Woodward, Inc

Category Manager 2

Woodward, Inc • $105K — $168K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in category management or related field
  • Strong analytical skills with a focus on market research and trend analysis
  • Proven track record in financial management and budgeting
  • Excellent communication and leadership abilities
  • Experience in stakeholder engagement and management

Responsibilities

  • Conduct market research to identify opportunities and threats
  • Develop and implement long-term category strategies
  • Manage project pipeline to support category strategy and product lifecycle
  • Oversee the approved supplier list and align suppliers strategically
  • Ensure profitability through effective financial planning and forecasting

Benefits

  • Annual cash bonus opportunity for all members
  • 401(k) match of 4.5%
  • Annual stock contribution of 5%
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
  • 12 paid holidays and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous vacation and sick time policies, including vacation buy-up options
  • Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program with mental health benefits
  • Member life and disability insurance options
  • Referral bonuses and various voluntary benefits including insurance discounts
Full Job Description
Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Estimated annual base pay: $105,000.00 (minimum) - $136,000.00 (midpoint) - $168,000.00 (maximum)

All Levels are eligible for the benefits below:
  • All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
  • 401(k) match (4.5%)
  • Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
  • Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
  • 12 paid holidays.
  • Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
  • Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
  • Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
  • Member referral bonus
  • Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
  • Voluntary benefits, including:

o Home / Auto Insurance discounts

o Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Key Responsibilities:
  • Market Analysis and Research: Conduct market research and analyze trends to identify opportunities and threats within the category.
  • Category Strategy Development: Develop and implement strategies to optimize the performance and profitability of assigned product categories for the long term. Anticipate needs of the business to posture supply base for the future.
  • Project generation, scope definition and maturation: Manage project pipeline to identify and mature projects that support category strategy, product margin, and product lifecycle.
  • Approved Supplier List (ASL) Management: Manage approved supplier list. Align suppliers into strategic categories based on alignment with stakeholders. Assign suppliers into sub categories based on the category of product they provide. Ensure completeness and consistency appropriate to multi-site suppliers.
  • Financial Management: Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance for assigned categories, ensuring profitability and cost efficiency through effective financial planning.


Key Skills:
  • Business Acumen: Understands the complex relationships between all functions of the business and wider economic context. Frames work in terms of business value and needs. Directs and coordinates the development of initiatives that cross organizational lines. Creates business cases for investments that would improve performance.
  • Intelligence Gathering: Uses spend analytics and market research to make decisions and guide the category. Collaborates with suppliers on any strategy.
  • Executive Presence: Able to influence others using communication and leadership skills. Demonstrates leadership capabilities when working with others.
  • Insight Generation: Forms valuable insights backed in data, knowledge, experience, or research. Brings insights to others to guide processes.
  • Project Management: Ties project to functional and business goals. Aligns all stakeholders and meets goals.
  • Stakeholder Management: Identifies new stakeholders. Engages stakeholders. Ensures all stakeholders are aligned.
  • Strategic Thinking: Able to think critically to solve problems and achieve goals. Generates and utilizes insights.
  • Communication and Influence: Shares information effectively, is able to affect decisions across different audiences using specialized approaches. Sells own ideas by tying them into the values, needs, aspirations and goals of others.
  • Intellectual Curiosity: Crafts innovative solutions. Constructively pushes against long-held assumptions in the function.
  • Value Orientation: Manages projects and goals with little assistance. Establishes performance standards and measurements for work. Delivers on value proposition.


Application window is anticipated to close 7 days from original posting date.

About Woodward, Inc

Woodward, Inc. is an independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets. The company's innovative fluid, combustion, electrical, and motion control systems help customers offer cleaner, more reliable, and more efficient equipment. Woodward is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, and serves customers worldwide.
Learn more about Woodward, Inc
Size
7,200 employees
Market Cap
$5.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$228.5 million
Founded
1870
5 Year Trend
+2.6%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
NASDAQ

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