Global Category Manager Fabrication

Job Description
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 fabricated components, systems and related items, ensuring alignment with business objectives and cost targets.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of product cost structures, including raw materials, labor, overhead, tooling, and logistics, to drive cost transparency and value engineering initiatives.
• Conduct detailed should-cost analysis and cost modeling 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.

Who You Are:
You quickly and decisively act in constantly evolving, unexpected situations. You adjust communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse partners. You always keep the end in sight; puts in extra effort to meet deadlines. You analyze multiple and diverse sources of information to define problems accurately before moving to solutions. You observe situational and group dynamics and select best-fit approach.

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.
• Possess strong analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• Engineering Graduate in Electrical/ Instrumentation/ Mechanical Engineering.
• 15+ years of experience in Category Management, procurement, or supply chain
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.

Our Culture & Commitment to You
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

About Us
WHY EMERSON
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world's most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You'll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.

At Emerson, you'll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let's go. Let's think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let's go, together.

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About Emerson
Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.

With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.

We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you're an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you'll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let's go

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