Senior Category Manager

🕒 August 26

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Tarkett

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1880

🏗️ Construction

🏥 Healthcare

🏨 Hospitality

Construction • Healthcare • Hospitality

Tarkett is a global leader in the flooring industry, with over 140 years of experience. Originally known as Allibert and Sommer, the company has grown through the talent, values, and commitment of entrepreneurial brands worldwide. Tarkett is dedicated to delivering flooring solutions that prioritize health and wellbeing, climate action, and social responsibility. The company is recognized for its sustainable practices and innovations in low carbon and circular economy solutions. Operating in over 100 countries, Tarkett sells 1. 3 million square meters of flooring every day, driven by its values of commitment, care, collaboration, and creativity. With a diverse range of professional roles, the company is committed to employee development and maintains a strong customer focus, positively impacting local communities.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for direct material categories including PVC, plasticizers, fillers, recycled PVC, PVB, dispersions, and adhesives • Lead the full strategic sourcing lifecycle from business case development and market analysis through strategy execution, contracting, supplier qualification, and ongoing supplier management • Drive Total Cost of Ownership using market intelligence, cost modeling, should-cost analysis, and competitive benchmarking • Build and maintain feedstock-to-material cost models to validate supplier pricing and support fact-based negotiation • Negotiate complex supply agreements covering pricing, commercial terms, volume commitments, capacity guarantees, and continuity provisions • Lead Supplier Relationship Management for strategic suppliers, including joint business plans, innovation pipelines, and continuous improvement programs • Manage supplier relationships and performance against SLAs, KPIs, and cost targets • Develop category KPIs and supplier scorecards • Analyze capacity, feedstock, logistics, trade policy, and regulatory shifts and develop mitigation strategies • Reduce single-source exposure through dual sourcing, qualified alternates, and regional supply options • Maintain category risk assessments and business continuity plans • Lead cross-functional stakeholder teams across Operations, R&D, Quality, Finance, Planning, and Sustainability • Partner with R&D and Quality on material qualification, specification changes, formulation alternatives, and NPI sourcing • Advance circularity and sustainability objectives through recycled material sourcing, supplier carbon and EPD data collection, and lower-impact alternatives • Partner with Supply Chain and Planning on inventory strategy, working capital, minimum order quantities, lead times, and safety stock • Measure and report category performance, savings, price variance, lead time, service level, and delivery improvements • Advise executive stakeholders by translating complex business cases and market dynamics into actionable recommendations • Maintain contract, pricing, and supplier data integrity in enterprise systems and ensure procurement policy compliance

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field • Minimum 6–10 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement, or in Production, R&D, or Engineering with significant commercial exposure • Direct materials experience preferred • Strong understanding of TCO principles, strategic sourcing methodology, cost modeling, and contract negotiation • Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority • Strong communication, collaboration, and executive presence • Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation, and presentation skills • Strong analytical capability, including Excel-based cost modeling • Proficiency with ERP and e-sourcing systems such as SAP, Ariba, or equivalent • Ability to problem-solve and develop creative, practical solutions • Ability to work effectively remotely with a high degree of self-direction • Ability to travel up to 25% • Direct sourcing experience with PVC resin, plasticizers, fillers, PVB, dispersions, adhesives, additives, or specialty chemicals preferred • Experience sourcing recycled or post-consumer material streams preferred • Multi-plant manufacturing experience preferred • Flooring, building products, or plastics processing industry knowledge strongly preferred • Category management experience from strategy development through execution preferred • Experience with index-based and formula pricing, commodity risk management, and hedging concepts preferred • Knowledge of supply markets, cost drivers, and technology trends affecting direct materials preferred • Strong business acumen and ability to develop fact-based business cases preferred • Advanced project management skills preferred • Supplier contract creation, negotiation, and administration skills preferred • Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement training preferred • Professional certification such as CPSM, CPSD, CIPS, or C.P.M. preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive benefits, pay, and retirement plan options • Career growth • Stability • Flexible work arrangements • Commitment that Safety is #1 • Renewable energy and closed loop recycled water process • Commitment to reducing greenhouse emissions and water consumption • Inclusive workplace • Equal opportunity employment