Non-Commodity Procurement; NPC Category Manager

Position Description

We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable and transparent supply.

Supplying products and ingredients on a scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations.

And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real
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Reporting to the Senior Director of Global Non-Commodity Procurement, the North America (NA) Non-Commodity Procurement (NPC) Category Manager is responsible for Energy, Facility Management, Professional Services & Mobile Capital across twenty-four (24) operational locations in North America. This role resides within ofi’s Non-Commodity Procurement function, responsible for developing and executing category strategies that drive measurable business value across North America. Acting as a strategic business partner to functional and operational stakeholders, this individual will identify enterprise-wide opportunities to optimize cost, improve service delivery, mitigate risk, and strengthen supplier performance across Energy, Facility Management, Professional Services, and Mobile Capital categories.

Operating in a highly matrixed environment, the role requires strong commercial acumen, stakeholder influence, and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable sourcing strategies and high performing operational outcomes.

• Develop, lead and execute category strategies across Energy, Facility Management, Professional Services, and Mobile Capital. Includes multi-year strategic roadmap planning, aligning priorities across multiple BU’s and functional stakeholder(s).
• Utilize the 7 Step Sourcing process to address all relevant category management activities from business case initiation to category strategy execution to disposition of strategy where necessary
• Assemble, coordinate and lead cross-functional and functional stakeholder councils, to properly vet, execute and secure continued performance of category management and sourcing strategies
• Management of a diverse range of internal stakeholders at a business unit, country, and regional level and externally at a supplier / consultant, leading routine strategy update(s).
• Analyze market dynamics to understand upstream cost drivers and its effect on cost and market capacity, develop mitigation strategies where necessary
• Establish category KPI targets (cost, control, process efficiency) and supplier scorecard programs in order to quantify the performance and value return of category management strategies
• Design control plans in order to measure utilization of supply strategies, quantify the correlative effect of programs specific to cost and P&L outcomes, establish corrective action recommendations to support resolve
• Establish benchmark measures at the start of the project and track success, including cycle times, lead times, savings, improved delivery and simplified processes.
• Leverage Strategic Sourcing & Category Management Competencies within standard practice
  • 7 Steps Strategic Sourcing Process
  • Multi-Year Category Planning & Strategy
  • Should Cost Modeling, Strategic Negotiations and Contract Management
  • Value Stream Mapping & Total Cost of Ownership Methodologies (TCO)
  • Supplier Risk and Relationship Management (SRM) etc. backed by strong Procurement & Data Analytics, Market Intelligence & Advisory.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant subjects such as Business Management, Supply Chain, Operations/Engineering…