Procurement Manager
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full-time
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Location: Deerfield • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $130,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develop category-specific procurement strategies in close collaboration with senior stakeholders globally – Partner with business leaders across commercial organization to define and execute category strategies that enable business priorities and deliver measurable impact.
- Translate insights into strategic action – Combine market intelligence, supplier performance data, and business input to guide decisions and strengthen long-term planning within your category.
- Foster strong, forward-looking partnerships – Build and maintain collaborative relationships with key suppliers, creating a foundation for innovation, agility, and continuous improvement.
- Drive supplier performance and development – Lead regular business reviews and performance dialogues to ensure alignment, transparency, and accountability across supplier relationships.
- Enable innovation and improvement – Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for smarter solutions, process simplification, and digital enablement.
- Ensure excellence in execution – Lead the end-to-end sourcing process from strategy through contracting and implementation, ensuring compliance and high-quality delivery.
- Manage risk proactively – Anticipate and mitigate supply, compliance, and operational risks within your category.
- Contribute to Procurement’s broader agenda – Support continuous improvement across processes, tools, and ways of working, helping shape a modern, insight-driven Procurement function.
Requirements
- Accredited bachelor’s degree.
- Minimum of 5 years in procurement, or relevant commercial or operational roles.
- Demonstrated experience with category management and proven track record of developing and executing category strategies in global organizations.
- A strategic mindset and the ability to translate business priorities into actionable category plans.
- Proven experience in stakeholder engagement and business partnering, with the confidence to influence and align across functions and geographies.
- A strong ability to build and manage supplier relationships, fostering trust, innovation, and long-term collaboration.
- Analytical strength and structured problem-solving skills, enabling you to connect insights, risks, and opportunities effectively.
- A proactive and solution-oriented mindset, thriving in a dynamic environment where priorities evolve.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to navigate complex organizational landscapes with empathy and clarity.
Benefits
- flexible paid time off (PTO)
- health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
- company match 401k
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Hard skills
category managementprocurement strategiessupplier performance managementsourcing processcontractingrisk managementdata analysismarket intelligenceprocess improvementdigital enablement
Soft skills
stakeholder engagementbusiness partneringrelationship buildinganalytical skillsproblem-solvingproactive mindsetcommunication skillsinterpersonal skillsinfluencecollaboration
Certifications
accredited bachelor’s degree