Indirect Category Manager (Location - Pune)

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.  You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Indirect Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing the category strategy for IT, Fleet, and Travel globally for Pall. This role will support the Sourcing and Procurement of Information Technology (IT) including but not limited to software, hardware, network infrastructure, and telecommunications services. The role will also support Fleet & Travel including but not limited to management of the currently contracted Fleet & Travel management service providers, developing, implementing and sustaining a new process for streamlined administration of Fleet & Travel, coaching local stakeholders on how to administer the process, and serving as an escalation point for stakeholder troubleshooting and/or vendor performance issues. This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Global Indirect Sourcing and is part of the Strategic Sourcing team under the Global Integrated Supply Chain organization. The role will be based in Pune India and will be an on-site role. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Lead strategy development for in-scope categories Partner with global stakeholders to implement and execute category strategies Identify cost savings and working capital improvement opportunities Work cross-functionally with IT, HR, Finance, and others throughout project identification & execution Solve problems and champion continuous process improvements for in-scope categories and throughout the business The essential requirements of the job include: MBA or PGDM/PGDBA in Supply Chain or equivalent with 7-9 yrs of experience and certification in Supply Chain will be an added advantage