Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

The Sr Procurement Manager – Product Services, is category leader role and drives the execution of complex global category strategies necessary to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend across the North Americas Sites. The role will influence about $180M in spend on Product Services which mainly constitutes Outside lab testing of raw or finished goods, equipment maintenance and calibration subcategories. The role collaborates and leads a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies and handles supplier relationships. The role reports into North America Site Services Indirect Sourcing team.

Scale of ResponsibilitiesResponsible for category strategy development and implementationDelivers key category performance indicators, including savings, supplier rationalization, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc.Develops multi-year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying suppliers that meet key business category management goalsTechnical ResponsibilitiesUses structured Category Management process to provide input into category strategiesAnalyzes market intelligence to identify key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements. Competent in category and supplier segmentation to effectively focus on key suppliersEngages and supports division/site procurement teams to qualify key suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, poor performance suppliersAnalyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goalsLeads supplier business reviews with selected suppliers to drive strategic priorities as well as handle key performance indicatorsDrives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategyLeadership ResponsibilitiesInfluences cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure category strategies and activities are aligned with divisional business prioritiesWorks with external supply partners and leads cross-functional internal teams to advance key business drivers such as supply continuity, quality, cost and operational performanceSelectively may work to develop supplier strategic partnerships. Secures capacity with suppliers (e.g. tool/asset management)Collaborates with Procurement Enablement team to develop predictive analyticsActs as a coach/mentor to colleagues on category strategy process

Education, Experience and Abilities

Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education. Master’s Degree is preferredMinimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experienceStrong negotiation and contracts skills requiredExperience working in highly regulated industriesExperience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year resultsDemonstrated consultative, collaborative and influencing style in performing sourcing activities