Global Logistics Sourcing Manager

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2024 revenue of approximately $9.4 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

 

Responsibilities

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The Global Logistics Sourcing Manager leads an international team of Logistics Sourcing Managers and reports to Director, Global Sourcing.   Successful candidate will develop and organize sourcing activities for multiple global categories of spend, leveraging deep market insights to achieve progressive Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) reductions while maintaining/improving product quality and supplier service levels. This leader also works closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with Business needs and to develop effective category strategies and implementation plans that drive TCO reduction, WC improvement and support sustainable procurement and risk management objectives. This role provides market insights to commercial and functional teams around Logistics supply, demand, forecast, and pricing trends while collaborating with mode procurement managers on negotiation plans, contracting and driving end-to-end value.

 

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain deep market insights and expertise into assigned categories
Oversee logistics sourcing strategy development/execution aligned to business needs as well as supporting sustainable procurement and risk management objectives
Champion and secure TCO reductions and working capital improvement and ensure governance of savings 
Oversee the process to select suppliers and owns relationships and performance, including supplier financials and relevant metrics. Implement and drive Supplier Relationship Management program for key suppliers.
Develop and execute an overall logistics sourcing strategy and implementation plans.
Assure logistics categories’ strategies are developed, covering any opportunity across the levers of commercial, specification or demand.
Assure logistics categories’ strategies are developed leveraging GSP processes and governance for contract approvals processes.
Advises or negotiates key supplier contracts in line with the category strategies, consulting with procurement operations on design principles, operational and service level requirements.
Collaboration with key business and functional partners (including SBU LT members and other functions) to ensure alignment of strategies with business needs (Participate with cross functional teams). Measure and track internal performance within each spend category
Monitor logistics categories’ strategy implementation 
Drive annual productivity improvements in each spend category 
Forecast Logistics Cost as needed in collaboration with Procurement Operations.
Collaborate with external technology and service providers to qualify new sustainable logistics services solutions
Balance commercial and sustainable aspects to make logistics sourcing decisions aligned with company and business strategies
Manages, motivates and assesses the performance of a team of professionals, and supports their career development.

Qualifications

Functional Skills and Capabilities:
•    Negotiating experience with customers or suppliers
•    Strong commercial acumen
•    Adherence to Eastman’s Procurement policies (compliance, ethics, etc.)
•    Ability to buy externally and sell internally
•    Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), highly collaborative, and promote global cross functional teamwork. 
•    Possess the ability to handle a wide variety of activities simultaneously while assuming a high level of accountability and responsibility. 
•    Capable of making critical quick decisions.  
•    Strong people leader in selecting, developing and coaching team members.
•    Has the ability to lead, and influence teams of people with and w