Global Packaging Procurement Category Manager

Key Accountabilities :

• Develop regional category sourcing strategies and plans aligned to the needs of the business, finding opportunities to build business value / competitive advantage and mitigate risk in a compliant manner.
• Build and maintain good regional market / supplier knowledge.
• Support / own the strategic sourcing process to realise defined category management strategies, in collaboration customers including :
• Ensure all category sourcing arrangements are fully compliant to all corporate social, environmental, financial, risk, E&C and HSSE policies and standards and that all sourcing is performed in line with defined Delegations of Authority. As part of this, maintaining an effective audit trail during the entire sourcing process. Support contracts compliance agenda.
• Develop jointly agreed performance measurement criteria / frameworks with suppliers to continuously supervise and improve supplier performance, ensuring these are embedded with contracts. Perform / co-ordinate / support supplier performance management activities, including the collation of performance data, support for supplier performance reviews and driving continuous improvements / performance improvements as the need arises with other business customers.
• Support strategic efforts including supply base segmentation, supporting reviews, and driving supply side innovation
• Engage and work collaboratively on a regional basis to enable the effective development and / or delivery of plus post contract supplier management activities, as vital.
• Ensure provision of timely supply market knowledge to business customers, relaying current and future impactful events and their potential consequences.
• Take care of sourcing matters promptly and effectively.
• Operate at all times in a manner that maintains client happiness with the function.

Summary Decision Rights

Skills Required

Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, supplier relationship management , Contract Management