Category Manager Indirect

Category Manager - Indirect Materials

Join our team and be part of Aptar. The Category Manager performs purchasing and sourcing duties for Indirect Materials across all North America locations. This person will initially be responsible for one or more of the designated areas, however this could change over time as the business needs evolve - MRO, Professional Services, Equipment Leasing, HR.

The category manager is responsible for developing, implementing and communicating sourcing strategies for North America as well as developing a multiyear savings pipeline, leading initiatives that deliver annual savings, mitigating inflationary increases, forecasting market trends and supporting the annual budgetary process. This position will develop a collaborative environment across all business segments with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance to deliver an overall competitive advantage to Aptar.

As Category Manager for Regional Purchasing, you will :

• Be responsible as the North American leader for sourcing for Indirect Materials with an annual estimated spend, within the designated field, in excess of $50mm.
• Provide leadership and sourcing and contract expertise to the business, within designated field, and interacts with internal and external customers while monitoring market trends, leading commodity and supplier profiling and disseminating information.
• Develop ideas and implements commodity strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and works towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
• Work collaboratively with business, globally as required, to create a strategic vision for the department as well as driving purchasing synergies to achieve cost savings across all business units and segments.
• Develop and maintains a systematic, analytical and results based method for savings, monitoring suppliers' performance, sourcing effectiveness and communicates results to business.
• Manage linkage to Business Unit Procurement activities to optimize opportunities.
• Lead negotiation efforts on purchase agreements and supplier contracts with a bias for achievement of quality, delivery, cost containment, working capital, lead-time and process improvement.
• Initiate and implement risk management strategies and ensures supply continuity.
• Establish low cost sourcing and alternative sources for materials.
• Create and implement feedback mechanisms to determine customer satisfaction levels; respond to issues and concerns and collaborates with teams in managing supplier relationships.
• Design comparison models for index based contracts.
• Conduct complex market and internal data analysis to ensure suppler performance.
• Properly report progress of initiatives and work to resolve internal roadblocks and follow internal escalation procedures when necessary to achieve budgeted savings.
• Leverage volume's across major spend items, driving value to the highest possible level.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and conduct performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
• Maximum 25% travel to build stakeholder relationships across NA sites.

Who We Are Looking For :

Required Education : Bachelor's degree in a business, finance, engineering, or supply chain. Preferred : Advanced degree / MBA are ideal.

Required Experience : 8+ years experience in strategic sourcing, plant procurement, and project management and supply chain management. Experience in the defined Category is a plus.

Required Skills / Abilities :