Category Manager - Indirect

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

As a Global Supply Category Manager – Indirect, you will be working closely with your peers as part of an experienced team of strategic sourcing professionals located around the world.

This role is responsible for maintaining the strategic sourcing direction of their assigned categories, refining and executing sourcing strategies in line with our enterprise goals, and supporting and enhancing processes to procure components and services. The Category Manager will participate in key initiatives such as annual savings projects, tariff mitigation, and aspects of our Elevate strategy.

You will have the opportunity to work across global departments, building relationships and engagements with key stakeholders throughout Tennant.

Responsibilities: 

• Manage and prioritize multiple projects and negotiations simultaneously
• React and process/understand new information quickly with high numeric & deductive reasoning
• Ability to accept ambiguity and be driven to find solutions to solve problems
• Utilize historical spend data from multiple sources, product/service agreements, company budget and other data to proactively identify a pipeline of sourcing opportunities, reducing total cost of ownership and improving vendor performance.
• Ability to turn data into stories and action items
• Develop and drive global category strategies taking into account internal requirements and limitations as well as current and future external market conditions for the organization’s global footprint.
• Capture and maintain Total Cost Models for specific categories, programs and initiatives.  Understand the different factors and calculations determining the total cost and provide insight into model and improvements. 
• Anticipate, acknowledge and mitigate Global Supply related issues in the assigned category group that may affect customers and business goals.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key organizational functional associates and stakeholders across multiple global regions.
• Support operations and warehousing with vendor relationship management, quarterly reviews and performance management.
• Assist local and global plants leaders with their quest for optimization through vendor performance and TCO reduction programs.
• Identify and evaluate cost saving opportunities, and lead projects to realize cost savings.

Required Education and Experience:
 

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum 5 years of related work experience
• Basic SAP or related ERP experience
• Strong Microsoft Excel and analytical skills required
• Microsoft Office experience
• Must possess high drive and self-initiative to obtain results
• Demonstrated success initiating change and ability to influence at all levels
• Confidence in role as an individual contributor and ability to lead through others

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $83,500 - 125,100 Annualized
Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Tennant Co. reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualifications of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.  
Total Compensation = Base Salary + Benefits  
Benefits = A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, disability, life insurance, paid time off, and voluntary benefits! 

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other basis protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.