Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team: Inspire, engage, and grow a team by fostering a culture of excellence, building capabilities, and creating succession plans to ensure sustained operational and financial success.
Drive Strategic Alignment and Execution: Translate regional sourcing and supply strategies into clear commercial operations priorities and targets.
Collaborate Across Functions and Stakeholders: Build strong partnerships with internal teams
including Sourcing, Regulatory, Trade Compliance, Planning, Manufacturing, and Commercial communities—to enable seamless strategy execution and continuous improvement.
Ensure Reliable Supply and Service to Factories: Oversee supplier and factory operations to guarantee timely, high-quality delivery of direct materials, packaging, and raw materials that meet business needs efficiently and responsively.
Manage Performance and Cost Optimization: Establish and monitor KPIs, proactively address performance gaps, and lead cross-functional initiatives to reduce material costs and deliver measurable savings.
Optimize Inbound Supply Chain and Inventory Management: Develop and implement innovative inbound supply chain strategies, inventory optimization, and supplier-owned inventory to reduce costs and lead times.
Champion Process Excellence and Data Integrity: Co-develop and implement future Target Operating Model with Regional Planning and Manufacturing.
Foster Supplier Relationships and Innovation: Serve as the primary contact for suppliers and internal teams on operational matters. Collaborate with strategic suppliers to drive continuous improvement, technology adoption, and competitive advantage.
Ensure Governance, Compliance, and Risk Management: Maintain adherence to governance standards, regulatory requirements, and quality controls by partnering with relevant teams to ensure compliant, timely delivery of materials.
Requirements
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business, economics, supply chain, logistics or related discipline
Master's degree preferred
Minimum 8 years of Procurement and General Supply Chain experience in a progressive environment
Minimum 3 years' experience leading diverse teams, in multiple locations a plus
In depth understanding of SRM programs, continuous improvement programs, risk mitigation strategies; procure-to-pay technologies; MRP, and root cause of demand, price, inventory, and BOM variances
Experience in Commodity markets and/or materials sourcing
Demonstrated strong crisis management and conflict resolution skills