Job Summary: 

• Leads procurement activities on capital projects, from the project outset
• Works with project team members to assess project drivers and external market conditions, to develop Project Procurement Strategies. 
• Creates detailed procurement plans for each project and identifies which project team members shall be involved in which packages
• Research new vendors in the market, and shortlist vendors, in line with category strategies
• Manages prequalification of potential vendors, concerning ethics, safety, and financial stability
• Develops tender packages and manages tenders via e-sourcing platform, in some cases with support from the procurement support services hub in Poland
• Leads the assessment of tenders, by procurement and the project teams, and the post-tender vendor meetings and clarifications
• Leads vendor negotiations on price, lead times, and contract conditions
• Prepares contracts, including all contract schedules, and arranges contract approvals and signatures
• Resolves vendor issues, such as performance, delivery expediting, and payments
• Leads multiple continuous improvement initiatives for the function, such as process development, templates, and contract improvements
• Undertakes internal and external analysis to assist with internal forecasting and inform supply market sourcing decisions
• Reports cost savings via the Value Tracking system
• Complies with all requirements relevant to the role, e.g., Code of Conduct, contract approvals, third party risk management

Skills on Resume: 

• Procurement Management (Hard Skills)  
• Vendor Management (Hard Skills)  
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)  
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)  
• Market Research (Hard Skills)  
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)  
• Project Management (Hard Skills)  
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Develop category strategies for key global commodities.
• Ensure alignment of commodity strategies to business requirements and objectives
• Drive cost savings through low-cost country sourcing, supplier rationalization, value engineering, etc.
• Create and maintain mutually beneficial Supplier contract/price agreements.
• Act as a center of excellence for the respective categories through a complete understanding of industry, competition, key players, future technologies, innovations, etc.
• Support Knowledge-Based Sourcing initiatives.
• Actively support and participate in resolving supplier delivery, quality, or commercial issues that have been called out to the category team
• Coordinate purchasing strategies across all plants that consume the respective categories.
• Control and improve purchasing, controlling, and cost analysis to achieve savings and cost tracking. 
• Support for accurate make/buy decisions
• Lead supply base and supplier development activities.
• Meet or exceed profit plan goals related to categories - cost savings, economics, quality, supplier rationalization, LCC% content, and other agreed business objectives.

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Strategy Development (Hard Skills)  
• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)  
• Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)  
• Market Analysis (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Development (Hard Skills)  
• Purchasing and Cost Control (Hard Skills)  
• Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Determine the global competitive landscape
• Identify existing players and evaluate their performance, market shares, competitive advantages, product portfolio, pricing positioning, and marketing strategy.
• Identify the current and potential strategic customers and the market categories to be pursued
• Have a full understanding of consumers’ behaviors and market trends
• Define the Global strategy to guide profitable growth and bring innovation to market
• Monitor market dynamics with Regions for evolving product portfolio and customer needs
• Establish all sales campaigns agreed upon and implemented by the regions
• Determine and engage jointly with regional Marketing and Sales organizations on the scope, media type, and content of the Marketing communication, Exhibitions, and Trade shows for each region
• Assume co-ownership and manage specific strategic projects and opportunities along with the Sales teams
• Build and secure a process with all other teams.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Purchasing, or S&OP teams 

Skills on Resume: 

