The Global Category Sourcing Lead is responsible for global category management of raw materials and procurement activities for direct and indirect materials require in Research & Development locally. This includes the strategic relationship, the contracting, performance review, and improvement of the supply base. Your Responsibilities Lead the development and implementation of global sourcing strategies and global supplier network capabilities for assigned categories to achieve key business goals: Time to Market, Cost Reduction, Lead Time Reduction and Supplier Business Continuity in ramp-up and ramp-down situations. Communicates commodity strategies across the organization, the Business Units and NPI Operations to ensure sourcing decisions and product development aligns with strategic supplier selections. Formulate negotiation strategy to proactively drive cost reduction with suppliers in a complex, high mix/ low volume environment to meet strategic, operational and financial perform...