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10 procurement category management experts
These ten procurement professionals have held category manager or category leader roles inside operating companies such as Maersk, Philips, Caterpillar, Amazon and bp. A reader can learn how category managers set up and run the spend categories they own.
Professionals to explore
01—10Catherine Deutsch, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Global Category Management · National Grid
Manager, Global Category Management at National Grid since 2024. Former Category Manager - Capital Equipment (2022–2024) and Global Category Manager - Business Services (2018–2022) at GlobalFoundries, and Lead Buyer - Material Ship Direct (MSD) at GE Power (2011–2018). The profile lists commodity knowledge including semiconductor capital equipment.
Héctor González
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager - Procurement · Xylem
Former Global Category Manager - Procurement (2024–2026) and Procurement Category Manager Packaging for The Americas (2022–2024) at Xylem, and Sr. Global Category Manager - Travel & Fleet there since 2026. Former Regional Category Manager - LATAM & Global Category Manager for corrugated items at Kellogg Company (2018–2019). The profile describes developing sourcing strategies, mostly for the Americas region.
Juan Crupi
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager MHE & CHE · A.P. Moller - Maersk
Global Category Manager MHE & CHE at A.P. Moller - Maersk since 2023, where the profile describes being global category owner for Material Handling Equipment (MHE) and leading the procurement strategy for Container Handling Equipment (CHE) in the Americas. Former Procurement Asset Category Manager Latin America at A.P. Moller - Maersk (2022–2023) and Procurement Manager Capex & MRO Latam at Unilever (2021–2022).
Julie MacFarlane
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, Global Category Procurement · Caterpillar Inc.
Senior Manager, Global Category Procurement at Caterpillar Inc. since 2025, with a manager role in Global Category Procurement there from 2012 to 2025. The profile headline places the role in Indirect Services, and the summary describes category management experience managing in excess of $500 Million in annualized procurement spend. Former Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing at Walgreens (2009–2011).
Kathy Silverman
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Director - Indirect Procurement · bp
Global Category Director - Indirect Procurement at bp since 2013. Former Director, Procurement Operations & Capability Development (2007–2013) and Senior Manager - Sourcing Properties & Facilities Management (2005–2007) at Best Buy. The profile describes a global procurement leader focused on transformation, with examples of enduring category and operational improvements.
Laurynas Dailidė
LinkedInExperience: Lead Category Manager · Novo Nordisk
Lead Category Manager at Novo Nordisk since 2025. Former Category Lead (2022–2025), Senior Category Manager, R&D and Laboratory Sourcing (2020–2022) and Category Manager, R&D and Laboratory Sourcing (2018–2020) at Novo Nordisk. The profile describes the work as being a procurement partner to the Novo Nordisk R&D organisation.
Narendra Mahecha
LinkedInExperience: Senior Global Procurement Category Leader (CapEx) · Amazon
Senior Global Procurement Category Leader (CapEx) at Amazon since 2022 and former Global Procurement Category Manager (OpEx) (2022) and EU Procurement Category Manager (2020–2022) there. The profile says Mahecha leads global CapEx and equipment sourcing programs across USA, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and LATAM, partnering with OEM/CEM suppliers to reduce manufacturing cost.
Sanaz Shirzadi
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager - Logistics Services · Beiersdorf
Global Category Manager - Logistics Services at Beiersdorf since 2022 and Global Category Manager Procurement - Installation & Maintenance of building services there since 2025; for the latter role, the profile lists leading global, multi-million-Euro category strategy. Former Area Manager at Amazon (2019–2021).
Shelby Cutler
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager - Professional Services · Kimberly-Clark
Former Global Category Manager - Professional Services at Kimberly-Clark (2022–2026), a role the profile describes as global procurement category manager for Research & Development services, and Global Category Manager - NBSK SBSK Alt Fiber there since 2026. Former Procurement Specialist - Direct Packaging at Agropur (2022).
Yassine Bounajma
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager - Energy & Real Estate · Philips
Global Category Manager - Energy & Real Estate at Philips since 2024 and former Capex & MRO Category Manager Global Industrial vendors (2021–2024) and Category Sourcing Manager - Consultancy and HR services (2020–2021) there. The profile describes a focus on Indirect Procurement across Industrial categories such as Energy, CAPEX and MRO. Former EMEA regional buyer - Capex & MRO, Energy and IT at Kraft Heinz (2016–2020).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's categories to your spend, since indirect categories such as services, facilities and travel call for different sourcing approaches than capital equipment, MRO or direct materials. Ask whether the person owned a category globally or for one region, so you know how much of the strategy work they set themselves.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build a category strategy for a spend area, and how often do you revisit it?
- 02Which spend categories are worth running formal sourcing events for, and which are better handled through existing suppliers?
- 03How do you divide category ownership between a global team and regional buyers?
Reaching procurement category management experts
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