Global Category Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Milwaukee-Wisconsin-United States of America
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Operations
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or Operations; MBA degree preferred.
- Minimum 8-10 years of procurement/sourcing experience in large-scale, complex, or global categories—electronics, circuit protection, switchgear, drives, heat exchangers, compressors, fans, other elect
- Demonstrated experience leading complex global categories and supplier networks.
- Proven success in developing category strategies and delivering measurable business results.
- Strong commercial negotiation, contract management, and supplier relationship management skills.
- Experience managing cross-functional initiatives in a global matrix organization.
- Strong analytical capabilities and proficiency with data-driven decision making.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and procurement analytics experience.
- Applied AI experience preferred
- Excellent communication, presentation, and executive engagement skills.
- Ability to travel up to 30% of time.
Full description
Global Category Manager:
The Global Category Manager (GCM) is a strategic procurement leader responsible for developing and executing global category strategies that enable Johnson Controls' accelerated growth, supply continuity, cost competitiveness, and supplier innovation agenda. Operating within the Global Procurement Direct Materials Category Management Tower, the GCM serves as the global owner for multiple critical direct material sub-categories across Electrical, Electro-Mechanical, and Electronics commodity portfolios, leading cross-functional initiatives across all Global Products businesses.
This role is accountable for delivering category strategies that support growth demand, long-range business expansion, supplier capacity readiness, risk mitigation, total cost improvement, and operational excellence. The GCM partners closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Product Management, Finance, and regional procurement teams to ensure an unconstrained, competitive, and resilient supply base capable of supporting new product introductions and mass production requirements globally. The successful candidate combines deep category expertise, strong commercial acumen, executive-level supplier engagement capabilities, and a passion for driving transformational business results.
The successful candidate combines deep category expertise, strong commercial acumen, executive-level supplier engagement capabilities, and a passion for driving transformational business results.
Key Responsibilities:Category Strategy & Growth Enablement
- Own a global category portfolio of $250M-$400M annual spend, supported by regional category managers and buyers.
- Develop and execute global category strategies that support business growth, new product roadmaps, cost competitiveness, and supply resiliency.
- Lead supply market intelligence, multi-year sourcing roadmaps, supplier capacity planning, localization, and risk mitigation initiatives.
- Drive category governance, preferred supplier strategies, and long-term supplier development plans to support unconstrained growth.
Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Leadership
- Lead global sourcing events, supplier selection, commercial negotiations, and contract execution.
- Negotiate pricing, capacity reservation agreements, working capital improvements, inventory strategies, and long-term supply agreements.
- Optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while balancing quality, delivery, innovation, and risk.Cost Improvement & Value Creation
- Deliver annual productivity, cost savings, and inflation mitigation targets through strategic sourcing and supplier optimization.
- Lead VA/VE, should-cost, design-to-cost, and specification improvement initiatives in partnership with Engineering and suppliers.