Director, Indirect Procurement and Logistics

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At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry.

Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, data center cooling, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure. Every day, people rely on Chemours chemistry for more modern, safe, and sustainable living.

Chemours is seeking a Director of Indirect Procurement and Logistics to join our Procurement team. This position will be available at the Wilmington Office Building (Wilmington, DE) and reporting directly to the Chief Procurement Officer.

The Director of Indirect Procurement and Logistics is responsible for developing and executing strategies to optimize Chemours' indirect procurement activities and logistics operations. This role leads a high-performing team to ensure cost-effective acquisition of goods and services, efficient logistics, and strong supplier partnerships, supporting Chemours' business objectives, sustainability goals, and compliance requirements.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Develop and lead the company's indirect procurement strategies and indirect categories such as IT, professional services, MRO, facilities, travel, Asset Management, Environmental and capital projects.
• Oversee the end-to-end logistics spend and across all modes of transportation, warehousing, distribution, and third-party logistics partners.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance cost savings, operational efficiency, and service quality.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of procurement and logistics professionals, fostering a culture of accountability and performance.
• Be the strategic thought partner that fosters strong cross-functional engagement and working partnerships to enable strategic planning and forecasting. Build and manage relationships with key internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure business needs are met.
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Human Resources and EHS teams to ensure procurement and logistics activities comply with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.
• Utilize analytics and market intelligence to identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and manage departmental budgets, forecasting, and reporting.
• Support Chemours' sustainability and corporate responsibility initiatives through responsible sourcing and logistics practices.
• Ensure category strategies are developed and dynamically updated
• Be the conduit for procurement within the BU and ensure BU procurement needs are met
• Drive procurement KPI's and meet targets. Create productivity value to BU and mitigate supply and pricing volatility risks. Monitor productivity and service delivery against targets
• Communicate market insights and support BU Operations and supply chain key initiatives
• Develop policies and direct personnel involved in buying or administrating back office
• Translates business plans into purchasing operational plans
• Identify and lead the team to create value and optimize Total Cost of Ownership.
• Develop category strategies and drive execution of designated categories, implement strategic sourcing methodology, communicate and align with stakeholders
• Directs bid strategy and ensure awards have contract strategies with advantageous terms & conditions and SLA KPI's
• Build supplier relationships and leverage their resources
• Mitigate supply chain risks and monitor inventory. Identify risks to supply operations and work closely with Operations to more appropriately build inventory
• Ensure stakeholder transparency with relevant communication tools to utilize such as dashboarding. Works closely with Finance to ensure treasury and controllership governance with bank leases / line of credit uses and asset management controls in place
• Leads buying teams in implementing corporate initiatives. Implement procurement initiatives to ensure functional best practices in place and facilitate efficiency increases with digital roll out
• Work closely with supply chain and operations stakeholders to align and facilitate indirect services and freight delivery targets as well as evolving forecasts of material movements to all BU's

The following is required for this role :

The following is preferred for this role :

Benefits :

Competitive Compensation

Comprehensive Benefits Packages

401(k) Match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Commuter Benefits

Learning and Development Opportunities

Strong Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives

Company-paid Volunteer Day

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Learn more about Chemours and our culture by visiting Chemours.com / careers.