Regional Logistics Category Manager

About the role

In your future role as a Regional Logistics Category Manager, you will:

• Optimize and deploy Logistics (Warehousing & Transportation) commercial agreements in North America region (Mexico, USA and Canada)
• Support development of a coherent regional Logistics plan aligned with each business area strategy and the individual local logistics requirements.
• Lead the Logistics categories (Rail Freight, Leasing and Bulk Warehousing) across North America region
• Lead procurement of Logistic services in North America (all aspects: specify, negotiate, contracting, etc.), including contract authorization in all businesses to deliver optimal Total Cost of Ownership
• Lead Logistics regional tenders and strategic sourcing activities
• Contribute to the continuous assessment and benchmarking to identify logistics improvement opportunities
• Contribute to modelling & simulation, footprint development, logistics mode selection to ensure cross business and sites synergies and that the benefits are captured
• Create value and deliver financial savings with P&L (Profit and Loss) impact and process optimizations to business
• Develop and execute negotiation related to Rail Logistics in Americas and secure profitable deals
• Develop short and long term leasing strategies to support growth
• Develop and maintain in depth market knowledge and forecasting abilities in regards of rail transportation and warehousing and fleet management in North America
• Lead supplier meetings and ensure that contracted partners will meet agreed service levels and safety standards stablished by Nouryon and the Chemical Industry
• Lead regional workshops and internal meetings with aim to identify new opportunities for value creation
• Lead strategic initiatives to drive transportation optimizations
• Ensure risk management support for the implementation of Logistics change projects
• Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques to ensure non-supply disruption
• Proactive follow-up possible market and capacity changes in international logistics in all related countries and deploy contingency plans to secure the supply and ensure the most optimal costs
• Ensure commercial controls to fully leverage Nouryon’s power in the market to secure maximum benefit to individual businesses
• Work closely together with all stakeholders such as: Logistics function of Supply Chain and Manufacturing / Operations, Business Leadership Teams, Sales Managers and Procurement
• Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
• Provide rapid support to stakeholder when needed as a key channel for escalation
• Work closely with strategic suppliers to drive cost down and optimize service levels
• Ensure logistics tools & processes are used and proper stablished among all business
• Ensure compliance
• Deliver continuous logistics improvements
• Identify best practices and benchmarks and ensure sharing and deployment within the company

Responsibilities

In your future role as a Regional Logistics Category Manager, you will:

• Optimize and deploy Logistics (Warehousing & Transportation) commercial agreements in North America region (Mexico, USA and Canada)
• Support development of a coherent regional Logistics plan aligned with each business area strategy and the individual local logistics requirements.
• Lead the Logistics categories (Rail Freight, Leasing and Bulk Warehousing) across North America region
• Lead procurement of Logistic services in North America (all aspects: specify, negotiate, contracting, etc.), including contract authorization in all businesses to deliver optimal Total Cost of Ownership
• Lead Logistics regional tenders and strategic sourcing activities
• Contribute to the continuous assessment and benchmarking to identify logistics improvement opportunities
• Contribute to modelling & simulation, footprint development, logistics mode selection to ensure cross business and sites synergies and that the benefits are captured
• Create value and deliver financial savings with P&L (Profit and Loss) impact and process optimizations to business
• Develop and execute negotiation related to Rail Logistics in Americas and secure profitable deals
• Develop short and long term leasing strategies to support growth
• Develop and maintain in depth market knowledge and forecasting abilities in regards of rail transportation and warehousing and fleet management in North America
• Lead supplier meetings and ensure that contracted partners will meet agreed service levels and safety standards stablished by Nouryon and the Chemical Industry
• Lead regional workshops and internal meetings with aim to identify new opportunities for value creation
• Lead strategic initiatives to drive transportation optimizations
• Ensure risk management support for the implementation of Logistics change projects
• Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques to ensure non-supply disruption
• Proactive follow-up possible market and capacity changes in international logistics in all related countries and deploy contingency plans to secure the supply and ensure the most optimal costs
• Ensure commercial controls to fully leverage Nouryon’s power in the market to secure maximum benefit to individual businesses
• Work closely together with all stakeholders such as: Logistics function of Supply Chain and Manufacturing / Operations, Business Leadership Teams, Sales Managers and Procurement
• Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
• Provide rapid support to stakeholder when needed as a key channel for escalation
• Work closely with strategic suppliers to drive cost down and optimize service levels
• Ensure logistics tools & processes are used and proper stablished among all business
• Ensure compliance
• Deliver continuous logistics improvements
• Identify best practices and benchmarks and ensure sharing and deployment within the company

Requirements

We believe you bring:

• A business or engineering degree at bachelor/university level
• At least 5 years relevant work experience in logistics/supply chain activities
• A strong background in logistics operations and safety requirements. A desirable background in the Chemical Industry and knowledge in dangerous goods products
• A strong background on the USA and Canada rail shipping industry
• A good understanding of external business trends to drive strategically the process standardization agenda.
• A strong Project management experience (In-depth knowledge of Nouryon (ALPS) processes and methodologies, Strategic Sourcing Methodology, Lean management methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma)
• Following software skills- MS-Office
• A Business Warehouse / SAP
• A working in a SharePoint environment

Qualifications

Great if you have:

• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and communicator, able to listen, able to handle team tensions
• A stress resistance, flexible, problem-solving attitude
• To be seen by others as credible, trustworthy, and open to new ideas
• A strong analytical & interpersonal skills and ability to influence and guide others
• To be focused on results
• A good problem-solving skills, able to identify and structure issues, run accurate analyses and synthesize recommendations
• A strong desire to improve existing status
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in oral and written Spanish

Skills

Good to know:

• Fluency in oral and written Spanish

Benefits

Standard - Closing date

Pay

Standard - Fulltime

Schedule

Standard - 10% of travelling