Procurement Category Manager, Fragrances & Flavors

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Your role at Clorox :

The Procurement Category Manager creates, captures, and protects value for Clorox through strategic management of the Fragrances and Flavors raw materials category.

This category has an approximate total annual spend of $40M $70M and is vital to driving product differentiation and consumer delight.

Key responsibilities include crafting global category strategies; modeling and forecasting costs; negotiating with and managing suppliers ranging from transactional to strategic;

sourcing innovation; contracting; and partnering with Business Operations and Procurement Operations teams to provide Procurement thought leadership on global product development projects.

In this role, you will :

Craft and drive procurement strategies for the Fragrances and Flavors raw material category across brands and geographies to focus on Cost, Supply Robustness, Innovation, and Sustainability.

Translate business strategies and requirements into an aligned procurement category strategy.

• Identify and execute projects to improve value delivery across the spend portfolio.
• Manage strategic relationships with suppliers by discovering and providing insights on how to best develop and leverage supplier capabilities to meet business needs.
• Uncover continuous improvement opportunities to advance the category such as design to value, cost models, and process mapping and by monitoring market dynamics, supplier competitive landscape, and category pricing / costing strategy.
• Partner with R&D to ensure the needs and wants of the business are reflected in the category strategies and implemented as planned.
• Support actions required to address operational issues.

What we look for :

5+ years of procurement experience in a global, matrixed environment successfully leading strategic procurement work for direct / raw materials category management, particularly fragrances, flavors, or herbs / spices / essential oils.

Including category management, supplier relationship management, and commodity forecasting.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably Business, Economics, Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Biology, Food Science, Sensory Science, or related fields
• Experience providing recommendations and updates to and interacting with senior leadership both internal and external to Clorox.
• Experience with Sourcing / Procurement tools and methodologies, including RFPs, Category Strategy development, Cost Models / Should Cost / Clean Sheet, Negotiations, and Contracts.
• Experience operating in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) or FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry experience
• Leadership Demonstrated experience driving positive results through teams in a challenging and fast-paced environment.

Assertive and diplomatic, self-directed, able to manage up and down the organization effectively, and willing to hold self and others accountable.

Ability to drive change and breakthrough performance improvement across a team. Sets or influences direction beyond own area of responsibility.

Drives performance improvement across company.

• Commercial acumen Ability to leverage procurement tools to deliver financial results.
• Analytical Thinking / Problem Solving Sorts through complex issues and proposes path to solution. Integrates information from different sources and can evaluate, interpret, and communicate it properly.

Strong data analysis skills. Comfortable drawing conclusions and making recommendations with ambiguous or incomplete data.

Initiative Identifies opportunities and drives to resolution. Sets high standards of performance for self and others. Self-starter, eager to drive improvement and change.

Seeks out opportunities to learn about developments in industries and markets within area of opportunity.

Collaboration / Responsiveness Enjoys and thrives working with others. Able to respond promptly to urgencies. Values diversity of thought.

Incorporates others’ ideas into decision making.

Communication Excellent English verbal and written skills with ability to craft message to fit intended audience at all levels both within and external to Clorox.

Experience managing and strategically influencing stakeholders and driving accountability

• Agreement Negotiation Able to understand and negotiate supplier agreements (e.g. Supply, Non-Disclosure, and Technical Services).
• Systems Strong knowledge of MS Office, particularly Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and MRP systems (SAP preferred)
• Travel ability to travel up to 25%

Workplace type : Hybrid

Hybrid

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This means building a workplace where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate in our Clorox community.

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U.S. Additional Information :

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs.

This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges.

We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance.

Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location.

The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.

Zone A : $104,100 - $199,100 Zone B : $95,500 - $183,300 Zone C : $86,800 - $166,600

All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.

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