Supply Chain Category Manager
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The Supply Chain Category Manager leads strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, commercial agreements, cost-reduction efforts, and supplier performance management. The role develops category strategies aligned with business objectives, selects suppliers for product launches and current business, analyzes spend and market trends, and builds supplier partnerships to support quality, delivery, and service expectations. The posting describes a 12-month duration with possible contract-to-hire.
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This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13831729 Supply Chain Professional- Category Manager Location: Lisle, IL\ Duration: 12 Months with possible contract to hire Description:\ The Category Managers key activities include leading strategic sourcing activities, supplier contract negotiations, executing commercial agreements, identifying cost reduction opportunities, and overall supplier performance management. Responsibilities\ Negotiating and supporting J08/TMS1 strategy for wiring harnesses\ Engaged with Scania/MAN for alignment on common Group business strategy for T2 components\ Led VA/VE efforts to generate cost reductions\ Negotiate Capacity/Labor agreements with Wiring suppliers\ Wiring CMT Co-lead along with R&D\ Successfully implement Dual Sourcing while also developing new sources to support Wiring space\ Develop and execute category strategies to align with clients business objectives\ Lead strategic sourcing decisions and supplier selection for new product launches as well as current business for improved cost, quality, or delivery opportunities\ Analyze category spend to identify and develop savings opportunities using a variety of procurement levers including competitive bidding, global sourcing, negotiation, technology, supply chain/footprint optimization, target costing, etc.\ Research industry trends, global markets, benchmark data, and understand underlying cost drivers\ Negotiate with suppliers to achieve best overall total cost of ownership\ Execute legal agreements such as Comprehensive Supply Agreements and Development Agreements\ Build strong strategic partnerships with suppliers to ensure product quality, on time delivery, and service meet or exceed expectations Desired skills\ Experience developing category strategies, discovering competitive options and leading negotiations\ Excellent time management skills can organize and prioritize multiple projects and meet specific deadlines\ Ability to read, understand, and execute commercial agreements and contracts\ Ability to understand technical concepts\ Skilled at developing executive level presentations\ Strong analytical skills\ Results driven
How this job compares
Set against the 505 open Category Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Illinois median$102–152K/yr21 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 25 open Category Manager jobs in Illinois and 505 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- International6 open
- Abbott2 open
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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 6 years (449 postings).
- Education
- 334 of the 505 open Category Manager jobs (66%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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