Global Category Leader – Heat Exchangers & Valves

Location: Spain/ Remote

Role Summary

This role is a General Category Leader position responsible for elevating enterprise procurement capability. The role owns a high-value global spend portfolio of $170M+ and operates as a highly influential individual contributor, leading a global category within a global pod (8-10 members) with a dotted-line model. Success requires executive presence, speed of execution, and the ability to influence across business units.

Category Context

• Highly technical, engineering-driven category ($170M+ spend managed)
• Global supply base with commodity volatility
• Strong integration with engineering and product teams
• Opportunity to drive innovation and design-to-value

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global category strategy aligned with engineering
• Drive supplier innovation and strategic partnerships
• Leverage AI and analytics for cost and sourcing optimization
• Present to senior executives often (including the Chief Procurement Officer as needed)




• Support data centers as a key growth engine for Ingersoll Rand, ensuring the Motors (and others) category strategy and supply base scale to meet accelerating demand

Candidate Profile

• Strong executive presence
• Ability to influence without authority
• Highly structured and organized
• Professional working proficiency in English is required.

Success Measures

• Cost and value delivery
• Innovation and supplier impact
• Speed of execution
• Executive stakeholder alignment

What We Offer

• For roles based in Spain, compensation is determined based on experience, skills, and internal benchmarks aligned with market practices.
• In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:
• Private health insurance
• Life insurance coverage
• Pension plan
• Flexible working arrangements
• Employee stock programs and recognition initiatives
• Access to wellbeing and employee assistance programs

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