• Competitive Analysis (Hard Skills)  
• Market Research (Hard Skills)  
• Customer Segmentation (Hard Skills)  
• Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)  
• Sales Campaign Management (Hard Skills)  
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
• Project Management (Hard Skills)  
• Communication and Coordination (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Lead and manage the assigned spend categories and not limited to Direct Procurement
• Practical adoption and use of the Category Management cross-functional process to deliver Procurement strategies for each category and sub-category
• Analysis and reporting of assigned categories in a structured way to support decision-making.
• Awareness and familiarity with key internal and external research tools used in analysis processes.
• Negotiation and establishment of pricing and terms of sale for the assigned spend area.
• Evaluate risks, threats, and opportunities, and recommend and facilitate changes and opportunities that arise.
• Develop and maintain excellent commercial relationships within the existing and potential vendor community that create a climate of service, innovation, and continually improving value.
• Support in the development of the required strategies, skills, support, and delivery systems involved in management and execution in assigned spend areas
• Awareness and involvement in the entire scope of Global Procurement activities
• Challenge of existing ways of working in pursuit of opportunities for cost reduction and value improvement
• Communication of specific plans, strategies, and actions to the stakeholder community to facilitate change management
• Awareness of spending patterns and organizational behaviors within assigned categories
• Ensure compliance within the assigned reporting area with all Business Standards, internal policies, and legal/regulatory requirements.

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Management (Hard Skills)  
• Data Analysis (Hard Skills)  
• Research Tools (Hard Skills)  
• Negotiation (Hard Skills)  
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)  
• Vendor Relationship Management (Soft Skills)  
• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)  
• Change Management (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Develop great working relationships with budget holders, technical experts, and operators in the category
• Understand historical expenditure and planned future expenditure in the category, stay informed about, and anticipate regulations that impact the category
• Set out plans for cost savings for categories, track progress against savings, and update forecasts at the appropriate level of detail relevant to budget holders and procurement management
• Use Project management methodology to run the category management process
• Identify risks to supply and develop plans to mitigate them where necessary
• Establish robust prioritization of workload based on where most value can be added, balancing short-term stakeholder requirements with medium-term value-adding actions
• Lead the business through the 7-step process on the specified categories
• Deploy strategic analytical tools to identify insights to enable major change to how and on what the company spends its money
• Involve suppliers in the process, and bring in their expertise to support the business activities
• Work cross-functionally and involve support functions (finance, legal, HR) throughout the process
• Represent the company in relationships with suppliers
• Understand how to motivate suppliers, either by using competition and/or commercial levels
• Segment the supply base and create and apply appropriate strategies to secure and improve suppliers' performance

Skills on Resume: 

• Relationship Building (Soft Skills)  
• Expenditure Analysis (Hard Skills)  
• Cost Saving Strategies (Hard Skills)  
• Project Management (Hard Skills)  
• Risk Mitigation (Hard Skills)  
• Prioritization (Soft Skills)  
• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)  
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Translate the business strategies into breakthrough sourcing strategies and develop tactical plans to achieve the company's strategic and financial goals
• Establish, lead, and deliver, together with stakeholders, the overall Capex process and automation sourcing strategy with a clear approach and guidelines, contributing to the performance of each BU.
• Develop new supplier capabilities and solutions to anticipate and serve new business needs and Operational performance.
• Contribute to the new supplier's capabilities development.
• Select suppliers, source, negotiate, and execute contracts.
• Take responsibility for simplifying and harmonizing the way we work with suppliers,
• Drive an active Supplier Relationship Management within the sourcing ecosystem
• Manage and support the strategic projects for the Company, together with the Regions, and stakeholders.
• Leverage sourcing expertise to identify and increase savings opportunities, leading initiatives to improve the TCO of the installed base
• Monitor category performance, total costs, security of Operational supply, and contract coverage of the category
• Support the sustainability program, productivity, cash, and flow requirements
• Build a category dashboard to ensure proper reporting.
• Build development, continuous innovation, improvement, and succession plan of team talent via training, development as an integral part of people or team management strategy.

