Senior Category Leader

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 Sr. Category Leader – Direct Global Supply, you will be working closely with the Sr. Manager Global Strategic Supply and your peers, an experienced team of strategic sourcing professionals. The Sr. Category Leader will be responsible for maintaining the strategic sourcing direction for their categories, develop sourcing strategies in line with enterprise goals, and support and enhance processes to procure raw materials and components. The Sr. Category Leader will also participate in key initiatives such as annual cost down projects, in-flight cost savings projects, and supply risk mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Lead self and others to develop and drive global category strategies with internal requirements, strategic objectives, and current and future market conditions considered.
• Leverage proven negotiation skills to achieve favorable results for the organization and lead team members through complex negotiations.
• Draft, negotiate, and deliver multifaceted long-term agreements with strategic suppliers.
• Comprehend new information quickly and act with high numeric and deductive reasoning.
• Actively contribute to the global supply total cost savings funnel.
• Anticipate and mitigate global supply-related risks and exercise appropriate judgement when determining the need for internal escalation.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key organizational stakeholders across multiple global regions.
• Effectively communicate upward in the organization for reporting on key performance indicators and for escalation purposes.
• Recommend, develop, and implement new processes and refine existing processes.
• Lead self and others through cross-functional sourcing projects with an acute focus on risk management and meeting cost and timing targets.

 
Education and Experience
 

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• MBA or Master Degree highly preferred
• Minimum 4 years of related work experience
• Experience with economic factors such as commodities and currencies
• Microsoft Office experience – including strong Microsoft Excel experience
• SAP or related ERP experience is a plus
• Familiarity with SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) is a plus
• 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: $103,000 - 159,500 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.