Category Procurement Manager PP Films

Category:
Procurement Manager PP Films

Location:

Bristol, GB;
Porto, PT;
Istanbul, TR;
Prague, CZ;
Lodz, PL;
Barcelona, ES

Department:
Procurement

Full-time or Part-time:
Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Shift: On site

To build strong relationships with suppliers in the PP Films category in order to position Amcor as a preferred and trusted business partner while ensuring an uninterrupted supply of high-quality goods at an optimum Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The role also focuses on delivering sustainable business results, including supply assurance, cost efficiency, quality, service, and innovation, to meet business needs.

In addition, it contributes to the overall Flexibles procurement strategy through the development and implementation of effective Category and Supplier strategies, while enhancing total value procured from the category’s supply base by driving standardization and consolidation across category accounts.

• Contribute to the development of the overall purchasing strategy and translate the purchasing strategy into concrete action plans
• Work closely with key stakeholders to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies for the category/supplier in order to ensure quality of services and significant cost reductions
• Ensure that the needs of the Sites are effectively represented in the Purchasing Strategies and to achieve this must work closely with the Cluster and Site Management

• Control and optimize resources to meet objectives and deliver agreed results while working closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure that sourcing strategies are implemented and function well
• Track and report savings, monitor TCO improvement as well as working capital improvement using the tracking tools in place
• Assess and manage risks across the Purchasing category while developing and contributing to a risk strategy for the category together with mitigating actions
• Manage the supplier base across category area, leverage Category spend globally and drive & implement best practices and cost reduction initiatives for the EMEA business.
• Monitor integration of Purchasing in core business processes
• Follow the set standards with respect to Purchasing and ensure consistency with the Amcor requirements and standards
• Support the development of the Purchasing policy in providing feedback and advise to the Group Procurement Director and the Procurement Excellence Team
• Identify trends and/or issues that need improvement within the category accounts, identify the Purchasing gaps and use Market knowledge gained through industry analysis, supplier analysis and competitive analyses

• Enhance the relationship with suppliers in an innovative way to realize cost saving potentials
• Manages negotiation process, content and results in leading the negotiation team to define the desired outcome of a negotiation
• Use Amcor negotiations techniques and tools to prepare and monitor process (ANP).
• Build strong relationships with key material provider in order to negotiate more interesting contractual agreements and service levels
• Regularly review and monitor contract realisation and delivery
• Identify and resolve issues or escape issues, if required
• Ensure transparency in carrying out execution purchasing procedure

• Identify stakeholders; understand, interpret their current and future needs and manage their expectations;
• Build very good rapport with suppliers and obtain access to senior leadership team.
• Collaborate strongly with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key purchasing strategies
• Create, maintain, enhance professional networks
• Contribute towards Purchasing excellence and customer satisfaction

• Develop budgets and targets based on aggressive, well founded, realistic, forward oriented goals
• Ensure that financial resource allocation is cost-effective and aligned with strategic and operational plans
• Build an accurate forecast for category price movements

• Provide periodic and ad hoc reporting and forecasting on performance against plan and…