Position Overview

The Indirect Category Manager will provide strategic and tactical leadership across a broad range of indirect spend categories. This role requires expertise in category management, sourcing strategies, supplier relationships, and supply chain optimization, ensuring the achievement of both cost-efficiency and service excellence across Ralliant and the Operating Companies. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise across several indirect categories, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and a strong background in driving cost savings, supplier performance and value creation through strategic sourcing and category management.

Technical and Functional Responsibilities

Develops, organizes and implements sourcing strategies that drive cost savings, supplier performance, and innovation, while maintaining high levels of quality and service.
RFQ, selection and qualification of suppliers including negotiation of contracts, NDAs, MOUs while owning supplier relationship development.
Ongoing performance management of suppliers to achieve operational and procurement metrics such as: savings, delivery, quality, lead-time, payment terms and innovation.
Work closely with senior leadership of Ralliant and the Operating Companies to align procurement goals with broader business strategies and objectives.
Lead a cross-functional team that defines current and future needs of the businesses while leveraging the strength of approved suppliers and potential technology leaders in our markets.
Balance global requirements of Ralliant with our supply base while expanding our supply chain to reduce risk.
Manage vendor compliance, contract renewals and performance reviews that deliver Ralliant business objectives
Able to use lean tools to drive business results with a continuous improvement mindset. Lead workshops and kaizens within an operations environment.
Implement procurement best practices, policies and tools across the organization.
Lead and support procurement transformation initiatives, including digitalization and process improvements.
Identify and mitigate internal and external risks to the category including development of business continuity plans with high-risk suppliers.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or equivalent work experience; MBA preferred but not mandatory.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in procurement with demonstrated success in contract negotiation and administration, quality assurance and vendor management.
Capable of making tradeoffs between technical requirements, quality, commercial terms, risk management, logistics, regional sourcing plans and price when making strategic supplier selection decisions.
Analytical problem-solving skills and project management experience required.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated business acumen.
Demonstrated ability to lead a cross-functional matrixed team with people in remote locations.
Microsoft Office applications skills required.
Ability to travel as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred experience in the following categories: MRO, Capital Equipment, HR Services including recruitment, contingent labor and payroll services, marketing services, software, hardware, telecom services, fleet management and legal services
International, multiple-site experience is preferred.
Previous involvement in procurement transformation initiatives

Ralliant Overview

Every day, engineers transform scientific potential into real-world impact, reshaping how we live and work. At this pivotal moment in technology, Fortive is creating a focused, standalone company poised to capitalize on powerful long-term trends with mission critical technologies advancing an electrified and digital future. Our team of scientists, engineers, and technologists is joining forces to pioneer solutions that will shape the future of industry.

Introducing Ralliant Corporation, a global technology company uniting trusted brands solving tough challenges to speed breakthroughs at leading companies, research institutions, and governments, across the semiconductor/communications/diversified electronics, industrial manufacturing, utilities, and aero, defense, and space industries.

Ralliant is fueled by a global team of changemakers, committed to continuous improvement and a strong culture rooted in disciplined execution. For more information please visit: https://careers.fortive.com/newco-opportunities/

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 17,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

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Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus and equity as part of the total compensation package.

Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 89,200.00 - 165,600.00