Senior Category Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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🛒 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 • Lead the full strategic sourcing and category lifecycle from business case development and market analysis through contracting and supplier management • Drive Total Cost of Ownership through market intelligence, cost modeling, should-cost analysis, and competitive benchmarking • Build feedstock-to-material cost models to validate supplier pricing and support negotiations • Negotiate complex supply agreements covering pricing, commercial terms, volumes, capacity, and continuity • Lead Supplier Relationship Management for strategic suppliers, including joint business plans, innovation pipelines, and continuous improvement • Manage supplier relationships and performance against SLAs, KPIs, and cost targets • Develop category KPIs and supplier scorecards • Analyze market, cost-driver, capacity, feedstock, logistics, trade policy, and regulatory dynamics • Reduce single-source exposure through dual sourcing, qualified alternates, and regional supply options • 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 new product introduction 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, order quantities, lead times, and safety stock • Measure and report category performance, savings, price variance, lead time, service levels, and delivery improvements • Advise executive stakeholders by translating business cases and market dynamics into actionable recommendations • Maintain contract, pricing, and supplier data integrity and ensure procurement policy and internal-control compliance

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field • MBA preferred • Minimum 6–10 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, or qualifying production/R&D/engineering experience with significant commercial exposure • Strong understanding of Total Cost of Ownership 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 practical solutions to complex operational challenges • Ability to work remotely with substantial self-direction • Ability to travel up to 25% to support supplier and company site operations • Direct sourcing experience with specified direct materials or specialty chemicals preferred • Experience sourcing recycled or post-consumer material streams preferred • Multi-plant manufacturing experience and flooring, building products, or plastics processing knowledge strongly preferred • Experience with end-to-end category management preferred • Experience with index-based and formula pricing, commodity risk management, and hedging concepts preferred • Knowledge of supply markets, cost drivers, and direct-material technology trends 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 and stability • Flexible work arrangements • Safety is #1 • Renewable energy and closed loop recycled water process • Commitment to reducing greenhouse emissions and water consumption • Equal opportunity employer • Inclusive workplace where all employees can perform at their best