Senior Category Manager

Tempur Sealy is committed to improving the sleep of more people, every night, all around the world. As a leading designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of bedding products worldwide, we know how crucial a good night of sleep is to overall health and wellness. Utilizing over a century of knowledge and industry-leading innovation, we deliver award-winning products that provide breakthrough sleep solutions to consumers in over 100 countries. Our highly recognized brands include Tempur-Pedic, Sealy and Stearns & Foster. We hire people who have a passion for helping others find their best night's sleep. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Tempur Sealy!

OUR COMPANY OFFERS GREAT BENEFITS, INCLUDING:

• Generous Paid Time Off

• Competitive Medical, Dental & other wellness programs

• Disability and Life Company Paid

• Retirement Plan Options

• Generous Employee Purchase Discounts

Pay Range: $89,000 - $126,000

Job Summary: As the Subject Matter Expert for Polyurethane Foam, this position is responsible to provide leadership of the cross-functional development and implementation of Category Sourcing Strategy, generating best in class values in cost, performance, and technology for the assigned Category(s). The Sr. Category Manager will be the direct interface to the supply base, and accountable for supplier performance and management of all strategic and tactical issues necessary to the Company's success.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, and Key Results Area:

• Strategic Initiatives

• Accountable to lead cross-functional Teams in the 6 Step Sourcing Process to develop and implement a Global Category Sourcing Strategy for assigned Category(s), in alignment with the Company's overall strategy and goals. This includes:

• Industry Analysis, including Technology / Innovation, Cost Drivers, and Competitive Landscape.
• TSI Spend Analysis

• Total Landed Cost, Position of Strength using Porter's 5 Forces, and multi-year category strategy development.

• Continuity of Supply

• Risk Assessment, Mitigation Plans, and Disaster Recovery.

• Supply Chain Efficiency

• SMI/Inventory DOS, lead-time/fulfillment, excess/obsolete, and supply consolidation.

• Competitive Advantage

• Obtain/secure material innovation/technology for exclusive Tempur Sealy use.

• Internal Alignment

• Accountable for Leadership of regional purchases to align with the Global Strategy.

• Leadership

• Review and make recommendations of category strategies from other category sourcing managers.

• Relationship Management

• Responsible for managing the internal and external relationships associated with assigned Category(s). This includes:

• Ownership

• Own the Supplier relationship of assigned categories, from daily operational requirements to facilitate/support of interactions between TSI and Supplier senior level executives.

• Involvement

• Work cross functionally with corporate Marketing, GPD and Operations Management to develop best practices and earlier involvement with the introduction of new raw materials and product lines.

• Collaborate

• Participate in cross functional events to express the best interest of all Operations functions.

• Accountable

• Responsible for owning and enforcing the terms and conditions of the supplier contracts.

• Development

• Lead and mentor less experienced sourcing team members on all aspects of category management.

• Category Management

• Accountable to create opportunities to achieve lowest system costs while maintaining the highest quality and service performance to support Tempur Sealy operations. This includes:

• Competitive Benchmarking

• Utilize RFx process to develop price analysis and total cost models to identify and understand cost drivers for base raw materials that comprise targeted components in the Category. Initiate alternative sourcing opportunities with new or current suppliers.

• Continuity of Supply

• Resolve supply or quality related problems for assigned spends (i.e. pricing, expediting, scheduling of orders, investigating discrepancies, and communicating updates to internal business partners.)

• Supply Agreements

• Negotiate contract terms which establish various requirements to be awarded TSI business, including cost driver transparency, delivery lead-time/fulfillment strategies, freight policies, payment terms, component quality expectations, collaboration on technology/innovation, and disaster recovery planning.

• Performance Reporting

• Responsible for managing the supplier balanced scorecard and conducting periodic cross-functional reviews with supplier and TSI management.

• Compliance

• Implement and administer Supplier operational compliance to global purchasing programs, addressing any issues that may surface.

• Component/Supplier Qualification

• Coordinate with New Product Development and Supplier Quality Engineering on all new material specifications, development, and certification of supplier manufacturing processes/facilities.

• System Integrity

• Maintain vendor master file and vendor trade agreements for accuracy (including SKU's/part numbers, pricing, nomenclature, shipping footprint, unit of measure, lead time, payment terms, etc.), and Disseminate to the plants and management as required.

• Collaborate

• Provide critical feedback loops to Manufacturing and Planning on appropriate supplier capacities for each facility depending on the complexity of the new products.

• Identify potential post-launch Value Engineering (PPC) opportunities, providing support to PPC project managers.

• Support other activities as assigned.

Other primary duties and responsibilities include the following; however, Management reserves the right to assign or reassign other appropriate duties to this job at any time. This document excludes the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties.

Ideal Candidate Possesses These Attributes:

• Highly collaborative with a strong focus on big picture

• Strong sense of self-awareness with high emotional intelligence

• Results oriented; driver of change and progress

• Passionate & self-motivated

• Ability to influence, able to drive timely and favorable dispute resolution