Global Category Manager, CAPEX & COE

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The Global Category Manager, Capital & COE, will be responsible for Global Capital Procurement in all aspects associated with Ingredion’s global category spend to a value of ~$300M or more, by providing input across categories, suppliers, and sourcing events as needed. This role will require a candidate with the ability to work closely, yet remotely, with Regional and Global procurement teams regarding the utilization of strategies and techniques within the operating environment.

As a Global Category Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering on Ingredion’s capital plan and execution of sourcing events to reduce cost, drive adherence to schedule, and improve service and quality levels.
• Developing, executing, and evaluating competitive bids, including providing recommendations to business partners based on operational best practices
• Guiding the business through the sourcing process, and providing insights, advice, and resources (e.g., tools and processes)
• Develop a centralized category management approach and category strategies for key equipment
• Build and develop talent that directly reports to the global category manager
• Supporting the business in performing performance, risk, and relationship reviews at the supplier level
• Building partnerships with front-line business stakeholders
• Drive adherence in use of the company’s procurement technology platforms such as SAP and Power Steering.
• Drive adherence to CAPEX procurement policies
• Drive Center of Excellence for Global CAPEX:
  Improve templates for contracting, RFx, supplier qualification process, drive supplier performance scorecards and improve overall global CAPEX standardization
• This role will require a candidate with the ability to work closely, yet remotely, with regional procurement teams regarding the utilization of strategies and techniques within the operating environment.
• Owning analysis to identify additional levers at global & local scale
• Collaborating with local category managers to support strategy execution in the region/country
• Support regional CAPEX labor market including engineering services
• Support maintenance strategy for US/CAN maintenance labor

• A bachelor’s degree in business, supply management, engineering, life science, or other related discipline and at least three years of procurement/purchasing experience
• Strong financial and business acumen, as it relates to Procurement
• Technical, plant operation, and/or engineering experience preferred
• Ability to quickly internalize new information and become a subject matter expert
• Ability to work well both as part of a team and independently
• Knowledge and understanding of purchasing practices, policies, and procedures; in-depth experience in using SAP Ariba as a value-creating tool, SAP Fieldglass, and Power Steering
• Ability to multitask with experience in successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously with results consistent with management’s expectations
• A demonstrated history of successfully collaborating with multiple internal stakeholders
• A passion for managing and developing employees in alignment with company values
• Strong oral and written communication skills, be highly organized, and have excellent problem solving/decision making abilities
• Excellent analytical and financial acumen including cost modeling, budgeting, and forecasting
• Excellent skills within the Microsoft Office suite

Have 3 years or more of experience in procurement within the capital arena as well as the indirect parts and…