Role OverviewThe Regional Category Manager serves as the primary commercial and strategic point of contact for assigned suppliers and categories supporting Molex Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS). This role is responsible for building strong supplier partnerships, driving supplier performance, mitigating supply chain risk, and ensuring continuity of supply for mission-critical aerospace and defense products.
What You Will Do
Serve as the primary relationship strategic categories, develop and execute supplier relationship strategies, build strong partnerships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders, lead supplier business reviews and performance discussions, monitor supplier performance metrics, identify and mitigate supplier risks, support new product development initiatives, collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Supplier Quality teams, drive supplier development initiatives, lead escalation management efforts, and partner with Procurement and Legal teams.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This role requires a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field, 5+ years of experience in procurement, category management, supplier management, strategic sourcing, or supply chain leadership, experience managing supplier relationships, supplier performance programs, and business reviews, strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, experience working in a manufacturing environment with direct materials suppliers, strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, and ability to influence and collaborate across a matrixed global organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in procurement, category management, supplier management, strategic sourcing, or supply chain leadership
- Experience managing supplier relationships, supplier performance programs, and business reviews
- Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment with direct materials suppliers
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to influence and collaborate across a matrixed global organization
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Life insurance
- ADD
- Disability
- Retirement
- Paid vacation/time off
- Educational assistance
- Infertility assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
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