Global Category Leader – Heat Exchangers & Valves

Location: Spain/ Remote

Role Summary

This role is a Global Category Leader position responsible for elevating enterprise procurement capability.

The role owns a high-value integral 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

At Ingersoll Rand, we promote a culture of ownership—supporting not only business success but also the wellbeing of our employees and communities

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities.

Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions.

Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency.

For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.

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