Procurement Manager

Description

Manager - Procurement

Job Description:

• This role requires a dynamic individual who can collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional team members and external partners.
• A successful candidate will demonstrate experience in the successful delivery of complex project management, working in areas of product transfers or discontinuations, supplier qualifications, material issue management, and/or portfolio optimization, as well as portfolio management.
• This role requires aptitude in the following skills: leadership, project management methodologies & fundamentals (FPX preferred), data & project metric analysis, business process improvement, influencing, and executive communication.
• The selected individual will be highly focused and self-directed to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of projects in accordance with defined scope.

Project Leadership

• With limited direction, lead cross company project teams in a dynamic environment to identify, recommend and execute the best for enterprise business solutions/propositions
• Drive activities to meet project and business objectives including approval of project recommendations through governance.
• Influence others beyond own scope and level; lead communications with all levels of stakeholders to enable informed decision making
• Drive cross-company team accountability for deliverables and ensure projects meet defined project milestones
• Demonstrate team performance management; ask the right questions to understand business impact and risks
• Make the complex simple when presenting opportunities and plans to the team and organization
• Lead team thorough options analysis and drive recommendations Project Execution

 Scope definitions and control:

• Stakeholder alignment, project planning, project execution

Qualifications Required:

• A Bachelor's Degree Business or a related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant business experience
• Excellent oral, written, presentation communication skills
• Proven record of leading projects and delivering results

Preferred:

• Process Excellence or Six Sigma training/certification
• Demonstrated leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels
• Experience with standard PM tools and templates