.**Join a team recognized for leadership, innovation and diversity**:**Regional Category Manager for Mechanical COE**The future is what you make it. When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers, and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.Working at Honeywell isn't just about developing cool things. That's why all our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.Are you ready to help us make the future?- Partner with Global category managers to develop category strategies leveraging best-in-class suppliers, processes, and products to enable a competitive advantage.- Partner with SBG sourcing partners and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment and support of category strategy creation and execution including selection of preferred suppliers in NPI.- Consolidate fragmented global spend, reduce the use of non-strategic suppliers, and move the procurement activities upstream in the lifecycle of a solution in order to bring greater value to Honeywell.- Execute the annual operating plan through year-over-year improvements in productivity, working capital, quality, delivery, and supply continuity.- Identify and select approved suppliers capable of providing solutions that meet established business requirements and follow the global commodity strategies.- Facilitate engagement across all GBEs and SBUs within the SBG to drive a singular approach to supplier management in assigned commodity space.- Develop and publish key market intelligence including lead times, capacity, industry trends, benchmarks, etc., to internal partners and stakeholders.- Negotiate and execute supply agreements with strategic suppliers to maximize benefit to Honeywell.- Build strong technical solutions including new technology, VA/VE, CE product and cost improvements with supply base.- Support the refresh of the Plastics COEs and SBG sourcing AOPs and strategic plans.- Drive world-class performance from supply base.- Work with SBG sourcing and procurement teams to achieve lowest total cost, continuous quality improvement, and on-time delivery.- Work with global commodity leaders to assure a coordinated commodity strategy exists across the enterprise around the world.- Ensure global policy compliance.**INCLUDES**:- 70% Leverage spend (volume) across Honeywell to drive year-over-year savings- 80% Drive supplier rationalization to preferred, best-in-class suppliers- 80% Optimize trade working capital for the organization- 50% Improve operational service levels across all GBEs and SBUs- 60% Complete and manage supplier contracts and multi-year agreements**Must Have**:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical area.- At least 5 years of work experience in strategic sourcing and leading successful supplier negotiations