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The Director, Procurement Operations is responsible for developing global category business plans for a broad category of assigned products and services with a significant financial spend.
In this role, you will lead the creation of sourcing strategies that lay out clear action steps to drive cost savings, engaging and aligning with the internal customer as well as collaborates in the management of key suppliers.
A key responsibility will be the development of Global Category and Strategic Sourcing Plans that align with business strategies and objectives and drive significant value for the Company.
Category Strategy Development and Execution
Take a leadership role to strategically align the category team to fully support the business partner in alignment with the SBUs.
Responsible for ensuring procurement related processes and systems are reflective of business needs and are performing effectively and efficiently.
Understand customers and PXL’s business objectives, while evolving a procurement strategy and business plan to fully support the business.
Provide collaborative category management plans to senior management providing visibility on key operational achievements and measurable deliverables.
Trusted Advisor to Internal Executive Stakeholders
Represent Procurement at a senior level by providing professional expertise on global projects requiring cross departmental / SBU representation.
Global Execution
Analyze and monitor global category requirements integrating local, regional and global expenditures together with supplier performance.
Participate in global key supplier reviews and identify opportunities for improved sourcing initiatives.
Proactively maintain awareness of global economic and business conditions to maximize business opportunities or minimize potential threats.
Sourcing Strategy Development and Execution
Lead initiatives for global and regional supplier consolidation, improved supply chain efficiencies, cost savings and avoidances.
Liaise with procurement peers to provide a coordinated approach facilitating the maximum benefits to the business.
Negotiate and Manage Contracts
Negotiate terms and conditions with key global and regional suppliers for the more complex, strategic and high dollar contracts to ensure optimum price competitiveness and service levels are maintained.
With Legal, manage the contract review process and ensure company risk is minimized.
Performance Management
Collaborate with the Supplier Relationship Management team to ensure suppliers are managed effectively through initiatives such as strategic sourcing, performance monitoring against KPIs, SLAs, benchmarking, contract management and negotiation.
Ensure the supplier qualification process is performed vigorously and efficiently.
Compliance Leadership and Process Standardization
Promote a vision and action for compliance and standards across the company, fostering cooperation, globalization and positive communication
Team Leadership
Undertake the full range of duties relevant to the leadership, management and development of the team to ensure their performance meets and or exceeds both the business and their own personal goals / objectives.
Maintain a positive, results orientated work environment, building partnerships and modeling teamwork, communicating to the team in an open, balanced and objective manner.
Additional Information :
Educated to a bachelor’s degree level
Minimum of 10-15 years CRO and / Strategic Procurement / Vendor Management
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