Category Lead

Grand Rapids, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 70125 - 102850

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Global Strategic Direct Team at Dematic is looking for a Category Lead to join our winning team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop communicate and complete world-class category strategies that mitigate risk ensure top-line growth and drive bottom-line savings. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other Procurement Regional Category Leads Project Management Engineering Solutions Development Finance A/P Quality and others while taking on large regional spending within our growing organization positioning Dematic for future success.

We offer:

Career Development
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Pay Transparency
Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $70125 to $102850 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location education experience knowledge and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will Do in This Role:

Own document communicate and align category strategies for assigned spend.
Develop and maintain strong competitive supply sources that meet quality service and cost goals.
Lead supplier negotiations using market analysis sourcing plans and internally aligned negotiation outcomes.
Drive risk analysis and mitigation planning to prevent and respond quickly to supply interruptions.
Review and provide input on contract terms pricing delivery and other key business requirements.
Apply financial expertise to build cost models analyze market drivers and secure competitive pricing and contracts supporting margin targets.
Ensure pricing compliance with master supply agreements and manage costsavings initiatives through implementation.
Gather internal voiceofcustomer feedback to shape category strategies and decisions.
Build competitive supplier panels mitigate sole/singlesource risks and monitor supplier financial health.
Conduct strategic supplier business reviews committed to technology collaboration and future competitiveness.

What We Are Looking For:

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in business supply chain engineering or related field.
5 years of procurement experience with a focus on category management; CPSM preferred.
Strong leadership communication analytical skills and ability to multitask in a fastpaced environment.
Proven track record influencing decisions getting results and operate with minimal direction.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and SAP.
Embodies KION valuesIntegrity Collaboration Courage and Excellence.
Willingness to travel up to 25% and operate with urgency when needed.

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We offer:

Career Development
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Pay Transparency
Global Opportunities

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will Do in This Role:

Own document communicate and align category strategies for assigned spend.
Develop and maintain strong competitive supply sources that meet quality service and cost goals.
Lead supplier negotiations using market analysis sourcing plans and internally aligned negotiation outcomes.
Drive risk analysis and mitigation planning to prevent and respond quickly to supply interruptions.
Review and provide input on contract terms pricing delivery and other key business requirements.
Apply financial expertise to build cost models analyze market drivers and secure competitive pricing and contracts supporting margin targets.
Ensure pricing compliance with master supply agreements and manage costsavings initiatives through implementation.
Gather internal voiceofcustomer feedback to shape category strategies and decisions.
Build competitive supplier panels mitigate sole/singlesource risks and monitor supplier financial health.
Conduct strategic supplier business reviews committed to technology collaboration and future competitiveness.

What We Are Looking For:

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in business supply chain engineering or related field.
5 years of procurement experience with a focus on category management; CPSM preferred.
Strong leadership communication analytical skills and ability to multitask in a fastpaced environment.
Proven track record influencing decisions getting results and operate with minimal direction.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and SAP.
Embodies KION valuesIntegrity Collaboration Courage and Excellence.
Willingness to travel up to 25% and operate with urgency when needed.

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Key Skills

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Design And Estimation
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About Company

KION

We are a leading supplier of forklifts and warehouse equipment as well as automation technology and software solutions for the optimization of supply chains.

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