Global Category Manager – Utilities, Travel & Fleet – Indirect Procurement

🕒 September 7

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🛒 Procurement

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Morgan Advanced Materials

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1856

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

Manufacturing • B2B

Morgan Advanced Materials is a UK-headquartered global manufacturer of advanced engineered materials and components. The company develops and supplies technical ceramics, performance carbon products, thermal solutions and brazing alloys to industrial and commercial customers, positioning itself as a B2B partner that helps solve difficult engineering and materials challenges. Morgan emphasizes sustainability, product stewardship and close alignment with key customers and channel partners, and operates multiple business units focused on materials technology and manufacturing.

📋 Description

• Lead the global category strategy for Utilities, Travel and Fleet, with Utilities as the principal area of expertise • Develop sourcing strategies reflecting energy markets, regulations, commercial models and supplier landscapes across the US and Europe • Run complex global and multi-regional sourcing projects from initial analysis through negotiation, contracting and implementation • Manage strategic and critical supplier relationships, including performance, risk, cost and continuous improvement • Create category plans based on spend analysis, market intelligence, business requirements and total cost of ownership • Lead cross-functional category and sourcing teams across countries, functions and business units • Negotiate complex agreements with utilities, travel and fleet suppliers • Identify supply, commercial, regulatory and implementation risks • Ensure contracts, specification changes and demand-management initiatives are adopted across the business • Build procurement capability by sharing category insight, tools and good practice across the organisation • Support wider procurement change projects where commercial or category expertise can add value

🎯 Requirements

• Several years’ direct utilities category experience across both the US and EU markets; this is essential • Strong knowledge of utility sourcing, market structures, pricing mechanisms, supplier models and commercial risk in both regions • Around 8 to 10 years or more in strategic sourcing, category management or supplier relationship management • Experience developing and implementing category strategies across multiple countries or regions • Track record of leading complex global negotiations and large-scale sourcing or change programmes • Broader experience of Travel and Fleet procurement would be valuable • Strong stakeholder and change-management skills, with experience working in a complex matrix organisation • Practical, analytical approach, with ability to work through spend data, contracts and market information and explain conclusions clearly • Familiarity with spend analytics, eSourcing and contract-management systems • Experience using AI within procurement would be useful

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to shape category strategy within a new global procurement structure • Genuine global scope and significant senior stakeholder exposure • Opportunity to become the recognised authority for Utilities, Travel and Fleet • Full details of the employment package, working arrangements and location-specific benefits will be shared during the recruitment process