**This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.** **Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!** **Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.** **Primary purpose of the position:** The primary responsibility of the Regional Category Manager is manage and assure supply, lead the category management lifecycle process for regional categories and support the global-led strategies for global categories. For regional categories, this role will develop the detailed supplier relationship management and business continuity plans as well as category management strategy, identify opportunities, own the category strategy implementation and execution activities, define the annual goals, and will be the primary owner of the management of the supplier relationship process. For global categories, this role will work closely with their global counterparts and regional stakeholders to ensure that the global category strategies are executed to the benefit of the company. **Essential Responsible Areas:** + Develops a comprehensive view of the balance between supply and demand and actively monitors market conditions on an ongoing basis in order to make informed decisions. + Leads the full category management lifecycle process for regional categories including gathering, analyzing, and reporting on key market intelligence, developing a long-term, multi-year category strategy and development and evaluation of go to market strategies. + Leverages multiple sources of market intelligence and data to make data-informed decisions. + Has responsibility for the development and evaluation of go to market strategies for regional categories and can achieve creative commercial outcomes through negotiation planning and successful execution by directing cross functional teams of stakeholders + Able to work with and engage Global Category teams to facilitate positive outcomes for global categories + Leads the performance management process for regional suppliers, including regular business reviews + Proactively reports progress against regional sourcing goals/for the specified period **Position Required Education, Experience, & Skills:** + Bachelors degree with masters degree or advanced certification (e.g., MBA, CPM, CPSM, CPSC, PMP) preferred + A minimum of five (5) years of progressively increasing responsibility in Sourcing, Category Management, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Management Consulting, or business-related operations in a global environment. + At least 2 years of experience with specific category(ies) is required. + Deep understanding of category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management principles and application + Advanced financial analytical skills and experience in enhancing value through negotiations + Strategic orientation, inquisitive, comfortable with ambiguity, and self-motivated to identify trends and improvement opportunities aligned with business objectives and strategic plans + Ability to build effective relationships, influence peers and key stakeholders, and built consensus + Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor messages to the given audience, present information in a clear and concise manner + Strong problem solving and analytical skills with ability to extract key themes, determine root causes, develop creative solutions, and craft concise messages + Ability to prioritize, organize, and multitask in a flexible, fast-paced and challenging environment + Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills is highly desired + Knowledge of current principles, practices, and methods pertaining to procurement + Knowledge of analytics and market research methods + Knowledge of advanced negotiation tactics **Compensation & Benefits:** **Hybrid On-Site Work Environment:** Based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). [Travel and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.] **Hiring Salary Range:** $96,000 - $137,180(Salary to be determined by the applicants education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.) This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan. all includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more. **When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age-related detailssuch as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation datesfrom your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates).** **Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.** When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world. Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference. Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems. No agencies please. \#LI-CK1 \#LI-Hybrid