Job Description
- Creation and ongoing value creation with a world class supply base
- Development of organizational procurement strategy
- Creation and management of short, mid, and long-term goals and objectives
- Creation and improvement of best-practice based processes (e.g., leadership of high-value/strategic sourcing efforts)
- Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities
- Selection and management of procurement systems
- Management of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities
- Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilities
- Leadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiatives
- Budget management for categories under management – and for procurement itself
- Development of benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement
- Building a Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE) to help transform Procurement, and support broader transformation of the value chain and the enterprise


Requirements
- Strong leadership skills
- Team player at executive levels to collaborate with business units and functional partners like IT, Finance, Marketing, Operations, HR, Legal, etc.
- Solid operational management and general business skills and savvy
- Working knowledge of finance and/or accounting in terms of budgeting, cost management, financial accounting, treasury, risk management, etc.
- Industry knowledge in terms of broad industry dynamics on the buy-side (and the sell-side), but also the internal knowledge and “language of the business”
- Excellent communication skills and even better listening skills that allows the procurement manager to get the “voice of the internal customer” and to understand the company culture and how to best communicate procurement’s value to it
- In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices, but doesn’t have to come from within the procurement ranks
- Strong negotiation skills to use for large commercial deals
- Experience with modern sourcing and procurement strategy and systems
- Familiarity with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions to mitigate legal risk
- Strategic mindset and problem-solving skills
Analytical mindset, but also creativity to seek, encourage and find non-traditional approaches that have historically “boxed-in” procurement

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