Global Category Associate Director - Construction

Role Summary

Global Category Associate Director - Construction

Responsibilities

• Trusted Advisor & Market Expert: Serve as a trusted advisor and thought leader within the Engineering organization by delivering expert insights into market dynamics, supplier capabilities, and best practices. Translate these insights into actionable category strategies that support business growth and go-to-market execution.
• Strategic Partnership & Stakeholder Alignment: Forge strong, strategic relationships with partners across Global Engineering, to ensure alignment between business priorities and Category strategies in Construction Services.
• Category Strategy Development: Leverage market intelligence to design and implement category strategies that directly align with business objectives. Partner with Business Partner Leads, Strategic Sourcing leads, and Procurement CoE to ensure a cohesive approach that delivers measurable value.
• Supplier-Enabled Innovation: Partner strategically with the supply base to co-create solutions and drive innovation that accelerates business partner objectives and enhances category value delivery across speed, quality, safety and cost.
• Procurement Expertise & Business Enablement: Provide deep Construction Procurement expertise to advance business growth, operational efficiency, contractual rigor, and other high-value initiatives that position Procurement as a catalyst for innovation and speed.
• Value Generation & Financial Stewardship: Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional teams to capture, quantify, and recognize value across the Construction category. Influence budgeting and project control decisions to improve category impact on business outcomes.
• Strategic Initiative Promotion: Drive adoption of Procurement-led, business-aligned initiatives. Ensure seamless integration across collaborators, suppliers, end users, and partners to achieve sustainable business value.
• Performance & Business Alignment: Bridge procurement performance with business objectives by implementing key initiatives designed and championed by Category Leads, ensuring measurable impact and alignment with enterprise goals.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Doctorate degree and 3 years of Capital Construction procurement, business partnering, and/or related experience
• Or Master‚Äôs degree and 5 years of Capital Construction procurement, business partnering, and/or related experience
• Or Bachelor‚Äôs degree and 7 years of Capital Construction procurement, business partnering, and/or related experience
• Or Associate‚Äôs degree and 12 years of Capital Construction procurement, business partnering, and/or related experience
• Or High school diploma / GED and 14 years of Capital Construction procurement, business partnering, and/or related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading Construction Procurement end-to-end ‚Äî from strategy development and category planning through execution and value delivery. Extensive experience working in or with the capital construction industry, with deep understanding of the industry, its standard methodologies, and future trends.
• Strong background in Construction Procurement within Biotech or Pharma, with deep understanding of the unique regulatory and compliance requirements of these industries.
• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) or significant professional experience in the Capital Construction industry.
• Expertise in Capital Construction Contracting and advanced Sourcing Excellence practices.
• Strong analytical approach with expertise in performance measurement, value tracking, and Capital financial reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire, and align global, matrixed teams across business functions, sites, and processes.
• Expertise in driving cross-functional initiatives, making strategic trade-offs, and representing the category in executive forums.
• Exceptional change management skills, with the ability to champion and implement complex Procurement strategies and business transformations across ecosystems.
• Competence in distilling business objectives into actionable category strategies that deliver measurable results.
• Deep understanding of how to embed supplier-enabled innovation and partnership into business strategies to enhance competitive advantage.
• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and collaborator engagement skills to drive alignment and secure agreement at all levels of the organization. Analytical savvy and experienced with data-based communication and decision-making.

Additional Requirements

None provided.