Skills on Resume: 

• Sourcing Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Negotiation (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Relationship Management (Hard Skills)  
• Project Management (Hard Skills)  
• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)  
• Category Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
• Sustainability and Productivity (Hard Skills)  
• Team Development (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Develop and execute category and sourcing strategies to meet business and corporate objectives
• Partner with global category leadership and internal constituents to ensure strategy is fully aligned with business vision and objectives
• Actively manage and support all professional services sourcing with a high focus on quality, timeliness, and innovation
• Manage a global team of category leaders and Managers
• Manage critical path activities for any supplier disputes and project execution
• Key influencer and makes recommendations to key stakeholders for service recommendations
• Helps manage the RFQ, bid appraisal, and supplier selection process
• Optimizes and maintains the supply base following category strategy
• Monitor supplier performance from a cost and service level perspective
• Help the team in identifying opportunities to create productivity projects and lead the sourcing portion on it to ensure completion
• Identify and execute new dual-source initiatives on sub-categories
• Run regular category project calls with a cross-functional team, closely monitoring progress to the committed timeline
• Lead commodity’s KPI reporting and tracking the progress towards the annual team goal to ensure the required contribution is met or exceeded

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)  
• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)  
• Project Management (Hard Skills)  
• Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)  
• RFQ and Bid Management (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
• KPI Reporting (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Manage and optimize a Procurement spend of approximately 100-150 million €
• Spread over Professional Services (temporary labor, facility management, commercial leases, insurances, R&I, office supply, retail, real estate, consulting, travel, etc)
• Develop, validate, and implement short/medium/long-term sourcing strategies
• Relationship development with stakeholders, peers, and key suppliers
• Create and deliver procurement initiatives and foster innovative ideas
• Develop an effective ecosystem with key suppliers, and implement a strong SRM program
• Continuous alignment of information with stakeholders and peers on regional
• Lead and/or participate in cross-functional teams and projects
• Represent, continuously support, and actively promote the Group Procurement function
• Develop and execute best-in-class sourcing strategies for the category with annual spend above $50M
• Responsible for complete supply base management cycle while securing cost, quality, delivery, innovation, sustainability, and risk performance, acting as focal internal point
• Lead supplier strategy for all NPD and NPI projects and provide strategic as well as tactical level sourcing support
• Predict future trends and needs, working horizontally to stay abreast with changing technology and demand

Skills on Resume: 

• Procurement Spend Management (Hard Skills)  
• Sourcing Strategy Development (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Relationship Management (Hard Skills)  
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)  
• Innovation Management (Hard Skills)  
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)  
• Supply Base Management (Hard Skills)  
• Market Trend Analysis (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Manage the business strategically to leverage, promote complexity reduction, simplification, modularization, cost performance, and innovation
• Drive Supplier Development (automation, quality improvement, productivity increase) and LTA’s negotiations and payment terms extension (NOWC)
• Support sourcing Decisions in close collaboration with the Global Domain Managers and key stakeholders (Product Line, Quality, Manufacturing, Design)
• Manage Cost Modeling analysis, Value-Based Sourcing, and Innovation Prospection
• Develop and retain strong relationships with suppliers while managing partnerships with cross-functional teams and internal stakeholders, work to improve sourcing methods, tooling optimization, and capability understanding, and supplier risk assessment
• Lead internal and external analysis (industry and supplier) as a member of a cross-functional sourcing team and generate initiatives and projects to deliver leveraged productivity performance across Product Lines and BA’s
• Evaluate and propose actions and initiatives around simplification and complexity reduction to maximize buying efficiency, minimize supply disruption, and financial risks for the Business Areas
• Work with the Product Lines and Business Area Category Managers to build and deploy a category strategy that aligns all Business Areas' requirements while identifying potential contract improvement opportunities and re-negotiations
• Manage, minimize, and mitigate supply/contractual/regulatory risk using key functions (Legal, Compliance, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, Audit, etc.)
• Develop positive relationships with key partners/groups and with key providers in current and future markets
• Provide subject matter advice to internal and external partner groups, and address current/future business needs
• Initiate/build industry/functional peer relationships, bringing back standard methodology/innovation for the company

Skills on Resume: 

