Velcro Companies

Procurement

• Manage indirect categories across Velcro’s global business sites.
• Responsible for all aspects of category management for strategic and complex purchases.
• Lead all sourcing, contract and price negotiations, supplier management, and reporting.
• Drive competitive category strategies to achieve the lowest total delivered cost and reduce working capital.
• Ensure compliance with company business policies and procedures.
• Understand the technical requirements of diverse business units to provide support.
• Manage supplier performance and ensure supply continuity for the business.

Global Category Manager – Indirect

Manager

• The Sr. Manager, Accounts Transportation will play a critical role in driving growth within Velcro USA Inc.'s Transportation Segment, focusing primarily on the automotive market.
• Lead technical sales initiatives and secure Velcro brand product specifications within the automotive segment to increase revenue, profitability, and market penetration.
• Develop and execute a technical sales and product development strategy to achieve high-revenue growth objectives with Automotive Tier 1 suppliers.
• Build relationships with Tier 1 customer engineering and program management teams to specify products in automotive component designs.
• Manage all phases of the vehicle component development cycle, ensuring efficient product launches into mass production.
• Coordinate system engineering proposals for cost reduction, weight savings, and performance improvements.
• Lead BOM development and product cost estimating, resulting in engineering presentations and customer specifications.
• Oversee engineering and project management activities through concept, award, prototype, validation, and launch phases to ensure quality, delivery, and profitability.
• Provide technical product updates for sales pipeline management.
• Develop and implement proposals for high-strength fasteners and adhesive tape products in the North American automotive market while coordinating global accounts with regional colleagues.
• Drive application engineering development for solutions in cockpit, overhead systems, insulation, seating, electrical, and exterior vehicle segments.
• Prepare technical presentations and proposals for Quarterly Business Reviews.
• Support efforts to expand automotive customer base across U.S., European, and Asian OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.
• Travel up to 20% domestically.

Global Category Manager – Indirect

Senior Manager, Accounts Transportation