Responsibilities:

• Establish and execute the multi-year category strategy
• Create strategic relationships with key suppliers to drive innovation and improve value
• Regularly interact with other Corporate and Site Procurement functions to ensure support of our internal stakeholders’ needs
• Create the strategy and manage the transition of key suppliers to cost advantaged countries
• Supports Global Procurement teams as category SME, directly interfacing with supply base
• Work with internal stakeholders and identify/achieve finalized procurement targets
• Ensures all behaviors and supplier behaviors are compliant to companies Ethics and Policies
• Provides budgetary guidance to the business and is responsible for providing meaningful category intelligence (industry movement, trends, SWOT, etc.)
• Prepares and maintains the Savings plan (pipeline of procurement projects) for their assigned categories
• Improves the company’s cash position through rigorous negotiation of payment terms, unit cost, and down payments; as applicable
• For procurement decisions, leads the Supplier Selection through to Contract execution
• Leads the identification of long term continuous improvement action plans and productivity pipeline prior to hand over to the Site Purchasing

Requirements:

• 6-8 years of procurement experience across multiple categories and/or commensurate technical experience (Quality, Engineering, etc.) with a high supplier interaction level
• Direct experience managing suppliers in cost advantaged regions (Latin/South America)
• Demonstrated experience as a creative and strategic thought leader
• Results oriented, experienced managing multiple deadlines and deliverables
• Regulated/Technical industry experience required
• Bilingual English/Spanish is required
• Bachelor’s degree required