Associate Director, Procurement

Provide daily management and support to category/commodity team members and ensure proper development and execution of comprehensive category/commodity strategies that exceed both short term and long-term targets. Accountable for all commercial negotiations and supplier selections within commodities. Responsible for developing Category/commodity strategy and playbook. Responsible for management of strategic suppliers through formal Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process and accountable for monitoring supplier risk across all responsible commodities. Engage with Project and NPD and teams to support Projects and new product development (NPD) initiatives. 

• Provide daily/weekly management and support to category/commodity team members while continually developing and expanding individual and team capabilities utilizing the established Managing for Daily/Continuous Improvement (MD/CI) process. 

• Align with functional stakeholders to incorporate product and manufacturing strategies into category/commodity strategy while gaining leadership support. 

• Lead category/commodity team members (direct & indirect reports) to develop and execute comprehensive. 

• Opportunity Assessment for commodity including spend segmentation, commodity maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis. 

• Develop Sourcing Strategy for commodity detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits. 

• Accountable for execution of sourcing projects including RFx, continuous improvement, consolidation, etc. 

• Responsible for defining negotiations strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) 

• Developing and executing commodity blocking strategy 

• Accountable for all commercial negotiations and supplier selections within commodities - exceed spend under long-term agreement and supplier rationalization targets.  Accountable for contract lifecycle management and compliance 

• Partner with Regional and Sector Procurement teams to ensure delivery of productivity - lead team countermeasures aligned to commodities and regions/sector 

• Responsible for management of strategic suppliers through formal Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process to improve supplier performance metrics including quality, delivery, productivity, and innovation. 

• Engage with NPD Procurement teams to support new product development (NPD) and new technology introduction (NTI), through preferred supplier and SRM programs 

• Accountable for monitoring supplier risk across all responsible commodities while developing and maintaining detailed mitigation plans for critical components and at-risk suppliers 

• Accountable for team reporting and managing of category/commodity inflation, both mitigation and recovery 

• Accountable for cashflow & spend under contract to meet annual targets.  

• Accountable for delivering commodity productivity through price, value analysis (VA) or continuous improvement projects - responsible for supporting regional/sector countermeasures. 

• Aggregate category/commodity playbooks across team members and present comprehensive team update during Quarterly Category/commodity Reviews (QCR) 

• Strong collaborative work ethic and ability to build and maintain relationships at various levels of the organization.   

Minimum Requirements:  

• Bachelors Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering  

• 10+ years experience Supply Chain or Procurement 

• 6+ years experience in Category/commodity Management 

• 7+ years experience leading large complex cross functional projects 

• Ability to travel up to 25%  

Preferred Requirements:  

• Advanced degree such as a Master’s degree is preferred 

• Strong Analytic experience 

• Strong negotiation skills 

• Direct experience in the development and management of a global supply base