Global Category Manager – Machined Components

Role Overview

• Plans, organizes, directs, and communicates all strategic sourcing activities for assigned commodities and services, collaborating closely with cross-functional partners in supply chain, engineering, technical support, and operations.
• Conducts brainstorming and problem-solving sessions at facilities with cross-functional groups to identify strategic opportunities and prioritize deployment of cost-saving initiatives.
• Provides oversight, guidance, and direction to sourcing and project managers to ensure effective deployment of strategic projects with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborates with global and regional supply teams to identify, assess, and qualify strategic suppliers that align with category and business objectives.
• Partners with global facilities to build regional and global material cost-savings funnels aligned with corporate strategies and financial targets.
• Leads comprehensive spend analysis, developing countermeasures for projects that fall short of plan and making data-driven decisions to resolve issues and ensure teams meet or exceed financial targets.
• Develop and deliver category strategies that advance strategic sourcing initiatives, drive year-over-year cost savings, and support long-term value creation.
• Proactively evaluates internal and external process improvement opportunities, leading and influencing meaningful changes to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Partners with Regal Rexnord business segments to prepare Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and oversees the screening and supplier selection process.
• Negotiates and manages supplier contracts, including payment terms, delivery schedules, pricing, freight terms, currency exposure, raw material fluctuations, and inventory levels.
• Analyzes market and delivery conditions to assess current and future product needs and identify potential availability risks.
• Provides timely reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) and presents strategic sourcing plans and performance updates to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required (BA or BS), preferably in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Engineering.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment within a strategic Procurement or Supply Chain role.
• Proven experience developing and executing global sourcing strategies.
• Strong technical expertise in machining processes—including milling, turning, grinding, metal forming, and gear cutting—with deep understanding of manufacturing and raw material inputs for machined and stamped components.
• Proven experience operating within a matrixed organization and managing categories at a global level.
• Experienced in negotiating external machining processes and driving supplier development with measurable performance improvements.
• Skilled in sourcing across low-cost regions and managing global, multi-region partnerships.
• Proven success thriving in change-intensive, high-stretch environments.
• Strong cost-modeling expertise for machined, cast, and fabricated components.
• Proven track record delivering strategic sourcing KPIs, including cost reductions and strategy deployment.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance