The Sr. Global Category Manager is owning the category-related targets, strategy and program development related to the entire global spend/supply base in scope which includes
Leveraging pooling opportunities and synergies across all Hillenbrand Opcos and Sites
Modeling of optimum supply base toward market trends, demand requirements and business objectives
Defining Supply Base preferences, sourcing governance (Category playbook) and Supplier targets
Maximizing supply base agility and competition through the Supply Market Making and Alternative Sourcing Programs
Define Supply base and sourcing footprint design for the related category across all Hillenbrand OPCOs in scope
Driving the development and execution of category related funnel measures to achieve the defined targets
The goals are to be achieved with financially and ethically sound methods, with an emphasis on the principles of the Hillenbrand Operating Model (HOM).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Modeling of optimum supply base toward market trends, demand requirements and business objectives




Create category intelligence to understand market trends, technologies, benchmarks, cost and value drivers
Assess supply base capabilities and performance against supply market benchmarks and demand requirements
Classify suppliers as per the supplier preference model and define supplier development targets
Define the category playbook with clear rules to be applied by Project GSM and Supplier Account Managers
Plan and align financial, operational, and business targets. Define funnel measures and execution plan
Maximize supply base agility and competition through the Supply Market Making and Alternative Sourcing program
Develop a robust funnel of alternative sourcing projects to optimize the supply base and increase shiftability
Define convincing business cases to ensure full commitment by all relevant business stakeholders
Lead the execution of the sourcing projects funnel by applying Advan

📌 Sr. Global Category Manager (Coimbatore)
🏢 Hillenbrand
📍 Coimbatore