Career Opportunities at JELD-WEN: Category Manager

The Role

As a valued member of the rapidly growing global procurement team, the Category Manager will lead the management of assigned commodities for the North American region. This person will establish and implement short and long term strategies for continued cost reduction and value improvement and also responsible for negotiating all major contracts and agreements within the category and delivering the best value to JELD-WEN.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is shaping global procurement policies and strategy across JELD-WEN. The incumbent will take ownership of an assigned commodity and deliver on agreed upon KPIs for that category.  Our global procurement team sources commodities including glass, metals, plastics, logs & lumber, boards & doors, chemicals, door & window hardware, molding & millwork, and packaging.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for all commercial relationships with suppliers within the assigned category areas, securing targeted levels of cost, quality, delivery precision, sustainability, etc.


• Develop and implement approved category strategies that actively search for performance improvement and cost reduction opportunities by understanding customer needs, supply market trends and innovation.


• Drive value by implementing strategic sourcing and entering into cost effective Supply Agreements that fulfil supply requirements within the assigned categories.


• Manage the total lifecycle of a supplier contract, including submission to legal, expiration alerts, etc. within the categories assigned.


• Responsible for supplier performance and rating based on Key Performance Metrics (KPI) for Quality, Delivery, and Cost.


• Find and develop new suppliers, as required, according to JELD-WEN supplier guidelines.


• Conduct detailed demand, spend, cost and market analysis and a structured approach to tendering and negotiating with suppliers given the assigned commodity strategy.


• Segment suppliers and manage supplier relationships to drive supplier development and integration for existing, new and potential suppliers


• Serve as the SME for commodity price trends that impact the assigned categories and advise the business on future impact

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Foundational knowledge and acumen in procurement and category management


• Professional knowledge to support, advise and deliver on the strategy underpinning global sourcing efforts and deliver on key KPIs


• Project management skills including excellent planning, time management, decision making and organization skills


• Intermediate Software skillset to include PowerPoint, Excel and PowerBI.


• Skilled in building effective working relationships with vendors and suppliers by taking a customer-focused approach


• Exemplary ability to analyze, evaluate and report procurement information and data to inform management decisions and track outcomes


• Self-motivated and results oriented, with a bias to action


• Commitment to own professional development

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of advanced education and/or relevant work experience, or equivalent depth of experience in a sourcing role within a high-volume manufacturing environment


• Strong background in global sourcing with the ability to negotiate complex contracts and drive value across the supply chain


• 3+ years of experience managing medium-to-large spend portfolios (approximately $50MM+)


• Demonstrated experience with complex contract negotiation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing highly complex or multi-category spend environments


• Demonstrated experience with Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) methodologies

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