Category Manager

Job Description Summary

The Category Manager is responsible to develop, implement and lead the sourcing strategy and operating plan for selected suppliers in our Maternal Infant Care business. The scope of the role is managing $45M spend, 30 suppliers worldwide across two design centers (Wauwatosa, WI and Bangalore) and three manufacturing sites (Bangalore, Juarez and Madison, WI) with active support from extended sourcing and SME teams.

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Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support various electronic and mechanical categories and work cross functionally with central category team to align with Maternal Infant Care priorities.

• Category driven activities to include contracts, negotiations, should costing, cross product category strategy across MIC.

• De-risk supplier base proactively, from identifying the risk to executing the mitigation plan, in partnership with the MIC business team.

• Select strategic suppliers for any NPI, supplier transfer, FMI and get suppliers ready to deliver targeted business requirements (quality, fulfillment, cost and cash) per the program milestones, inpartnership with the supplier management, supply chain and engineering teams.

• Drive product cost down by 10% year over year ($4.5M approximate annual cost out) through supplier negotiation and design change ideas, partnering with engineering and manufacturing with a total cost mindset and support logistic cost out initiative.

• Support supplier quality, ensuring supplier compliance with FDA, EHS, transportation and other regulatory and reputation requirements and support supplier and parts quality initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain Management.

• Minimum 8 years' experience in commodity management

• Experience in Sourcing, supplier management or operations

• Travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of time.

• work in a Hybrid pattern (3 days onsite - Milwaukee, WI).

Desired Characteristics

• Strong negotiation skills.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.

• Ability to document, plan, market and execute programs.

• Ability to drive long strategic partnerships with suppliers and demonstrated experience in optimizing supplier base performance- Quality, Fulfillment, Cost, Cash and Contract.

• Experience working effectively with cross-functional or geographically dispersed teams.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership -always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you'd expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you'll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.

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Additional Information

GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (~~~) . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No