Senior Director Non - Metal Procurement

What we offer you

• Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions
• Education Assistance
• Bonus Plan Eligibility
• Parental Leave

Job Summary:

Responsible for the company’s end to end sourcing of products, equipment, and services essential for North American operations. In addition, this individual will be responsible for all phases of sourcing that require the skills necessary to identify cost saving opportunities, create competitive environments, creatively negotiate, generate contracts to assure seamless availability of all products to support the company objectives.

This role will lead strategic procurement activities and policies and foster an environment of continuous improvement and performance aligned to leading industry standards, requiring regular contact with direct reports, as well as extensive interaction with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.

A successful candidate should possess strong procurement acumen, passion for people leadership, and ability to demonstrate previous success in a similar role and environment.

What you will be doing

Business

• Procurement functional leadership for Extrusion North America (USA and Canada)
• Overall responsibility for the strategic and operational sourcing management goals of the business unit and implement action items to ensure that those goals are achieved
• Participate in establishing short-term and long-range planning and budget development of the company to support ENA’s business goals
• Report regularly to executive and local management regarding procurement improvement and performance activities and their impact on the annual business plan and targets.
• Management reports and metrics

Sourcing, contracts, and supply

• Develop, manage, and execute the annual business unit Procurement Plan
• Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models
• Implement supplier agreements/contracts when beneficial by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions
• Develop and implement sourcing and supplier selection strategy domestically and internationally
• Lead the supplier management program with key suppliers including metrics, performance goals, and improvement initiatives – resolve performance issues as needed

LESS and Projects

• Assign savings projects and category management to Procurement personnel and oversee successful execution of those projects to meet the business savings objectives
• Drive negotiations for best cost service guarantee and develop “win-win” strategies that achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers
• Continuously improve productivity and efficiency of processes throughout the operational organization

Policies and Compliance

• Serve as the business unit procurement representative on business area and corporate sponsored procurement teams.
• Update executive management on upcoming trends, initiatives, and programs and their potential impact on the business unit.
• Enforce and improve procurement policies and ensure compliance within the business unit procurement function

Team Development

• Manage and mentor a staff of category managers, procurement managers, and buyers, encouraging their professional growth & development
• Continue to advance the skills and performance of the team through hiring, mentoring, talent development, training, and other means of professional development.
• Set performance goals, conduct regular evaluations, and provide constructive feedback to ensure active development and performance management

Reporting

• The role reports to the VP Finance and Strategy
• Direct reports to the role are the Region Procurement Managers leading the region/plant procurement teams and the North American business unit category managers and procurement staff
• Collaboratively drives the business unit needs into the BA categories, with oversight on results and ENA needs

Market Intelligence

• Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers
• Analyze industry trends and evolving technology for potential improved efficiency
• Proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, ensure supplier integrity, protect intellectual property and personal data and continuity of supply

What will make you successful?

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business or engineering.
• 15+ years purchasing/strategic sourcing experience
• 7+ years relevant operations/supply chain experience
• 5+ years of leadership experience (manager of managers)
• Ability to travel up to 35%, as required

Preferred Skills/Qualifications: 

• Masters degree in business or engineering preferred.
• Relevant professional certification is a plus (CPSM, CPM, CIPS)
• Experience with contract manufacturing and service vendors
• International sourcing experience
• Ability to lead projects, establish clear goals and accountabilities to ensure successful
  execution
• Contract development, legal terminology, administration, and enforcement
• Advanced systems skills and working knowledge of MS Office, with advanced Excel
  knowledge
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Development and management of KPIs to measure team performance
• Experience with business operating systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working within a project management environment
• Demonstrated and engaging leadership skills for professional methods and results
• Experience with direct management of functional, regional, or global teams.
• Must be comfortable and successful with managing remotely

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