Senior Manager, Category Management
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Job ID 14587L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Description:
The Senior Category Manager guides the strategy and performance management for our major Subcontractors/Contract Manufacturers that support product development and production for Avionics programs of Commercial Aviation Solutions Sector. You will be responsible for leading a team tasked with creating and maintaining an overall category strategy and managing supplier performance to simplify our supply chain, reduce material cost and create stable lines of supply by implementing negotiation strategies while ensuring product availability to support our customers. The individual will be responsible for approximately $200M spend; mainly electronics contract manufacturing. Your team will partner with our Product Lines, Operations, Planning, Engineering and our supply base to ensure our suppliers are on track with meeting our delivery and quality requirements both short term and sustainably. You will be responsible for establishing standard processes for supplier evaluation, sourcing, cost reduction planning and supplier management. You will take an active role in talent management and development of a world class procurement team.
Essential Functions:
- Manages a team of experienced professionals focused on supplier performance management for area of responsibility including delivery, quality and cost
- Owns alignment of category strategy to each product line with frequent communication with Product Line Directors and Functional Leadership
- Directs the execution of tactics established by functional leadership and category strategy. Establishes operational plans for job area with ownership for short- to mid-term results (e.g., month, quarter, annual)
- Ability to travel to Supplier manufacturing locations on an as-needed basis to identify plans to resolve risks/opportunities related to delivery and quality performance; ensure implementation of supplier lean manufacturing projects is monitored and managed
- Communicates with all stakeholders candidly within and outside of the organization, including vendors and large OEM customers; speaks with data to influence others to agree to or accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
- Improve Working capital through payment term extensions and effective material replenishment strategies such as Vendor Managed Inventory, consignment agreements, etc
- Moves fast to gather commodity and subject matter expertise/insights and market intelligence to ensure sourcing solutions meet business needs
- Escalation point for unresolved supplier performance concerns
- Evaluates and performs complex data analysis and build financial models (TCO, should cost, supplier scorecards, savings tracking, make vs buy or insource vs outsource decision models)
- Ensuring supplier reviews and communication cadence is maintained - Weekly/Monthly performance communications + Quarterly business reviews.
- Owns robust assessment of supplier capabilities and identifies potential new supplier partners
- Operationalizes supplier contracted obligations/service levels into measurable business expectations, provides candid and frequent feedback on their performance, moves fast on continuous improvement and development of new capabilities per business needs
Qualifications:
- Requires advanced business knowledge, general management and leadership capability to lead business area and direct reporting teams
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment with multiple stakeholders
- Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
- Graduate Degree with a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience working within aerospace, commercial and/or military defense industry is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge in the areas of Circuit card assembly, electro mechanical components, and other electronics
- Understanding of global economics and ability to use market data/analytics to predict trends.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills and demonstrated cost out accomplishments
- Strong business acumen and ability to build strong business case to support sourcing decisions
- Strong interpersonal and planning skills to lead change through influencing abilities
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to present and discuss strategy and analysis
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
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