The Buyouts Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing category strategies for critical externally sourced components used in pump and valve assemblies that are not Flowserve-designed. This role will lead market intelligence, supplier strategy, commercial negotiations, innovation support, supplier development, sourcing roadmaps, and risk mitigation across key buyouts subcategories. 

The position requires a strong combination of strategic thinking, technical and industrial understanding, commercial capability, and analytical expertise. The successful candidate will act as the category leader for assigned buyouts segments, delivering value through cost competitiveness, supply continuity, innovation, and supplier performance improvement. 

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY  

The role covers critical buyouts subcategories, including but not limited to: Motors, drives, and engines, Winches, Couplings and bearings, Mechanical seals and seal systems, Lube oil systems, Actuators and other critical externally sourced subcomponents integrated into pump and valve packages 

• Develop and execute category strategies for assigned buyouts subcategories in line with business, operational, and financial objectives 

• Analyse spend, market dynamics, and supply risks to identify cost‑saving, value‑creation, and resilience opportunities.  

• Build, maintain, and continuously update sourcing roadmaps for each subcategory, identifying key opportunities, supplier strategies, risk exposure, and future actions.  

• Identify, assess, and onboard new suppliers to improve competitiveness, flexibility, innovation, and regional resilience 

• Analyse global supply markets and prepare market intelligence for the category, including supplier landscape, cost drivers, capacity, technology trends, regional dynamics, and inflationary impacts 

• Lead strategic sourcing activities including RFPs, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract implementation.  

• Together with Supplier Managers, support the management of supplier relationships, performance reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.  

• Partner with internal stakeholders across Procurement, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Supplier Management to align sourcing decisions with technical and business requirements 

• Drive contract compliance negotiations and implementation, ensuring value realisation from negotiated agreements.  

• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, localisation, dual sourcing, or innovation.  

• Ensure adherence to procurement policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements.  

• Support transformation initiatives such as digital procurement tools, supplier rationalisation, or ESG objectives.  

• Develop and maintain analytical tools, dashboards, and reporting models in Excel and Power BI to support category planning, supplier decisions, market analysis, and performance tracking. 

MAIN OBJECTIVES  

• Cost savings and value creation delivery  

• Supplier performance and service reliability  

• Risk identification, reduction and supply continuity  

• Spend under contract and value realisation  

• Market intelligence and supplier benchmark analyses 

• Stakeholder satisfaction  

• New supplier pipeline and qualification support  

• Sourcing roadmaps and action plans 

• Contribution to sustainability and ESG goals

  Qualifications 

   

  Required 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Industrial Management, or a related field  

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, procurement, technical sales, product management, or engineering in an industrial environment  

  • Experience managing technically complex categories and negotiating with global suppliers  

  • Strong commercial skills with proven success in negotiations, including contracts and price increase discussion.  

  • Experience in supply market analysis, supplier development, and category strategy.  

  • Advanced skills in Excel and Power BI, with the ability to create practical tools, dashboards, and data models.  

  • Strong analytical capability with the ability to convert data into sourcing actions and strategic recommendations  

  • Technical and/or industrial background with the ability to understand product applications and supplier capabilities  

  • Professional proficiency in English, written and spoken 

   

  Preferred  

  • Experience with industrial components such as motors, drives, couplings, bearings, seals, actuators, engines, or auxiliary systems.  

  • Experience in pumps, valves, rotating equipment, or related industrial sectors 

  • Exposure to global sourcing, supplier qualification, and cross-functional stakeholder management.  

  • Experience with ERP and procurement systems 

   

  Key Competencies 

  • Strategic thinking 

  • Strong data analysis and fact-based decision making 

  • Commercial acumen 

  • Negotiation and influencing skills 

  • Technical curiosity and industrial understanding 

  • Market intelligence capability 

  • Supplier relationship management 

  • Risk identification and mitigation 

  • Roadmap development and execution 

  • Cross-functional collaboration 

  • Clear communication and presentation skills 

   

  Soft Skills  

  • Strategic and forward-looking mindset 

  • Highly analytical and structured 

  • Strong business judgment 

  • Ability to create practical decision-making tools and dashboards 

  • Comfortable working with technical and commercial stakeholders 

  • Proactive and results-oriented 

  • Resilient and confident in challenging suppliers 

  • Strong ownership and accountability