• Business Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Development (Hard Skills)  
• Cost Modeling (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Management (Hard Skills)  
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)  
• Category Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Industry Networking (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Prepares, coordinates, prioritizes, and develops SC category strategy programs for all Directorate/Global Consumables Categories (primary and secondary).
• Act as the business process specialist for the sourcing stage gate and Directorate processes.
• Executes and coordinates commercial and contract integration with key suppliers and key partners globally (projects, operations, and maintenance).
• Crafts and develops deliverables for the sourcing stage gate process (stages 1-5), the Directorate strategic alignment process, and operational readiness.
• Provides mentorship to and develops other category managers, both at the global and regional levels.
• Contribute member of Newmont's Directorate team for Global Category Management (GCM) strategic alignment.
• Strategic oversight of the GCM Team, including these categories - Fuel, Lubricants, other energy categories, Cyanide, Explosives, Grinding Media, Activated Carbon, chemicals, and other basic consumables used by mining and processing operations.
• Leads and manages the GCM Consumables Team and strategic supplier relationships.
• Develops strategies for new Directorate and Non-Directorate categories.
• Serves as GCM's Project, Synergies, and Integration Lead.
• Serves as GCM's R2PO SME Lead.
• Provides External Spend TCO/GCM Full Potential Support.

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Sourcing Process Management (Hard Skills)  
• Contract Integration (Hard Skills)  
• Mentorship (Soft Skills)  
• Strategic Oversight (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Relationship Management (Hard Skills)  
• Project Leadership (Soft Skills)  
• Spend Analysis (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Develop the global education strategy and work with regional markets across all channels to execute activities
• Deliver the sales and margin expectations in line with the budget and strategy.
• Coordinate all ‘in-classroom’ education-related activities for the company, working with the wider marketing teams to deliver activities, e.g., exhibitions and events, STEM content creation, and product development
• Identify and develop relationships with key partners to support the education strategy, e.g., STEM authorities, Government bodies, Suppliers, and Corporate customers
• Drive recruitment of STEM ambassadors across the group to support the delivery of activities
• Work with regional sales leads to provide sales training and support, and launch activities to drive sales opportunities within education channels
• Collaborate with the company and group eCommerce team to develop the education product offer and maximise exposure across all digital platforms
• Work with supply chain and operations to optimise inventory globally, and can support volume globally
• Work the entire source-to-contract process with considerable service suppliers, utilising a €60 million spend
• Build the category and evaluate, and develop global key suppliers with excellent strategic skills
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders whilst researching and identifying potential global suppliers
• Help drive constant improvement across the Global Procurement Functions
• Work in a greenfield department, create, build, and manage the procurement from scratch

Skills on Resume: 

• Education Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Sales and Margin Management (Hard Skills)  
• Event Coordination (Hard Skills)  
• Stakeholder Relationship Management (Soft Skills)  
• Recruitment (Soft Skills)  
• Sales Training (Hard Skills)  
• eCommerce Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
• Procurement Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Lead and collaborate with AN Legal and the IM and IMGBS organizations to negotiate commercials with BPO/ITO providers and other Services, and escalate to senior IM (GBS) and/or AN leadership, including CxO level
• Collect knowledge on the contract and how the contractual agreements are treated by various parties. 
• Act as the authority on the contract and liaise with various stakeholders on how to best apply the contract in the organization's best interest
• Manage the changes to the contract, related documents, and ensure all commitments and opportunities related to the contract are adhered to and applied
• Review all requests for services to providers and determine the contractual impact and settlement.
• Periodic review and evaluation of the contract with various stakeholders (Legal, GBS, IM, Internal Customers, Finance, and Providers)
• Conduct contract strategy meetings to identify issues and client requirements, facilitate pricing discussions, and obtain senior management input on timelines and deliverables
• Support the continuous improvement process with insights and suggestions to improve the relationship and performance of the service providers.
• Support with monitoring the performance of the providers according to the contract and SLA's, and ensure the contractually agreed measures are taken based on the actual performance
• Provide guidance and support to employees in communications/interactions with providers to reflect contractual agreements.
• Research cost drivers and conduct industry analysis for the development of negotiation strategy and tactical/strategic vendor plans
• Create and execute a service integration and management (SIAM) capability for the organization
• Ensure cross-provider integration and cooperation, as well as a standard set of tools and techniques for providing data-driven and leveraged oversight

