Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.
Company Overview:
If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!
The Category Management Analyst is integral to optimizing the supply chain and driving the success of product categories. This role demands strong analytical capabilities, strategic insight, and industry to support our strategic sourcing, category management efforts and motor background and knowledge. This role will focus on leading key category initiatives, sourcing projects, delivering actionable insights into market dynamics and developing category intelligence. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional data analysis skills, effective communication, and the ability to collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams to meet category objectives.
Your role:
Category Strategy Support
- Conduct comprehensive analysis of rotating equipment category to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement
- Support strategic sourcing events with market research, supplier analysis, and cost modeling.
- Collaborate closely with procurement, supply chain, and finance teams to align category market trends and execute plans effectively.
Project & Initiative Management
- Lead or support cross-functional projects related to category optimization, and cost reduction.
- Plan, coordinate, and manage end-to-end project lifecycles, including timelines, deliverables, risk management, and stakeholder communications.
- Track and report on project outcomes and ensure alignment with broader category goals.
- Lead or support segmentation strategy in the category and supplier count
- Support on KPI measurement tools and tracking
Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders seeking category insights.
- Present findings and recommendations in a clear, compelling manner to influence decision-making.
- Facilitate alignment between different functional leads to ensure that strategies are consistently applied across organization.
Market Intelligence & Analysis
- Monitor and analyze market trends, supplier landscapes, and competitive dynamics to inform category strategies.
- Perform market research to gain insights into supply chain dynamics, competitive landscape, and industry trends for specified categories.
- Provide timely insights and recommendations to category managers and business stakeholders.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
- Manage and deliver the following recurring and strategic reports:
- Monthly Sourcing Initiatives – Work and follow up on sourcing initiatives within the category.
- Monthly KPI reporting – consolidate and analyze key metrics and trends across assigned.
- Lead category projects – responsible of leading projects in the category and align with primary and secondary objectives
- Maintain and update sourcing roadmaps - Ensure sourcing roadmaps are up-to-date and reflect current supplier capabilities, competitiveness and constraints.
- Support the category strategy – Support the strategy by leading the initiatives derived from it, and aligning with different stakeholders.
Your profile:
- Knowledge and implementation at the purchasing level of technical requirements and quality related to products
- Knowledge of pumps enviroment
- Good understanding of all the main purchasing areas: negotiations, evaluation and development of suppliers, supplier quality, logistics etc.
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of the requirements of our markets
- BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 5-7 years relevant experience
Skills:
- Purchasing techniques proficiency
- Global and strategic negotiating skills
We offer variety of benefits additionally to competitive salary.
Req ID : R-15925
Job Family Group : Logistics
Job Family : LO Purchasing
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