Role Description The Category Manager is responsible for leading and managing the sourcing, supplier management, and procurement strategy for assigned commodities, driving cost-effective solutions and supply continuity. This role develops and executes category strategies informed by market intelligence, financial trends, and long-term demand forecasts. The manager evaluates, segments, and maintains key supplier relationships, negotiates agreements and project-specific terms, and monitors performance using vendor scorecards and KPIs. Serving as subject-matter expert, they provide market insights, support budgeting and project procurement, and coordinate cross-functional teams to optimize sourcing decisions. This role focuses on optimizing costs, quality and delivery while improving Supply Chain efficiency and maintaining supplier relationships. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Construction Management, Engineering, Business or related field OR equivalent combination of education and experience - Seven+ years’ experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, and/or contract negotiation - Experience and knowledge in the commodity required - Experience within construction industries preferred - Supply Chain Certification (CSCP, CSCM, CPP, etc.) or demonstrated equivalent experience preferred Requirements - Ability to influence, lead and manage others - Strong knowledge of construction process and materials - Strong analytical and advanced problem-solving skills - Ability to read and interpret engineering and technical documents - Strong attention to detail, with a commitment to accuracy - Excellent collaboration and written, verbal and electronic communication skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely explain complex concepts - Ability to build consensus and drive mutually beneficial outcomes with suppliers and internal teams - Ability to interact professionally with all levels within the organization and with clients and suppliers - Ability to travel up to 35% Benefits - Compensation $110,000 - $160,000 / year, commensurate with experience - Competitive pay with ongoing performance review and merit increase - 401(k) with company match & Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) - Flexible spending account (Healthcare & Dependent care) - Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (plan choice) - coverage for spouse, domestic partner, and children - Diabetes Management, Telehealth Coverage, Prescription Drug Plan, Pet Insurance, Weight Management Drug Discount - Discounted National Gym Membership Network - Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Bereavement Leave - Military Leave, including Differential Pay and Benefits Continuation - Employee Assistance Program - Short and long-term disability, life insurance, and accidental death & dismemberment - Voluntary life insurance, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity coverage - Emergency Travel Assistance Program - Group legal plan

• Lead the branch Loan Processing Team Leads and Loan Processors. • Provide leadership, support, and guidance to the processing team. • Work with all processors to improve the quality of the loan file being submitted to underwriting and closing. • Maintain a pipeline of loans. • Identify loan level defects and common post-closing conditions. • Coach processing team members. • Communicate with all employees; provide support and answer questions. • Act as the first point of contact for processing related branch issues. • Learn interdepartmental functions and responsibility. • Run, analyze, and manage prebuilt processing reports. • Participate in new branch onboarding to review files flow and expectations. • Work closely with departments to identify areas of strengths and weakness. • Conduct weekly processing staff meetings.

Title: Business Manager - Americas Location: Field Sales (USA) Piscataway, NJ Allentown, PA time type Full time Business Manager with full responsibility for the customer growth, profitability & solution development for the various Oxeno Products withe focus on Vestoplast product within Evonik Oxeno LLC in the Americas Region, with direct responsibility for the territories of USA and Canada and consultant role for the territories of Mexico and Brazil, where Evonik local entities operate as internal distribution. Also act as main point of contact in the Americas region for countries operating in the Direct business model from Germany. The Business Manager is responsible for the achievement of contribution margin guidelines of assigned business line. The Business Manager will implement the global & regional strategy at customer & distributor accounts in collaboration with the Assigned Business Line responsible in the Americas, the global segment heads/team, regional customer service and supply chain. Main Responsibilities - Responsible for growth development of Volume, Sales, CM 1, and optimized NWC of the product segment within the Business Line. - Establish, maintain and enhance relationships with different functions of key accounts and other customers and obtain input on projected usage as well as future product requirements. Gaining market and customer insight by using the IMPAX approach. - Report via CRM/Market/Project reports on customer visits, potential growth opportunities, future trends, innovation possibilities, competitor activities, market information, complaints, etc. This includes market pricing & competitive pricing information to support the development of a comprehensive pricing strategy for the segments. - Conduct and control all elements of basic sales process, such as: offers and contracts, incl. their documentation, credit management; solve open points in processing and logistics; Negotiate of contract terms such as quantity, payment terms and conditions or delivery terms and conditions; Negotiate the price (within the price range); Taking responsibility of recovery of accounts receivables and the dunning process - Discuss and document individual complaint procedure with the customer and provide individual conflict resolution to the customer; Control customer payment in coordination with the AR responsible area. - Collect information and support the development and implementation of Sales & Marketing strategies to increase profitable and sustainable sales of the product segments within the guidelines of the global strategy of the segment. - Collaborate with supply chain, customer service and marketing by providing customer forecasts to ensure uninterrupted supply of product. - Coordinate with Customer Service and Imports to have a healthy inventory level and manage stock, material requests, delivery time and conditions. - Supervise all activities associated with import logistics, warehousing, distribution and invoicing. Qualifications - BS Degree required. Bachelor’s in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering is strongly preferred; MBA is a plus. - 3-5 years’ experience in marketing, direct customer sales, technical sales in a multinational environment - Proven commercial (sales & marketing) record of accomplishment - The individual demonstrates their ability to lead a value-based customer sales approach and managing internal teams to deliver results. - Managing direct customer relationships and developing them successfully to achieve commercial objectives. - Willingness to travel 30%+ of the time or as needed. - Strong communication (written, verbal, listening) skills. - Ability to work in multidisciplinary team. - Experience and comfort in working with various IT-tools (Office package, MS Dynamics, MS Teams and others).

• Collaborate closely with the U.S.-based design team, local Taiwan product engineers, and overseas contract manufacturers to drive new product introduction into high-volume manufacturing. • Lead product and process transfers to overseas CMs. • Partner with overseas CMs to develop and enhance process capabilities for next-generation products.