Koch Industries

Global Category Manager - Warehousing & Logistics Services

Koch Industries$145K — $165K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field
  • Experience in logistics procurement, including warehousing and transportation
  • Advanced negotiation and contracting skills
  • Strong analytical and financial capabilities
  • Global perspective on international markets
  • Willingness to travel (up to 25%)

Responsibilities

  • Lead global category strategy for logistics to enhance cost, service, risk, and resiliency
  • Drive enterprise value through cross-business synergies and network optimization
  • Leverage market intelligence to inform strategies and mitigate volatility
  • Deliver TCO improvements through data-driven sourcing programs
  • Align with senior stakeholders to execute strategic priorities
  • Manage strategic supplier partnerships for enhanced performance
  • Enable data-driven decisions through performance tracking and frameworks

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
Full Job Description
Your Job

As the Category Manager - Global Procurement, Warehousing & Logistics Services, you will lead the sourcing and strategy of Molex's global network of third-party warehousing and logistics partners. Working closely with network modeling, supply chain finance, operations, and regional experts, you will evaluate footprint opportunities, identify and negotiate with suppliers, and drive strategic projects that determine where and how products are stored and distributed across the world. This role requires deep expertise in warehousing and third-party logistics, along with strong supplier management, contract negotiation, cost analysis, and market intelligence capabilities to support a rapidly growing portfolio of global initiatives.

Our Team

Our team is responsible for enabling a resilient, cost-effective global logistics network that supports Molex's manufacturing, distribution, and customer fulfillment operations. We partner across the enterprise to design and optimize warehousing solutions, manage strategic supplier relationships, and execute high-impact investments that shape the future of our supply chain footprint. With the volume and complexity of projects expanding significantly, this team plays a critical role in supporting business growth through data-driven decision making and global collaboration.

What You Will Do

  • Lead global category strategy for logistics, balancing cost, service, risk, and resiliency
  • Drive enterprise value creation through cross-business synergies, network optimization, and integration of acquisitions
  • Leverage market intelligence and analytics (rates, capacity, fuel, logistics trends) to inform strategies and mitigate volatility
  • Deliver TCO improvements through cross-functional initiatives and data-driven sourcing programs
  • Align and influence senior stakeholders across operations, finance, and supply chain to execute strategic priorities
  • Develop and manage strategic supplier partnerships to enhance performance, innovation, and long-term value
  • Enable data-driven decision making through category frameworks, baselines, and performance tracking


Skills & Capabilities

  • Strategic leadership & influence: Drives enterprise outcomes by aligning cross-functional stakeholders
  • Supplier strategy: Builds high-impact partnerships that deliver performance, innovation, and value
  • Business & financial acumen: Connects sourcing decisions to P&L, cost drivers, and value creation
  • Analytical mindset: Uses data to inform strategy, measure impact, and drive continuous improvement
  • Execution & communication excellence: Leads complex global initiatives with clear, executive-level communication and strong digital fluency


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field
  • Experience in logistics procurement, including warehousing, transportation, 3 rd party logistics, and/or brokerage services
  • Advanced negotiation and contracting skills, applying fact-based, value-driven approaches
  • Strong analytical and financial capabilities
  • Global perspective, with understanding of international markets
  • Willingness to travel (up to 25%)


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Category strategy expertise, with demonstrated execution of enterprise-level sourcing plans
  • Analytical and financial capabilities, including TCO modeling, should-costing and value tracking


For this role, we anticipate paying $145,000 - $165,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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