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Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.\nWe are searching for a high-energy Senior Category Manager to join our global world-class organization. This exciting role will be primarily responsible for one of our major commodity categories for The Americas.\nYou will interface with all levels of our organization and with our suppliers. This position has high visibility and offers many opportunities to positively contribute to the success of our company and for our customers.\nStrong performance is recognized by Donaldson Company and we offer a rewarding and professional environment.\nRole Responsibilities:\nDefines the implementation of procurement strategy for the Castings Commodity that ensure supply and financial objectives are achieved. \nMonitors commodity markets that influence cost and supply in area(s) of responsibility and uses this information to refine commodity strategies. Executes fact-based negotiations that drive best total cost and ensure continuous supply for Donaldson.\nCommunicates commodity strategies and trends, to the Donaldson leadership team and other stakeholders and also provides periodic overviews of commodity strategy effectiveness.\nManages commodity pricing to align with current market conditions and in consideration of cost of commodity inputs. Independent of market prices, drives year-over-year cost reductions with all assigned suppliers.\nIdentifies, on-boards, and develops suppliers appropriate to Donaldson strategic sourcing objectives. Uses supplier performance management data and tools to drive supplier performance around quality, delivery, cost and continuous improvement. Performs regular reviews with suppliers to recognize and benchmark strong performance and/or develop meaningful action plans to remedy sub-standard performance. \nProvides support to Donaldson plant and distribution center teams to ensure strong alignment around servicing our end customers and ensuring efficient and profitable operations within Donaldson.\nEngages the Supplier Quality Management team in supplier development processes to ensure 50 PPM quality levels are achieved.\nCompletes comprehensive risk management assessments of the supply base through formal assessment tools, audits and analysis, coupled with face-to-face and on-site interactions. Identifies and implements countermeasures to mitigate identified risks.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field and minimum 5 - 7 years professional-level sourcing experience\nStrong data analytics skills and proficiency with MS Office applications\nAdvanced English level\nExperience in the automotive or manufacturing industry.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nInstitute for Supply Management (ISM) - CPSM Certification\nAssociation for Supply Chain Management (formerly APICS) - CPIM or SCOR-P Certification\nEmployment opportunities for positions in the United States may require use of information which is subject to the export control regulations of the United States. Hiring decisions for such positions are required by law to be made in compliance with these regulations. Applicants for employment opportunities in other countries must be able to meet the comparable export control requirements of that country and of the United States.\nDonaldson Company has been made aware that there are several recruiting scams that are targeting job seekers. These scams have attempted to solicit money for job applications and/or collect confidential information, Donaldson will never solicit money during the application or recruiting process. Donaldson only accepts online applications through our Careers | Donaldson Company, Inc. website and any communication from a Donaldson recruiter would be sent using a donaldson.com email address. 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