Purchasing Category Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize all resources to gather, organize, analyze and verify sourcing project details.
• Analyze and calculate cost scenarios, savings and increase impacts.
• Develop ways to improve & drive all areas of cost reduction opportunities.
• Lead RFI, RFP and RFQ national supplier sourcing/negotiating events.
• Develop & manage national contract agreements to support the plants.
• Manage, monitor, track indices & negotiate national pricing of raw materials & consumed goods/parts with national suppliers.
• Develop/generate and implement efficient souring & category management strategies.
• Work very closely with all US plants and national suppliers to ensure our plants material needs are procured at the lowest total cost.
• Spot research/monitor site purchases and payables to ensure processes, procedures, contract purchase and material master compliance.
• Manage procurement of national items and communicate material master utilization guidelines to the plants.

Requirements

• Strong project management, analytical & attention to detail skills, self-motivated.
• Listening skills a must to allow rationalization of directional procurement to support the plants.
• Strategic procurement and supplier negotiation experience. (manufacturing environment preferred with raw materials, consumed goods/parts)
• SAP or ERP network knowledge preferred.
• Attention to details; cause and effect outcome of those details across all domestic manufacturing sites.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft office software (emphasis in spreadsheets, data entry & formulas) for cost analysis and indices tracking.
• Possess ability to multi-task in a very fast paced environment.
• Comfortable deciphering product specifications and working with figures.
• Strong communication skills while sustaining relationships in stressful situations.