Indirect Procurement Manager

Responsibilities

• Leads a group of commodity specialists spanning across the Americas region with multiple sites within the region.
• Oversees the team that serves as the primary purchasing reps at each manufacturing site and handles escalation of issues with suppliers.
• Leads a team of Commodity Specialists.
• Manages workload and provides coaching to the team for both strategic and transactional tasks.
• Manages stakeholder engagement and partnerships.
• Implements value improvement opportunities.
• Participates in meetings and discussions with procurement leadership regarding team activities, policy and procedure improvements.
• Implements Global strategies at the regional level to increase supplier performance, capability development, capacity management and cost/quality improvements for supply chain vendors.
• Manages escalated supplier reviews and delivers supplier performance metrics to upper level management.
• Develops supply chain risk mitigation plans.
• Monitors performance of individual team members and provides feedback.
• Responsible for ensuring the function is appropriately staffed to deliver business expectations.
• Implements Continuous Improvement activities as defined to improve efficiency in the procurement process.

• Experienced professional with wide-ranging experience, using professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues.
• Manages a Procurement team supporting regional commodity needs at the manufacturing sites.
• Manages procurement functions including sourcing, supplier selection and qualification, and supplier management—ensures effective delivery of objectives.
• Participates in Supplier AVL development, supplier compliance tracking, supplier business continuity and contract spend management.
• Proactively partners with business stakeholders to identify cost‑saving opportunities and supplier consolidation.
• Develops commodity and sub‑commodity strategic plans, analyzes supply base and recommends forward procurement supplier list.
• May serve on the Global Purchasing Council, Commodity Strategy Board or participate in the Policy Review Team.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance or related field. MBA or Masters preferred.
• Work Experience:
  
  10+ years’ experience in purchasing/commodity goods management.
• 5+ years of leading or managing a sourcing team required.
• 2+ years of experience creating procurement strategy.
• Experience with knowledge of direct materials used in production within the Americas Region.
• Negotiation skills required; certification a plus.
• Cross‑functional team leadership and ability to build high‑performing work teams.
• Solid knowledge of financial principles related to budgeting, make‑vs‑buy analysis and gross margin impact.

This position must be based in Hercules, California and requires the employee to be located within commuting distance of the office.

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The estimated base salary range for this position is $157,400 to $216,400 at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be provided in writing at the time of offer, if applicable, and is based on several factors we believe fairly and…