Procurement Manager in Oak Brook, IL at Mauser Packaging Solutions

Plant Name: Oak Brook Executive Office

Requisition ID:005427--Corp

We are seeking a Procurement Category Manager who will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a sourcing strategy for a variety of spend categories that will evolve based on business needs

• Identify potential suppliers for each spend category (includes existing supply base plus potential new suppliers)
• Collaborative with internal stakeholders (i.e. operations, plant specific Purchasing personnel, quality, engineering, sales) to develop an enterprise-wide RFQ package accurately reflecting requirements to service each respective manufacturing location
• Issue RFQ to identified supply base and serve as primary point of contact for any questions/clarification as well as gatekeeper for all supplier submissions/responses.
• Analyze supplier submissions to RFQ and lead cross functional team to develop a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model to serve as the foundation for developing a sourcing strategy for the respective spend category.
• Lead the negotiation of a commercial supply agreement (i.e. contract) with suppliers included within the sourcing strategy.
• Lead the implementation/execution of the category sourcing strategy across the enterprise.

• Lead the management of all commercial aspects for suppliers within assigned spend categories including:

• Strategic sourcing/vendor selection
• Purchase price management
• Commercial contracts (i.e. supply agreements) and terms
• Cost saving initiatives
• Supplier performance (i.e. quality, delivery, capacity, financial health)
• Leading the resolution for all other commercial issues with respective supply base
• Foster collaborative and effective communication between supply base and internal stakeholders (i.e. operations, plant specific Purchasing personnel, quality, engineering, sales, etc…)
• Support the Procure-to-Pay process for the supply base of all assigned spend categories. Will be key stakeholder in developing/streamlining future process and system upgrades.
• Actively manage spend for supply base by monitoring and analyzing supplier spend data within all assigned spend categories.