As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2024 revenue of $3.6 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,500 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.

Position Overview

The Global Strategic Sr. Category Lead is responsible for ensuring assurance of supply, superior cost management, and strong stewardship across assigned indirect spend categories. This role supports internal business partners and external suppliers while maintaining system accuracy, resolving discrepancies, managing category data, and driving value through strategic analysis. Responsibilities include managing category strategies, tracking usage and spend, conducting price and contract reconciliation, and supporting sourcing events. The Global Strategic Sr. Category Lead is supposed to directly source selected categories to ensure best total value and supply continuity while adhering to Sourcing’s best practices, policies, and procedures.

Primary Duties

30%-60% Sourcing

20%- 40% Analytics

10%-30% Transactional

• Sourcing: Directly source select categories to ensure best total value and supply continuity

• Sourcing Support: The role focuses heavily on day‑to‑day category management activities while continuously seeking opportunities to improve systems, processes, and sourcing efficiency. The position reports to a senior member of the sourcing team and provides direct support to 1–3 managers/directors.

• Transactional: Updating Pricing, Invoice Resolution, System Support

Minimum Requirements

• ​Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years experience in Indirect Sourcing functions
• Experience working with S&OP/ERP/payment systems
• Self motivated, can function with little/no daily direction setting from manager.
• Demonstrated strong desire and innate capability to learn.
• Skills: Problem solving capabilities, strong communication, interpersonal, organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English.

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H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.

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