Procurement Category Manager

Global Procurement Category Manager

Reporting to the Global Procurement Director. In your assigned categories /spend you are responsible for delivering business results, development, and execution of global strategies, ensuring continuity of supply, and minimizing total cost of ownership, all of which are required to meet the business needs.

The main responsibilities include:

Leadership

• Working in a multicultural environment and collaborating with Teams from various backgrounds and able to operate effectively across multiple time zones
• Managing a team of direct report of 2-3 global sourcing associates located in multiple regions and coordinate with regional Procurement teams (5 -8 people) in the 4 main regions. In this leader capacity you are driving engagement levels in the team by:
  • setting challenging goals,
  • providing constructive feedback,
  • supporting & enabling delivery (servant Leadership),
  • driving governance in the team, ....
• Aspirational, ambitious and able to demonstrate consistent Team performance overtime

Strategic Spend owner

• Chemical Raw material spend between $250-$400M globally depending on spend category complexity.
• Develop global sourcing strategies and drive Go-to-Market events (RFP/E-auctions/Negotiations)

to achieve Cost savings, Working capital improvement and supply security.

• Support global strategic initiatives to drive continuous improvement in category performance.
• Collaborate with regional teams to ensure consistency in messaging and execution of projects and drive positive result against key business priorities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, negotiating contracts and ensuring optimal pricing and quality to create value for the organization
• Ensuring security of supply by driving sole source breaks and contingency plans
• Engaging with the R&D and Procurement Business Partner teams to drive portfolio optimization and consolidation
• Drive & deploy Spend strategy by leveraging the Low-cost market sourcing Program and digital tools
• Linking knowledge of current market trends with supplier portfolios to identify opportunities for marketplace advantages, and generate innovative ideas for gaining a competitive advantage
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines relating to the chemical category
• Be a safety and ethical Champion (Lead by Example)
• Min 20% travel requirements and flexible hours

Other skills and responsibilities

• Able to demonstrate financial acumen and proficient in executive communication
• Drive accountability and P&L Impact to achieve OGSM / business objectives
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills with strong influencing and persuasive talents
• Communicate and influence regional stakeholders to drive alignment to the category plan and ensure execution of projects.
• Tech Savvy & Digital curiosity - Leveraging Technology and new sourcing Tools including AI to outperform the market
• Min 30% travel requirements and flexible hours

Preferred Qualifications and profile:

• Minimum Degree in Business, Engineering, Chemistry, or related field
• 7 to 10 years of purchasing experience, preferably in raw material or direct purchasing with strong commercial background and proven international working experience.
• Demonstrated history of leadership, teamwork, and project management skills
• Demonstrated professionalism and strong presence in interactions with others
• Enjoy striving to do your best and are never satisfied
• Have the tenacity to see things through
• Have the Ability to create healthy tensions, manage & win them
• Are excited and enthused by new possibilities, challenging status quo
• have diverse views, imagination, curiosity, flexibility and focus
• have the ambition to develop new skills and take on new responsibilities
• robustly champion the right thing to do and the right way to do it.

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