Sr Global Category Manager

Auto req ID: 23473  
Title: Sr Global Category Manager  
Job Function: Materials and Procurement  
Location: Remote 
Company: Harley-Davidson Motor Company  
Full or Part-Time: Full Time  
 

 At Harley-Davidson, we are building more than machines. It’s our passion and commitment to continue the evolution of this storied brand, and heighten the desirability of the Harley-Davidson experience. To keep building our legend and leading our industry through innovation, evolution, and emotion we need the best and brightest talent. We stand for the timeless pursuit of adventure. Freedom for the soul. Are you ready to join us?

We maximize employee flexibility and well-being through a virtual mindset that supports our highly distributed, global workforce. We take an outcome-focused, people-centered approach to winning, including welcoming the best talent - wherever they may be.

This remote role is not tightly linked to a physical location and provides flexibility in where, when and how you accomplish your work. Remote employees are expected to have a dedicated, quiet and distraction-free work space and an internet connection that’s sufficient for completing their job remotely.

Job Summary

This position will be responsible for providing strategic and tactical direction for a Supply Management category team or teams. It will be directly responsible for the work unit's performance including providing daily work direction, category strategy leadership, employee and supplier performance evaluations, resource allocation, business planning and control, and the development and realization of company-wide initiatives within the jurisdiction of the work unit(s) represented.

Job Responsibilities

• Support development of and deploy strategic initiatives to facilitate cross-business synergies across a rationalized set of global and regional preferred supplier partners.
• Champion and manage key strategic supplier contracts, commercial performance, and relationships.
• Review, approve, monitor, and report compliance to category agreements and strategies based upon Harley-Davidson Supply Management (SM) policies
• Present new planning tools, methods, technical analysis, standards and procurement opportunities with senior management that are aligned with SM/Harley-Davidson strategic plans and cost reduction initiatives.
• Plan, prepare and execute annual value proposition for the owned spend, and support execution with the business cross functional teams.
• Champion Supplier Business Reviews with assigned suppliers
• Identify potential financial / operational threats to the business and develop / deploy proactive supplier risk mitigation strategies to ensure supply continuity.
• Manages employees and has accountability for the performance and results …