Senior Manager, Procurement

Requisition ID: 73780 About Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home. As the only major U.S.-based manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, the company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2025, the company reported approximately $16 billion in annual net sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas - 41,000 employees, and 35 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com. ## The team you will be a part of The Procurement team identifies researches and evaluates suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply. Recognizes and evaluate sales, promotional campaigns, and other opportunities to secure reduced prices. Assesses supplier's products to ensure that they comply with specifications and meet the organization's quality standards. ## This role in summary The Senior Manager, Procurement is responsible for leading global strategic sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimization initiatives across a portfolio of $140M+. This role drives team performance, aligns procurement strategies with broader organizational goals, and fosters key supplier relationships to ensure business continuity, operational efficiency, and long-term value creation. ## Your responsibilities will include • Global Portfolio & Spend Management: Managed a $140M global spend portfolio, leading financial forecasting, planning, and cost discipline to optimize overall portfolio performance. • Strategic Sourcing & Category Management: Developed and executed multi-million dollar global commodity strategies to align with organizational goals and satisfy future business needs. • Supplier Lifecycle & Contract Negotiation: Led new supplier introductions, screening, and complex negotiations for commercial terms and legal agreements (NDAs, supply agreements, and tooling). • Performance & Risk Auditing: Conducted periodic business and financial reviews to monitor supplier risk ratings, quality compliance, and bankruptcy likelihood while driving warranty recovery. • Cost Optimization & Value Engineering: Identified supply chain cost drivers and led supplier workshops to improve product design, material, and packaging for maximum cost reduction. • Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Governed global product launches as a core team member by translating business unit expectations into cross-functional actions across engineering, marketing, and design. • Sourcing Execution & Toolgate Sign-Off: Managed the entire RFQ process, bidder pools, target costing, make-versus-buy analyses, and procurement sign-offs at project tollgates. • Operational Continuity & ERP Proficiency: Maintained zero-disruption production plans using enterprise systems like SAP, VMM, and GS3 to execute seamless purchase-to-pay processes. • Team Development & Succession Planning: Built high-performing teams by establishing tailored development plans, balancing workloads, and creating clear succession pipelines for business continuity. ## Minimum requirements * 8+ years experience in Strategic Sourcing or similar field * Bachelors in Supply Chain or Business Related * Strategic Sourcing & Category Management: Proven track record of defining and deploying multi-million dollar global commodity strategies aligned with organizational goals. * Team Development & Succession Planning: Strong leadership skills in coaching, mentorship, talent development, and succession planning to build high-performing teams. ## Preferred skills and experiences * Leading a team and establishing a development plan for each team member based on their areas of opportunity and their strengths. * Defining direction, which is to run a business case to determine if manufacturing a product internally is more or less cost effective as opposed to manufacturing the product with an external original equipment manufacturer. * Investigating and analyzing new suppliers’ capability in innovation, manufacturing, project management, engineering, testing and competitiveness on cost structures by performing market research, assisting to supplier fairs, and requesting quotations. * Negotiating with suppliers on cost, capital, other commercial terms and legal contracts, based on market/industry analysis, spend analysis, strategy, cost modeling and business needs. 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