Strategic Sourcing Category Mgr

At Kenco Logistics, you’re more than just a team member—you’re part of a company that values innovation, integrity, and a strong commitment to its people. As one of the leading 3PL providers in the U.S., Kenco offers a dynamic and supportive work environment where your ideas matter and your growth is a priority. With a focus on safety, sustainability, and continuous improvement, Kenco empowers employees to make a real impact in the supply chain industry while building rewarding careers. Join a company where your contributions help move the world forward—one shipment at a time.

About The Position

The Strategic Sourcing Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for assigned categories to deliver cost savings, mitigate risk, and ensure supplier performance. This role partners with internal stakeholders to understand business needs, identify opportunities, and drive value through strategic supplier relationships and contract negotiations. This role ensures cost optimization, service level reliability, and operational resiliency within a fast-paced logistics environment.

Functions

• Develop and own comprehensive category strategies aligned with business goals.
• Conduct spend analysis, market research, supplier segmentation, and risk assessments.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, value improvement, and process optimization.
• Build multi-year category roadmaps and present recommendations to leadership.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing activities such as RFPs, RFIs, RFQs.
• Develop negotiation strategies and drive competitive advantages through supplier relationships.
• Evaluate supplier proposals using total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) and other methodologies.
• Execute contract development, review, and implementation in collaboration with internal partners as required.
• Build and maintain strong, mutually beneficial strategic relationships with key suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance using KPIs, scorecards, and scheduled business reviews.
• Identify supplier innovation opportunities and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage supplier risk, including financial, operational, and compliance-related risks.
• Ensure adherence to the Supplier Code of Conduct, procurement policies, ethical sourcing practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Improve sourcing processes through automation, best-practice adoption, and data analytics.
• Maintain accurate documentation and contribute to procurement governance.
• Other applicable duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Industrial Management or other related field required. MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 6-8 years procurement-related experience required; previous experience specifically within Supply Chain, Distribution, Logistics, and/or Transportation industries preferred
• Current or recent prior experience with Steel Pallet Rack materials and Motive Battery sourcing strongly preferred
• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or ability to attain within 12 months preferred
• Experience with top-tier procurement software required; Workday Procurement experience preferred
• Working knowledge of Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Accounting, and Finance required.
• Strong negotiation, contracting, presentation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects and multiple stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite; Advanced Level Excel skills preferred
  
  

Competencies

• Business Acumen - Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization
• Communicate for Impact (Individual Contributor) - Proactively communicate with all stakeholders throughout the life cycle of programs and projects.
• Influencing Others - Can quickly find common ground and can solve problems for the good of the organization with a minimal amount of noise. Authentically gains trust and support of peers
• Managing Transitions/ Change Management - Effectively plans, manages and communicates changes in processes with appropriate stakeholders
• Strategic Agility (Individual Contributor) - Enable Kenco to remain competitive by adjusting and adapting to innovative ideas necessary to support Kenco’s long term organizational strategy
  
  

Travel Requirements

• This position is expected to travel approximately 25% or less.
• You will be required to have a valid passport to travel to Canada or Mexico.
  
  

Disclosures

• For California residents – please enter or copy/paste the address below into your address bar to review an important notice regarding Kenco’s privacy policy https://www.kencogroup.com/ccpa-notice-at-collection-for-employees-and-applicants/
• The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. Other duties may be assigned as needed. The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Kenco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Per company policy, all internal job postings expire 14 days from the date they are posted.
  
  

Benefits Offered

• Medical insurance including HSA, HRA and FSA accounts
• Supplemental insurance including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accidental injury
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and Supplemental Life
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off approximately 2 weeks (accrual begins on Day 1 of employment)
• Employer Paid Holidays- 10 days
  
  

Kenco strives to provide a supportive, professional environment for all employees. As a part of Kenco, we expect our team to uphold our three key pillars: be honest, serve, and get better. Each should strive for operational excellence, pursue innovation, and want to grow with our company.

Kenco Group is an Equal-Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

For California residents – please enter or copy/paste the address below into your address bar to review an important notice regarding Kenco’s privacy policy.

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