Senior Category Manager

Sleep Number® is the leader in personalized sleep wellness. Backed by almost 40 years of innovation, Sleep Number has helped more than 16 million people achieve their best sleep. We are guided by our purpose – improving lives by personalizing sleep. This is exemplified through our 3,000+ purpose-driven team members who passionately innovate to drive value creation through our fully integrated business model, owning the process from start to finish, and care at every step.

At Sleep Number, you’ll be part of a team redefining what’s possible in sleep, health, and wellness. Backed by world-class research and continued innovation, we create mattresses with adjustable firmness, pressure relief, and temperature-balancing comfort that adapt to customers’ changing needs, night after night, year after year. Our people thrive in a culture where purpose, innovation, and customer experience drive every decision. Join us and help shape the future of sleep wellness.

Position Purpose:

This position will be responsible for creating, owning, and maintaining a long term and short-term supply category strategy grounded in detailed market and supplier data analysis. Responsible for developing new key suppliers based on capabilities assessment and Sleep Number needs balancing supplier and Sleep Number expectations. Provide insight into the business unit on how to best develop and leverage supplier capabilities for the organization.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop new key suppliers based on knowledge gathering from capabilities assessment and Sleep Number needs
• Influence the business and translate business strategy from a supply chain and procurement perspective to ensure implementation of key projects impacting category strategy are completed successfully
• Drive Total Cost of Ownership reductions for category including optimization of supply network (Tier 2 and 3 suppliers), cost models, and implementation of category and supplier strategies. Proactively identify opportunities to drive efficiencies/process improvements, cost reductions and new business opportunities within categories and technologies.
• Provide insight to the business unit on how to best develop and leverage supplier capabilities for the organization(s).
• Identify and elevate areas of highest risk within the category and lead multi-functional teams to develop actionable risk mitigation strategies.
• Proactively identify opportunities to drive efficiencies/process improvements, cost reductions and new business opportunities within categories and technologies.
• Work closely with key stakeholders with Engineering, R&D, Product, and Supply Chain to develop effective cost reduction strategies and network optimization.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Total cost of ownership reductions
• Supplier performance – quality and on time delivery

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• 10 + years combined experience within Procurement, Supply Chain management, technical experience in related category, and/or related buy/sell experience such as legal and sales.
• Experience with business process knowledge and supplier management, as related to Procurement and Category Management.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or similar certification desirable.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) including executive communication.
• Excellent interdisciplinary, intercultural, and networking skills.
• Extensive knowledge of bedding category and products including knowledge of markets by regions.
• Strong influence and negotiating skills.
• Ability to remain flexible and adjust to new demands and respond with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to work well in a cross-functional, matrix management environment with a highly collaborative, team-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Organized and efficient, results-oriented, and able to move forward without complete information, comfortable working in ambiguity.

EEO Statement Sleep Number is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, regardless of sex; race; color; creed; national origin; religion; age; marital status; pregnancy; physical, mental, communicative or sensory disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Salary Pay Range: $93,900.00 -$125,200.00 Wellbeing At Sleep Number, wellbeing isn’t a program - it’s part of who we are. We support team members and their families across emotional, financial, career, community, and physical health, all anchored in sleep.

Along with competitive pay, eligible team members receive robust benefits such as medical, pharmacy, dental, life and disability insurance, a 401(k), paid time off, and additional resources that promote lifelong wellbeing.

EEO Statement Sleep Number is an equal opportunity employer. We cultivate a workplace culture where everyone is valued, respected, and treated fairly. Sleep Number is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. Sleep Number is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should reach out to Recruiting@sleepnumber.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

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