Commodity Manager, Procurement

Responsibilities

• Direct responsibility for spend within the respective Indirect Materials and Services Categories assigned.
• Achieve Procurement targets for assigned categories inclusive of cost, innovation, quality, working capital and supplier performance.
• Led collaboration with key stakeholders to define, develop and execute Procurement strategies to arrive at the best total value solution for the company.
• Maintains business relationships with representatives of strategic suppliers for Indirect Materials and Services.
• Leads, co-leads, or supports commercial sourcing activity across assigned Indirect Materials and Services categories as required to meet company objectives (e.g. e-Auction, RfX processes).
• Leads, co-leads, or supports non-commercial events as required to meet objectives, including, but not limited to Kaizen workshops, Working Capital/Inventory Workshops.
• Executes contract authoring and Terms and Conditions negotiations with suppliers classified in assigned categories and projects by collaborating with internal legal resources and stakeholder teams.
• Accountable for Performance areas: Cost Savings (SRT), Supplier performance, challenging of material & service specifications (demand management).
• Develops Supplier Metric Scorecards and establishes Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s) for Indirect Categories, where applicable.
• Responsible for contract management of assigned categories and fully accountable for developing Supplier Metric Scorecards and establishing Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s) for Indirect Categories, where applicable.
• Requires up to 25% travel to plan and execute sourcing activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited Institution
• 5 years of experience in purchasing management
• Preferred: MBA in Business Administration/Economics or similar, 2 years international purchasing management, Decision-making, Communication and negotiation skills, Project Management, Innovative, Strategic thinker, Customer-oriented with business acumen, Demonstrated flexibility in her/his ability to flex between multiple categories/suppliers, Professional certifications Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)