Category Manager

Job Title: Commodity Manager Location: Somerset, NJ (Hybrid) Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 A highly reputable manufacturing company is looking for an Sr Category Manager to join their team! This role includes a large reputed company of duties including but not limited to global ownership of a defined category, with a strong emphasis on building and executing long-term, 5–10 year category strategies reputed company to business objectives. The Category Manager will reputed company the end-to-end supplier reputed company, including evaluating, selecting, developing, consolidating, or exiting suppliers to optimize the global supply reputed company. Acting as the subject matter expert (SME), this individual will reputed company strategic guidance to internal stakeholders while driving supplier performance across cost, reputed company, delivery, and innovation. 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