Category Buyer-Technical Services & Technical Goods

**Company:** Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. **Job Description:** Category Buyer – Technical Services & Technical Goods ===================================================== ### Drive Procurement Strategy Across North America Mitsubishi Chemical Group is seeking a strategic and results-driven **Category Buyer** to lead sourcing initiatives for Technical Services and Technical Goods across our North American operations. This is an opportunity to make a measurable impact by developing category strategies, strengthening supplier partnerships, negotiating high-value agreements, and delivering cost savings while ensuring a reliable and resilient supply base. If you're passionate about strategic sourcing, enjoy collaborating with cross-functional business leaders, and thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you. What You'll Do -------------- As the Category Buyer, you'll manage a portfolio of approximately $20–40 million in annual spend and partner with stakeholders across Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Finance, and Procurement to deliver business value through strategic sourcing and supplier management. Key responsibilities include: * Develop and execute sourcing strategies that align with business priorities across North America. * Lead competitive sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and contract management from strategy through execution. * Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while driving continuous improvement, innovation, and performance. * Analyze spend data, market trends, and total cost of ownership to identify sourcing opportunities and optimize supplier portfolios. * Monitor supplier performance, risk, and compliance while ensuring supply continuity. * Partner with internal stakeholders to understand operational needs and provide strategic procurement guidance. * Support digital procurement initiatives, including SAP Ariba, spend analytics, automation, and AI-enabled procurement tools. * Lead supplier consolidation and regional standardization initiatives that create enterprise-wide value. * Champion sustainability, supplier diversity, ESG, and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) objectives through responsible sourcing practices. * Mentor junior procurement professionals and provide project leadership as needed. What We're Looking For ---------------------- We're looking for someone who combines strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence stakeholders and build long-term supplier partnerships. Qualifications include: * Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field preferred. Candidates with a high school diploma and 10 or more years of relevant strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement experience will also be considered. * Five or more years of strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement experience within a manufacturing, chemical, industrial, automotive, or similar environment. * Experience developing and executing category strategies. * Proven success negotiating complex commercial agreements and managing supplier relationships. * Strong analytical skills with experience using spend analytics and market intelligence to support sourcing decisions. * Experience with SAP, SAP Ariba, or other Source-to-Pay procurement platforms. * Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority. * Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills. **Pay Transparency**  The salary range for this position is $95,300-$119,100. Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary will be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.