Skills on Resume: 

• Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)  
• Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)  
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)  
• Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
• Continuous Improvement (Soft Skills)  
• Vendor Management (Hard Skills)  
• Industry Analysis (Hard Skills)  
• Service Integration (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Lead the logistics global category management function to create value, drive improvements, and realize savings across the regions in which Finning operates
• Develops and executes the global category management strategy that supports the Company strategy and Global Supply Chain strategy
• Provides input and recommendations into the business processes, systems, and analysis of overall global spending to identify new opportunities for savings and efficiencies
• Develop, grow, and maintain trusted and collaborative relationships with regional business partners, contracting team partners, and stakeholders
• Ensure that Procurement, overall in a global scope (between all regions), is a valued partner and appropriately involved in business decisions
• Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with strategic, global, and critical suppliers to improve supplier performance and to ensure the most competitive TCO (total cost of ownership) of goods and services globally is negotiated
• Responsible for the global performance and regional execution through closely aligning with each Finning division to ensure global execution
• Develop, implement, and drive opportunities to improve compliance, increase utilization of global suppliers to leverage economies of scale and service levels through the identification, communication, strategic sourcing, and progress reporting.
• Support the development and accurate use of a tracking and measurement tool
• Understand regional procurement procedures, workflows, and processes, and determine opportunities for improvement and standardization across the organization
• Build strong relationships with regional stakeholders, aligning the category strategy at an operational and procurement level
• In addition, understand and ensure compliance with all applicable regional procurement laws and regulations, including tax considerations

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Management (Hard Skills)  
• Global Sourcing (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Relationship Management (Hard Skills)  
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)  
• Procurement Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Compliance Management (Hard Skills)  
• Performance Measurement (Hard Skills)  
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Plan and drive the achievement of annual savings and cash improvement targets per category by division and by plant (by way of identifying and leading various Sourcing initiatives and projects focused on Cost Reduction (CR) targets and cash improvement).
• Apply and implement ABB SCM standards, tools (SAP Ariba), and processes in a multi-business organization.
• Direct supplier selection strategy for the category.
• Drive projects and initiatives in service management and improvement across all plants.
• Engage closely with all the suppliers for discussion on performance, planning, pricing, and future development activities.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers to best manage inventory, quality, cost, and obtain the best terms and conditions for ABB.
• Lead internal cross-functional efforts to identify and quickly implement cost-reduction and business/sales growth/New Product Development (NPD) activities.
• Coordinate efforts of inter-company global sourcing teams focused on reducing cost through utilizing purchasing leverage, standardization, technology changes, and overall market knowledge.
• Strong focus on developing Best shoring and low-cost country (LCC) sources.
• Lead category teams with various representatives to drive commodity strategies and meet performance objectives and aligned to product management and business strategies.
• Coordinate with Quality organization to drive quality metrics and engage actively in various project implementations (First article inspection (FAI), PPAP, etc.).
• Coordinate and conduct vendor evaluation/qualification audits and plan vendor development programs.
• Develop, document, and maintain a supplier risk management process for the category that addresses risk from sole/single sources, financial risk, supply chain, and capacity risk, etc., to the business with clear actions and strategies to reduce risk over the short and medium-term.

Skills on Resume: 

• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Selection (Hard Skills)  
• Negotiation (Hard Skills)  
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
• Sourcing Strategy (Hard Skills)  
• Supplier Risk Management (Hard Skills)  
• Project Management (Hard Skills)  
• Quality Management (Hard Skills)