Your role at Clorox:

The Category Manager is responsible for the strategic management and execution of sourcing activities across multiple Direct Materials categories, representing approximately $100M in annua Adaptable Packaging spend. The role develops and implements category strategies, analyzes market and commodity trends, leads sourcing events, negotiates supplier agreements, and ensures continuity of supply. Experience leveraging AI and digital analytics to enhance procurement decision making, supplier performance, and category strategy is strongly preferred. This position partners closely with Business Operations, Procurement Operations, R&D;, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and execute category strategies that optimize cost, quality, and supply assurance
• Lead the identification and execution of projects to improve value delivery across the spend portfolio
• Lead key strategic relationships with suppliers by providing insights on how to best develop and leverage supplier capabilities to meet business needs




• Proactively identify continuous improvement opportunities to advance the category such as design to value, cost models, and process mapping
• Monitor market dynamics, supplier competitive landscape, standards, and pricing/costing strategy for categories to understand sourcing and continuous improvement opportunities
• Lead competitive sourcing events (RFPs/RFQs), supplier evaluations, and award recommendations
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, and contract agreements that protect company interests
• Maintain supplier contracts, SLAs, pricing files, and category documentation
• Act as the bridge between R&D; and Procurement, ensuring the needs and wants of the business are reflected into the category strategies and executed as planned
• Support actions required to resolve P2P (Procure‑to‑Pay) issues, including pricing discrepancies, payment delays, and invoice errors

What we look for:
• 5+ years of experience in a

📌 Category Manager (Tlalnepantla de Baz)
🏢 The Clorox
📍 Tlalnepantla de Baz