Senior Manager - Indirect Procurement

Senior Manager - Indirect Procurement

 

Location: Bay City TX, United States (US)
Job Function: Procurement
Career Level: Professionals
Company: Roehm America LLC

 

WHO WE ARE

We are a leading supplier of methacrylate chemistry. As a global company with around 2,900 employees, we are represented on four continents. We serve a global market with our MERACRYL® methacrylates and PMMA molding compounds under the PLEXIGLAS® brand (in the Americas registered under the trademark ACRYLITE®), which we manufacture in our worldwide production network. Our products supply growth markets including the automotive, construction, and medical technology industries.

 

Röhm is committed to operating with social responsibility, and sustainability forms an integral part of our business strategy. We view our employees as our strength, and we value diversity and inclusion. If you thrive in an environment where individual contributions are both visible and recognized, Röhm may be right for you.

 

WHAT THE ROLE DELIVERS 

 

The Senior Sourcing Manager will manage and support supplier contract/price negotiations, including preparation of tender documents and evaluation of the bid documents. Negotiate the optimization/extension of existing contracts and catalogs, including the generation of new contracts and catalogs. Dollars range up to $30 MM/year. You will analyze the category/procurement groups responsible, implement and evaluate the risk analyses and supplier assessments along with developing the KPI-based strategic objectives. The sourcing manager will also develop, plan and implement measures for the procurement groups responsible within the framework of the procurement strategy, to increase/maintain competition, secure supply, increase efficiency, and raise potential savings. This role is the contact person for strategic supplier relationship, as well as first escalation stage in event and complaint management. 

 

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO 

 

• This position will have executive procurement responsibility for complex categories/procurement groups of indirect goods and services while considering quality, safety, sustainability, the environment, as well as time & cost efficiency. 

• To develop and implement procurement strategies including optimized options for future supply or demand development, in coordination with internal users and in alignment with organization’s overall objectives as well as considering market place developments. 

• Have in-dept knowledge of all aspects of technical and operational procurement activities such as but not limited to: SAP, capital goods/services, MRO(Maintenance, repair, and operating suppliers), supplier contracts, tenders/RFQ, consumables and other professional services. 

• Provide visionary leadership to team members by supporting and coaching team members. 

• Ensure constructive and solution-oriented relationships with internal customers as well as suppliers. 

• The KPI's for the function are established and fulfilled at best-in-class level. 

• That business is conducted in accordance with procedures and guidelines set forth in the ISO Quality and Environmental Management System as well as RC 14001 Management System. 

• Hiring, training, developing and managing the Technical Procurement team. Appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.  

 

The Senior Sourcing Manager will coordinate activities with the Sourcing Manager for Technical Procurement to ensure: 

• The Regional Procurement organization develops and executes strategies in alignment with global Procurement 

• The regional implementation of global Procurement initiatives 

• This individual will work to ensure a sustainable competitive cost advantage to new and existing businesses throughout the region.  

• The security of supply as well as a continuous value contribu