Procurement Manager – Tail End & Base Chemicals

Henkel

  • Stamford, CT
  • $100,000-120,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 9 days ago
At Henkel, you'll be part of an organization that's shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, 'all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you'll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit - where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.What you´ll do
  • 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).
What makes you a good fit
  • 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.
Some benefits of joining HenkelHealth Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell programFinancial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursementFamily Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarshipsCareer Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursementThe salary for this role is $100,000.00 - $120,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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