
Procurement Manager – Tail End & Base Chemicals
- Stamford, CT
- $100,000-120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Defines and manages distribution & base chemical supplier portfolio.
- Selects suppliers and establishes strategic supplier relationships where appropriate and manages them accordingly.
- Lead regional strategy development for assigned spend. Implements year over year cost reduction, increased payment terms and optimizes price development in line with global targets.
- Assure Scope 3 Carbon reduction targets are met by 2030 along with other sustainability KPIs (100% RSPO Sourced Palm, Supplier Ecovadis compliance etc.)
- Supports full delegation of back-office jobs to Shared Service Center and develops best practices for e-sourcing with sustainable results.
- Is responsible for periodical progress measurement, accuracy of information and data, in-time delivery, audit conform documentation.
- Proactively steers the agreement portfolio.
- Executes operational standard processes with the target to enable supply, secure supply, improve supply and verify supply.
- Ensures supply continuity and manages all critical shortages and FM's avoiding out of stocks and impact on NES.
- Optimizes (together with SC) the e2e value chain demand-to-supply to improve supplier service and quality level, and raws/packs inventory.
- Collaborates with the regional stakeholders (SC, CT, R&D).
- Four-year bachelor's degree is required, and MBA is preferred.
- At least 5 years related procurement or equivalent experience with strong knowledge of good purchasing practices, supply chain management and contract law as it applies to the procurement process.
- Strong negotiation skills with demonstrated flexibility in approach to negotiating based on the situation.
- Excels at stakeholder management and team collaboration with experience proactively engaging customers and suppliers to identify and define potential issues and opportunities; developing solutions that create value.
- Advanced analytical capabilities in Excel is required and SAP experience preferred.