Regional Category Manager

Job description

Position Summary The Regional Category Manager – Americas as an individual contributor, is responsible for leading procurement activities for the Films and Foils category across the Americas region while ensuring full alignment with global category management strategies. This role oversees commercial negotiations, strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier performance, and contract compliance. It further ensures robust collaboration with cross-functional partners, including Operations, Product Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), R&D, and Quality. The position requires an experienced procurement leader (7–10 years) with advanced expertise in SAP, supplier management, data analytics, and global procurement processes and the ability to work in a highly matrixed atmosphere. Proficiency in English is required; Spanish language skills are strongly preferred. Travel requirements of 15% of the time. Primary Responsibilities: Category Strategy & Procurement Leadership: - Develop and execute regional procurement strategies that support and extend the global category roadmap. - Conduct comprehensive sourcing activities to ensure optimal cost, performance, and supply continuity. - Evaluat...