The Procurement Manager will lead the procurement function and team within the Americas owning the preparation, negotiation, and management of suppliers and agreements; total spend greater than a $100MM including raw materials, packaging materials, commodities, third party manufacturers, capital purchases and MRO. This position will have 4+ direct reports.
Experience:
- 10+ years' purchasing, planning, and inventory control experience in an ERP environment preferably in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations and Finance; Minimum of 5 years in a manager role.
- Proven expertise in negotiation and supplier management.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective team building and collaboration.
- Proven track record of success delivering on operational goals and business KPI's.
- Proficiency in procurement software and tools
- Procurement experience with Aerosol, Chemical and/or Packaging commodities in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or related field.
- Masters or MBA beneficial.
- APICS Certification beneficial.
Skills:
- Demonstrated competency with purchasing principles and MRP (Material Resource Planning) including Sourcing, Category and Supplier Management preferably in a Supply Chain Environment.
- Proven history of effectively leading people, setting expectations, and ensuring accountability to achieve desired outcomes
- Experience working across technical, supply chain and other functional and business partners.
- Strong business and finance acumen, deep understanding of managing for impact in matrix environment, broad-based understanding of business operations and practices and core Procurement areas of focus (Spend Management, Category Management and Supplier Management).
- Strategic ability to select supply partners in terms of commercial terms, quality, service, cost and capability.
- Proven ability to lead, influence, partner on and shape projects with or without direct team authority.
- Must be detailed oriented, analytical, organized and able to function effectively and productively in a fast-paced environment.
- Possess strong interpersonal, presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong systems knowledge including Microsoft PowerBI, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook proficiency.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Owns end-2-end strategy development and execution, from business needs to sustained value creation and spend performance.
- Leads for the Americas, and participates with the Supply Chain and Operations community, in the monitoring of market, commodity and industry trends to assess purchase price volatility and risks, and regularly takes proactive actions
- Develops, generates & owns the road map of initiatives driving value including cost savings and complexity reduction partnering with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, R&D and Marketing.Lead and mentor a high-performing procurement team, promoting collaboration and professional growth by establishing clear goals, expectations, and accountability measures for team members.
- Owns, develops and continually improves relationships with suppliers, including co-owning (alongside R&D, Operations, Quality and Supply Chain) strategic plans, agreements and their tactical execution.
- Ensure robust supplier management & supply performance management to set and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure procurement efficiency. collaborating s.
- Owns and collaborates to consistently deliver and continuously improve supply performance targets (cost reductions / avoidance, supplier / portfolio rationalization, reliability, compliance, sustainability).
- Co-owns & manages sourcing of materials and supplier footprint, participating alongside our NPD process to ensure value driven material & supplier selection on NPDs and long-term innovation projects.
- Material resource planning and managing supplier performance in partnership to ensure optimal, on target inventory management, inventory turns, working capital, customer service and On Time In Full fulfillment.
- Works with stakeholders across all functions to establish the optimal sourcing for materials into inventory, delivery schedules, packaging and space demands.
- Negotiates and delivers savings to meet business requirements and Operations' objectives. Ensures competitive pricing service versus industry trends and marketplace dynamics.
- Identifies and drives continuous improvement throughout the business as part of our collective Operational Excellence culture.
- Ensure all applicable ISO 9001 procedures are followed and make recommendations to procedures to continually improve efficiency and service within CRC as well as to customers.