Director of Category Management - Aluminum Billet / Extrusions

The role

You will set the sourcing strategy for aluminum billet and extrusions across multiple business lines. You will lead a team and manage supplier relationships, pricing volatility, and supply continuity.

What you will do

• Build and execute multi-year extrusion and billet sourcing strategies.
• Negotiate contracts and run sourcing events with producers, smelters, refiners, suppliers, extruders, fabricators and distributors.
• Use index-based, LME-linked pricing, hedging and supply risk monitoring to anticipate market shifts.
• Own supplier relationship management including scorecards and executive business reviews.
• Drive supplier development, dual-sourcing, extrusion capacity and regional footprint alignment.
• Coach the metals procurement team and build supply chain skills.
• Align aluminum demand, specifications and supply plans with business unit leaders, engineering and operations.
• Develop standards, policies and governance and support Source-to-Pay rollout.
• Lead CoE and PMO programs.
• Support ESG goals and contribute to M&A diligence and integration.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in strategic sourcing or category management, including 5+ years in aluminum or a closely related commodity.
• Experience with aluminum extrusion and billet, gained at a producer, extruder or fabricator, or in a procurement role buying from them.
• Experience managing large-scale category spend and index-based or LME-linked pricing.
• Proven negotiation skills and experience with long-term supply agreements.
• Experience leading or developing procurement professionals.
• Experience with Source-to-Pay systems and supplier scorecarding.
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence across multiple business lines.
• A bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Background at an extruder, primary or secondary aluminum producer, billet caster or architectural aluminum fabricator.
• Background in architectural metals, storefront, curtainwall, fenestration or building products.
• Experience with hedging or commodity risk management.
• MBA or supply chain certification (CPSM, CSCP)

Benefits

• Industry competitive benefits at the lowest cost to the employee
• PTO and holidays, including floating holidays
• Pay-for-performance culture with potential for annual raises and bonuses
• Training

About the company

OBE operates more than 80 manufacturing and distribution facilities in five countries. Their teams contribute architectural glass and building products to projects like apartments, hospitals, stadiums and libraries.