Global Category Leader – 3rd Party Products

Procurement Overview:  

The Global Procurement Function is a global and center-led organization responsible for maximizing value from all external company spend and a key enabler of the financial performance of FMC.  Our team is comprised of professionals positioned around the world who work together with business leaders to ensure alignment on the business priorities and execution of strategic priorities. Our teams collaborate with the technical center, R&D, and global marketing on commercialization of new products and differentially manage our supply partner base. Successful individuals at FMC are results oriented, efficient, strong decision-makers, and influencers. We have fun, and care deeply for those around us. We are looking for the right person who will complement the existing culture and who will live the vision of being a progressive, diverse and inclusive company, where employees come to work each day with a strong sense of belonging.  

Role Overview: 

The Category Leader – 3rd Party Products has a global scope and partners with Business Development in the regional Commercial organizations and Global Marketing. Together, they develop comprehensive strategies on strategically sourced active ingredients required for FMC mixtures, private label offerings, buy/sell products, and technical sales to strategic partners.  They lead the procurement strategy with an enhanced focus on freedom to operate, cost competitiveness and supply resilience. 

This position reports directly to the Chief Procurement Officer and manages a team of procurement professionals in the regions.  .  The Category Leader must enable cross-functional critical decision-making designed to advance new product launches and continuously improve established product business performance for all stages of product life-cycles.      

The successful candidate is a visionary, a leader, and an executor who will nurture a learning culture as well as drive the team to develop the next generation of value-added supply partnerships.  

Responsibilities:  
 

• Accountable to assess all new product introductions that incorporate third-party active ingredients  and provide recommendation on the sources and supply strategies. Work with the R&D and Technical Center organizations on the qualification and implementation of the defined sources