Leading the development of the global category strategy for $350+ million in spend while ensuring alignment with the business requirements of all segments.
Leading a team of regional category managers located across multiple geographies.
Leading and sponsoring sourcing events at both a global and regional level, partnering with procurement business partners, R&D and Agile squads.
Managing projects across multiple regions and ABUs including sourcing events, category initiatives, best practice sharing, data mining, etc..
Supporting team members in developing key supplier relationships, escalating and resolving supplier continuity issues, planning SRM connections and value/innovation discussions.
Leading in the creation and maintenance of category knowledge and processes to ensure category strategies are informed, relevant and up to date
Monitoring supplier performance tracking to drive service, quality and cost improvements, as well as reduce risk across the enterprise.
Identifying and evaluating new suppliers, while building trust and credibility with all suppliers by demonstrating integrity, commitment and results orientation to drive and deliver results.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in business, supply chain or related discipline
10+ years’ experience in Procurement or other related function.
Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) with ability to communicate up and across the organization
Cross functional collaboration and influencing, project management, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently in heavily matrixed organization