Specialist, Procurement

The role holder is responsible for supporting and implementing the sourcing and category management initiatives in the region, internal stakeholder engagement, and supporting the regional relationships / engagements with suppliers. The role will collaborate with regional category managers. This role has significant direct impact on the financial performance of the business unit.

• Own the regional implementation of key strategic category initiatives.
• Drive development of category benchmarks, challenge and champion continuous improvement.
• Accountable for implementing the regional pillar of the category strategy to deliver the cost, cash and sustainability KPIs.
• Act as subject matter expert for the regional regulatory / sustainability framework and ensure compliance with an in-depth understanding of the regional category landscape.
• Within the framework of the global category strategies, lead RFX, negotiations, and tenders for regional category aspects.
• Own all aspects of contract management – negotiation, development with Legal, implementation, and contract performance monitoring.
• Ensure supply chain monitoring capabilities are developed to secure supply at the right cost and working capital.

Support plants on P2P process including purchase orders, good receipts, invoices, and reconciliations.

• Support the regional contract management for category through effective deployment of all agreed terms and conditions and total cost of ownership initiatives.

• Timely implementation of pricing adjustments in conjunction with the supplier.
• Own the regional relationships with MRO & Consumable suppliers.
• Lead quarterly SRM review and benchmarking process.
• Continuously monitor and challenge the suppliers on TCO opportunities and value delivery

• Ensure proper business partnering with other relevant functions such as Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Procurement, & Storeroom roles.
• Actively drive and enlist business partnering support for Procurement initiatives
• Clearly articulate implications of changes in category landscape towards internal business stakeholders
• Master change management for the business unit through concise execution and communication
• Ensure relevant and effective performance-tracking measures are in place
• Identify and report on business risk and opportunities and procurement performance

• Demonstrate engagement towards the Ardagh core values “Trust, Teamwork & Excellence” through upholding our standards of business conduct, leading by example, compliance with Group policies & procedures and ways of working
• Promote and establish a working environment that embraces the importance of employees acting ethically as well as with integrity, to meet the business objectives in congruence Ardagh’s Code of Conduct.
• Install the group’s key internal controls for the region and guarantee the execution thereof
• Lead by example in deploying the global/regional collaboration matrix
• Promote a culture of knowledge sharing and encourage close liaison between regional procurement heads and category leads to improve the overall performance of the team

• Successfully deploy within region, the category strategy to strengthen the organization’s competitiveness, sustainability compliance and the fit-for purpose product portfolio
• Timely purchase order and transactional support for all stakeholders.
• Support working capital reductions through storeroom inventory reductions.
• Assist to develop P2P process for key MRO and Consumable suppliers
• Implement solutions for transformational value creation as captured in the category strategies and the contractual terms and conditions with the suppliers.
• Manage and benchmark supplier…