Non-Commodity Procurement (NPC) Category Manager

Position Summary

We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. The North America (NA) Non-Commodity Procurement (NPC) Category Manager reports to the Senior Director of Global Non-Commodity Procurement. This role is responsible for Energy, Facility Management, Professional Services & Mobile Capital across twenty-four (24) operational locations in North America. This individual acts as a strategic business partner to functional and operational stakeholders, identifying enterprise-wide opportunities to optimize cost, improve service delivery, mitigate risk, and strengthen supplier performance.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and execute category strategies across Energy, Facility Management, Professional Services, and Mobile Capital.
• Utilize the 7 Step Sourcing process to address all relevant category management activities from business case initiation to category strategy execution to disposition of strategy where necessary.
• Assemble, coordinate and lead cross-functional and functional stakeholder councils, to properly vet, execute and secure continued performance of category management and sourcing strategies.
• Manage a diverse range of internal stakeholders at a business unit, country, and regional level and externally at a supplier / consultant, leading routine strategy updates.
• Analyze market dynamics to understand upstream cost drivers and its effect on cost and market capacity, develop mitigation strategies where necessary.
• Establish category KPI targets (cost, control, process efficiency) and supplier scorecard programs in order to quantify the performance and value return of category management strategies.
• Design control plans in order to measure utilization of supply strategies, quantify the correlative effect of programs specific to cost and P&L outcomes, establish corrective action recommendations to support resolve.
• Leverage Strategic Sourcing & Category Management Competencies within standard practice.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant subjects such as Business Management, Supply Chain, Operations/Engineering coupled with significant work experience in these areas.
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Procurement; Strategic Sourcing experience in Facility Management, Energy, Professional Services, MRO and Supplier Management. Industry experience in CPG/FMCG/Pharma/Food highly desired.
• SAP / SAP S4 HANA, procurement experience is required.
• Experience in leading cross-functional, functional, and/or global teams within a matrixed environment.
• Knowledge of cost driver dynamics and influencing market and technology trends within the categories assigned. Ability to design effective, fact-based business case justifications with the capacity to drive and steer group decisions.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills. Must be an excellent verbal, written communicator capable of presenting complex technical issues to both peers and non-experts in a clear and effective manner.
• Able to work effectively in an entrepreneurial environment, demonstrating agility, collaboration, teamwork, and accountability.
• Ability to think strategically, while being able to manage hands-on tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong MS office systems proficiency e.g. PowerPoint, Excel.

Pay and Benefits

The pay for this role in the state of Illinois ranges from $120,000 to $140,000 and is based on position responsibilities and geographic location. Actual pay within this range may be determined based on candidate’s experience, qualifications and/or other determining factors.