Sr Category Manager
Schindler Elevator Corporation
Morristown, NJFull-time$15.92/hrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Category Manager leads the Electric/Electronics Products & Components sourcing category at Schindler, focusing on cost savings, supply quality, and supplier relationships. The role drives process improvements, develops metrics, and applies best procurement practices while collaborating across departments to achieve continuous cost improvements throughout the value chain.
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Benefits
Full job description
Experience Required
None
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree
Compensation
$15.92 / Hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Shift
First Shift (Day)
Job Description
Location: Morristown,NJ,United States
Job ID:86726
We Elevate... Quality of urban life
Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than twobillion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day. As part of the Schindler team, you'll discover meaningful work that enhancesquality of life for communities, and contribute to making places more accessible,inclusive, and sustainable for all. By joining us, you don't justbecome part of our success story; you help shape the future and continue ourrich legacy that started back in 1874.
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Sr Category Manager - Electric/Electronics Products & Components
Your main responsibilities
The Senior Category Manager leads the E&E (Electric/Electronics Products & Components) sourcing category, focusing on cost savings, supply quality, and supplier relationship management, while implementing sourcing strategies like dual sourcing and volume aggregation to strengthen negotiation power. This role is responsible for driving process improvements, developing metrics, and applying best procurement practices, working closely with various departments to achieve continuous cost improvements across the value chain.
Lead the sourcing strategy.
Responsible for the overall savings projects deliverables and ensure projects milestones are achieved.
Develop strategic sourcing initiatives by triggering the sourcing levers: dual source, volume aggregation, demand control, should costing, etc.
Investigate all possible strategic actions to reduce supply exposure risks and mitigate inflation.
Explore BCC opportunities.
Conduct analysis on market, prices and risk development.
Support the make vs buy process.
Interact with the manufacturing organization in identifying and structuring innovative supplier contracts.
Identify mission critical commodities that require scrutiny and planning, including hedging and other risk management tools.
Ensure that the required planning and pre-negotiation processes are aligned with the business unit and corporate objectives.
Provide regular projects tracking.
What you bring
Bachelor's degree
What's in it for you?
Fully vested 401k match, up to 7% of total eligible compensation.
Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans - Effective from first day of hire.
3 weeks' vacation which increases with tenure, 7 sick days, 3 floating holidays and8 Company Observed Holidays.
Tuition Reimbursement - Eligible after 6 months of service.
Parental Leave - 100% base pay for 6 consecutive weeks within first year of achild's birth or adoption.
A wide range of development opportunities to boost your professional and leadership growth.
We Elevate... Your Career
For Questions, please contactKelly Sanders at [email protected].
Are you ready to embark on a new journey? Join #TeamSchindler! Our Core Values:
Safety: Uphold the highest safety standards for all.
Integrity and Trust: Foster honest, ethical relationships.
Create Value for the Customer: Deliver innovative, reliable solutions.
Quality: Ensure excellence in every product and service.
Commitment to People Development: Nurture our people, they are the heart of our success.
Discover more on our career website.
At Schindler Group we value inclusion and diversity, and practice equity to create equal opportunities for all. We endeavor that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, color, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health, disability or veteran status.
Equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
1293853001
Job Type
Full Time
How this job compares
Set against the 528 open Category Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 11 open Category Manager jobs in New Jersey and 528 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Category Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 7 years (486 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 328 of the 528 open Category Manager jobs (62%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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