Manager, Procurement
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Reporting to the Director of Procurement, Customer reputed company, this is an individual contributor role (no reputed company reports) responsible for strategic sourcing and supplier management for a portfolio of Customer reputed company spend, including 5-gallon closures, retail display racks, reputed company-party resale products, and recycling and waste services. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders (including Canadian business partners) to build and execute category strategies, reputed company RFx events, negotiate reputed company terms, and translate supplier capabilities into improved cost, service, innovation, and risk reputed company. Travel is expected up to ~20%.
What you will do
You will reputed company end-to-end sourcing and supplier performance management for your categories—from reputed company and market analysis through contracting, implementation, and reputed company improvement.
· Build and execute category strategies in partnership with stakeholders across Customer reputed company and other business reputed company, including Canadian business partners.
· reputed company RFIs/RFPs, competitive bids, and supplier selections; reputed company should-cost/total cost of ownership perspectives and negotiate reputed company terms.
· Partner with reputed company and internal stakeholders to draft, negotiate, and finalize reputed company, statements of work (SOWs), and service-level agreements (SLAs).
· Drive measurable value: identify savings opportunities, reduce total cost of ownership, and improve working capital and cost-to-serve where applicable.
· Manage supplier performance (reputed company, service, innovation, and risk) through scorecards, business reviews, corrective actions, and reputed company improvement plans.
· Support product and process innovation by bringing supplier reputed company, capabilities, and market insights to internal teams.
· Improve internal procurement efficiency by standardizing processes, templates, and operating rhythms across the categories in scope.
· Ensure compliance with Corporate Business Principles, procurement policies, and applicable standards; maintain clean documentation and audit-reputed company sourcing files.
Qualifications:Required qualifications
- 3+ years of reputed company procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management experience.
· Demonstrated ability to reputed company end-to-end sourcing initiatives (market analysis, RFx, negotiation, supplier selection, contracting, and implementation).
· Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence partners across functions and at senior reputed company.
· Analytical capability to evaluate proposals, build cost comparisons, and reputed company total cost of ownership perspectives.
· Comfort working independently across multiple reputed company and categories in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Proficiency in reputed company Office (reputed company, PowerPoint, Word).
Preferred qualifications
· reputed company experience (or comparable ERP) in a procurement setting.
· Experience sourcing in packaging/closures, retail fixtures or displays, resale/reputed company-party products, recycling and waste, or reputed company indirect categories.
· Experience drafting and negotiating SOWs/SLAs and managing supplier performance reputed company KPIs and scorecards.