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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie® products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

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The Category Manager - Indirect has ownership and interaction of up to ~$100MM+ USD of assigned spend and is responsible for ensuring James Hardie receives the optimal balance of cost, quality, and service for assigned procurement categories. Potential categories include Professional Services, IT/Telecom, and HR.

What You’ll Do:

Possess strong decision-making ability to address day-to-day operational challenges and address deviation from results with defined action plans and collaboration. Make key decisions will have both immediate and long-term impact as well as provide innovative solutions are required to identify continuous improvement opportunities. Additionally, a high degree of interaction with a diverse range of stakeholders is required to ensure continuous alignment.

• Achieve cost savings targets through project identification and execution
• Lead and facilitate the strategic sourcing process for assigned categories: market and industry analysis, supplier identification and research, category, and supplier segmentation, conducting sourcing events, analysis, negotiation, contracting and implementation
• Operate cross-functionally to ensure organizational alignment for sourcing strategies and projects
• Identify and monitor cost drivers and pricing trends, communicating to the organization, and taking action as appropriate
• Compliance to James Hardie procurement policy and procedures
• Ensure business needs are met through development and implementation of supply continuity plans
• Achieve in-depth understanding of assigned categories

The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong understanding of Excel
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in supply chain (transportation, planning, procurement, etc.)
• Eliminates roadblocks and creates focus
• 1-3+ years of procurement experience
• Can effectively articulate various perspectives and impacts to business stakeholders
• Priority Setting – Spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s most important.
• Anticipates and adjusts for problems and obstacles
• High results-orientation
• Demonstrated ability to function as a strong team player
• Can be direct as well as diplomatic
• Bachelor's degree required
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to effectively negotiate and influence business decisions and change
• Strong analytical, planning and execution skills
• Organizational Agility – ability to complete projects through formal and informal channels
• Effective at establishing trust and building business relationships while operating with respect
• Ability to multitask and manage projects at varying levels of complexity
• Can work through tough agreements and settle disputes effectively
• Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results

What You’ll Receive:

At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

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• 401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100% of employees saved dollars up to the first 6% of your salary
• Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Comprehensive low-cost co-pay Health Insurance; medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance benefits for every 30+ hour full-time employee. Insurance starts on day one!
• Paid holidays, paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave
• Parental Leave
• And more

Apply now and come “home” to Hardie!

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.