Senior Technical Procurement Project Manager

Position location - Upon agreement between you and your supervisor, you are entitled to a flexible arrangement where you will be able to split your time between working from the office (Lawrence, MA) and working remotely.

The Senior Technical Procurement Project Manager coordinates directly with the value streams, MTI, the Category teams, and the Regional Sourcing hubs to ensure in-scope, on-budget and on-time delivery of new projects requiring procurement input and support. The TPP manager represents One Procurement in the projects. The project scope typically falls under one of the following areas:

• Move production internally from one location to another
• Outsource: move in‑house production to an external supplier
• In‑source: move production from an external supplier to one or more FMC plants
• Transfer: move in‑production from one external supplier to another supplier location
• Start of new production line

• Early involvement in the new product design for in‑house manufacture and supporting the materials and/or supply base to be utilized in the new product (working very closely with the category teams)
• Early involvement in make‑vs‑buy decisions and the buying of finished third‑party goods to complement our own portfolio

• Often referred to as sustaining engineering. For launched products support the value streams, regulatory and MSC as they improve the design/functionality with changes and/or manage part availability by qualifying alternative sources and/or materials

• Represents Procurement in project meetings, workshops and steering committees
• Communicates and validates project targets & needs into One Procurement
• Provides detailed input to Category management for consideration into strategy and supplier portfolio development
• Ensures category strategy execution in all projects
• Defines tasks and work packages for procurement, allocates responsibility and tracks continuous task completion, project progress and target deliveries in a structured and precise way
• Closely works with the project team to challenge product architecture, parts design and technology selected, and with the category management and supplier/cost engineering teams to scope the supply base impact for consideration in each initiative and agree source‑to‑contract approaches
• Closely works with senior sourcing specialists who drive all required RFXs for the projects following strategy and supplier portfolio defined by Category Management
• Is responsible for the adherence to all compliance and other company policies

Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Science or Engineering. Ideally a member of a professional procurement organization eg: CIPS, ISM etc. Master’s degree a plus.

• Minimum 8 years in managerial positions within Procurement or Technical Project Management roles
• Ability to quickly grasp the technical and manufacturing nuances of the FMC Product range and related manufacturing techniques, capacities, etc., and those that are similar on the open market
• Advanced competence in program/project management to define and manage a seamless portfolio of activities including risks and issue management
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, able to write, interpret and challenge any business plans/cases and engage competently in business case creation and review
• Team player as well as leader, knowing when to lean in, to coach and when needing to step in and deliver by showing how tasks are down
• Agile in personal ways of working, nuanced/articulate in managing up with information flows, considered requests for assistance and/or progress reporting
• Compelling engagement, communication and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational skills and able to deal comfortably with competing priorities
• Agile and confident dealing with ambiguity, doesn’t need all facts to proceed or decide
• Outstanding business partnering skills to navigate and solve competing demands and/or priorities to assist with creation of joined‑up workable plans
• Critical thinking and decision‑making skills with ability to understand opportunities, create value and solve complex problems
• Strong…