Global Category Manager

Job Title: Global Category Manager

Category: Non-Metallics Direct Materials

Location: Rochester Hills, MI (Onsite)

Your Job

As Global Category Manager, Non-Metallics, you will define and lead the global procurement strategy for seals, gaskets, and non-metallic materials used across Molex's worldwide businesses.

This role plays a critical part in enabling cost competitiveness, supplier resilience, and scalable growth by aligning sourcing strategy with engineering, manufacturing, and business priorities.

You will lead in a highly matrixed global environment, partnering across cross functional teams and regional stakeholders to drive total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements, elevate supplier performance, and embed best in class procurement practices.

This global leadership role, managing two direct reports, requires strong strategic thinking, influence without authority, and the ability to lead complex change initiatives.

Our Team

You will join Molex's Global Procurement organization, partnering closely with category leaders, business procurement teams, engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain leaders across regions.

Our team works collaboratively across Molex divisions and Koch entities to create value through Principle Based Management (PBM) , applying principled decision-making, economic thinking, and comparative advantage to drive global alignment, continuous improvement, and long-term results.

This role offers meaningful exposure across the enterprise and the opportunity to shape how Molex sources and manages critical direct materials on a global scale.

What You Will Do

Category Strategy & Value Creation



* Develop and execute global category strategies for nonmetallic materials aligned with Molex and business unit objectives


* Define category taxonomy, baselines, and analytics to support total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements


* Identify and deliver cost reduction and cost avoidance opportunities while balancing quality, service, and risk

Supplier & Stakeholder Leadership



* Lead global supplier strategies, including selection, portfolio optimization, and relationship management


* Negotiate and align supplier portfolios that meet strategic, technical, and commercial needs


* Serve as a trusted partner to engineering, operations, and business leaders, influencing decisions through data and insight

Global Alignment & Collaboration



* Drive cross regional collaboration and adoption of category strategies across Molex businesses


* Partner with procurement leaders across Molex divisions and Koch entities to identify synergies and best practices


* Act as the primary procurement point of contact for identifying category synergies related to new acquisitions

Governance, Risk & Continuous Improvement



* Provide global leadership for supplier material traceability initiatives


* Monitor market dynamics, supplier performance, and risk across regions


* Ensure complian...