One of our prestigious client “500 fortune MNC” is looking for “Global Category Manager -Measuring Instruments” for Pune.
Business Group: Measurement Solutions
Primary Work Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Job Summary:
If you are a Supply Chain professional and looking for career opportunity, Emerson has an
exciting offer to you! A Global Category Manager will be responsible for developing and
executing category strategies on a global scale. This role involves managing supplier
relationships, optimizing procurement processes, and ensuring the best value for the company.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in strategic sourcing, excellent negotiation
skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across various departments
In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Lead the Category management of variety of Measuring Instruments and related items, ensuring alignment with business objectives and cost targets.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of product cost structures, including raw materials, processing, labor, overhead, tooling, and logistics, to drive cost transparency and value engineering initiatives.
- Conduct detailed should-cost analysis and develop cost models( supply Chain
- Benchmarking tools) to support supplier negotiations and internal decision-making.
- Collaborate with engineering, proposal, operations, and finance teams to influence design-to-cost strategies and optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Develop, implement, and manage long-term contracts and pricing agreements, ensuring clarity in terms, deliverables, and performance metric
- Develop and implement global category strategies to drive cost savings and improve
supplier performance, ensure alignment of category strategies with business objectives.
- Manage Intercompany and third party supplier relationships in a global environment, including negotiations, cost savings, contract management, and performance evaluations.
- Analyze project funnels and select appropriate models for stocking plan and provide
- projections to intercompany factories and 3 rd Party suppliers. Monitor and manage inventory levels
- Lead the scouting, qualification and development of new vendors based on the changing
- business requirements around product, scope and capacities.
- Generate periodic Supplier performance scorecards, Report on category performance to
senior leadership on monthly/Quarterly basis.
- Serve as the Supplier relationship manager for select categories. Liaison with project
teams to drive strategic initiatives at supplier. Organize QBRs (Quarterly Business Reviews)
- Conduct market analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and risks within the category.
- Continuously seek ways to improve supplier manufacturing processes, capacity and capabilities.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technological advancements, and best practices.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of internal guidelines and processes
For This Role, You Will Need:
- Minimum 5-7 years of proven experience in the category Management role
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a global matrix organization
- Proficiency in Should costing, MS Office applications, ERP (Oracle/SAP) tools
- Ability to lead change and alignment on new concepts and approaches through persistence, self-motivation, follow-through, and commitment.
- Able to manage and schedule multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- A fair level of understanding is must for below listed products & solutions-: Pressure transmitters, Diff Pressure transmitters. Temperature Transmitters, RTD, Thermowell,
- Temperature Gauge, Pressure gauges, Rotameters, Flow switches, Level switch & Indicators, HVAC etc
Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:
- Engineering Graduate in Mechanical Engineering /Electrical/ Instrumentation Engineering.
- 15+ years of experience in Category Management, procurement, or supply chain
- Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
Please apply – ta@pinacolish.com