also do not flinch when the job calls for it, especially when efficiency, cost, or outcomes are on the line. They make decisions, own them, learn fast, and keep moving—because the idea of standing still (or eroding value) is far more uncomfortable than being wrong.

Key Elements

• Act as the Category CEO.
• Even though the SCM has no direct authority over others, treat the category as if it is your own business. Influence others and drive towards long‑term profitability always.
• Look Around Corners.
• What could go wrong? How are you thinking now to either avoid the pitfalls of the future or put systems in place to ride through them?

Core Responsibilities

• Develop long‑term relationships that enable growth, innovation and customer acquisition.
• Maintain deep knowledge of the global markets, technology and supplier landscape to inform decisions.
• Drive supplier selection and specifications in line with Category Management Principles.
• Resolve delivery, quality and technical challenges using root cause analysis.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with R&D, Engineering, Production, Project Management, Commercial and Product Management teams to deliver optimal solutions.
• Build and execute category strategies focused on the global optima that optimize cost, lead time, capacity and service.
• Conduct performance reviews and align expectations, contracts and capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of industry or function‑relevant experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to influence across all levels of an organization.
• Proven leadership, planning and team‑building capabilities.
• Must be a self‑managed individual who is a team player.
• Ability to deliver clear, impactful presentations.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Willing/able to travel ~30% (domestic and international).

Desired Qualifications

• Category Management Experience.
• Industry experience in Mechanical Hardware.
• Demonstrated expertise in contract development, negotiation and execution.
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) System familiarity.

Intralox Sourcing Category Manager Cultural Attributes

• Think Like an Owner. Take responsibility for driving results, even when doing so requires working beyond the traditional boundaries of the SCM role.
• Seek to Understand with Vigor. Be Objective and Seek Truth. Do not take 'no' as an answer until a law of physics has been identified. Be comfortable with making others uncomfortable as you do so.
• Drill Deep to Understand Facts Firsthand.
• Gain a depth of understanding that gives the ability to articulate and defend the specification of any component or design 'accepted'.
• One Team; No 'Us vs. Them'. Always seek the global optima. Only Intralox wins. There is no such thing as a win for Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Management, or any other internal team in isolation.
• Push for what you believe.
• No Victim Mindset.
• Accept the final decision or leave.
• Understand What is Important and Why. Develop a sense for what is 'Roughly Right.'
• Do not let perfect be the enemy of first and good enough.
• Do not fear failure. Hold the confidence necessary to make decisions with ambiguous information and take calculated risk. Have the resilience needed when the decision is wrong to learn, adapt and move forward without hesitation. Play to win.
• By choice we improve. Learn! Adapt through feedback, experimentation and iteration. Be curious. Continuous improvement is a choice, make it.

Intralox’s benefit program is a major part of an employee’s total compensation from the company. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including health, dental, vision, and disability insurance, paid time off, 401K, flexible spending account, life and AD&D insurance, long‑term care, tuition reimbursement, and additional voluntary benefits.

Salary Range: $57,400 to $163,800.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.