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Glanbia Nutritionals · 4 weeks ago

Category Manager, Packaging

Idaho, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$75K/yr - $90K/yr

5+ years exp

Glanbia Nutritionals is a better nutrition company that provides consumer brands and ingredients for healthier lifestyles. They are seeking a Procurement Category Manager for B2B Packaging to build and implement a category strategy focused on cost savings, supplier performance, and innovation. The role involves developing global strategies, managing supplier relationships, and driving cost savings initiatives.

Dietary SupplementsNutrition

Responsibilities

Develop, implement and optimize a robust global strategy for assigned categories

Develop the strategy in conjunction with the Director – Indirect (Facilities) and gain buy-in from the internal stakeholders globally

Establish and lead global cross-functional sourcing teams to manage the development and implementation of the category strategy

Ensure that the business requirements and needs of each region are well understood and incorporated into category plan and into the planning and execution of projects/initiatives

Become a key driver or stakeholder in new innovation and product development which will have direct results on the organization’s financial bottom line

Deliver the category strategy including sourcing activities, which generate benefits and achieve financial savings targets through insight and analysis of category and sub-categories areas, including:

Analyze packaging spend and supply base to establish suppliers per category and subcategory

Analyze supply markets to identify potential suppliers and market trends

Identify of internal and external cost drivers in the category

Develop savings opportunities and benchmarking of industry standards and practices to identify quick win opportunities

Prepare pre-tender and tender documents in conjunction with key stakeholders

Work closely with Key BU management and strategic suppliers to delivery leading edge technology to support BU goals

Drive selective supplier performance and development through proactively developing and leading the team in the utilization of the Supplier Scorecard to benchmark and improve supplier performance through the frequent communication of Glanbia’s expectations and requirements

Lead the cost savings and avoidance projects as identified and agreed in the category plan:

Cost Savings – Identify, pursue and track cost savings opportunities

Cost Avoidance – First line of defense to fight off potential cost increases and minimize purchasing cost variances

Using leading practice procurement tools; develop and implement sourcing strategies including (not inclusive):

Supply market positioning and supply base profiles

Supplier assessments and supplier financial analysis

Request For Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request For Quotation (RFQ) - RFx

Service level agreements

EAuctions, eTender

Summary of quotations and Cost analysis

Objective decision making

Negotiate contractual agreements, using the assistance of Group Legal, with suppliers to ensure that service, quality, added value, total cost, security of supply, and the deployment of the suppliers’ capabilities in innovation are secured

Manage and develop supplier relationships and ongoing negotiations, for the category and subcategories, using leading practice procurement tools (such as cost trend analysis, price change analysis and supplier performance reviews) to deliver breakthrough performance in cost, service and quality; keep internal customers informed and involved in ongoing supplier management

Analyze and present costing input to build the company’s annual budget and provide important financial information such as PPV to the Finance Group

Assist with the development of new processes, procedures and solutions for the purchasing system and identify any category specific requirements

Work with the Regional Procurement Operations Manager or Site Manager and Packaging Engineering to implement local sourcing, local category management, and trials for items outside not covered in the total Procurement category strategies; also provide support to this team in solving major operational issues

Participate in a high-performance team of talented professionals in line with the Glanbia values

Qualification

CPSMProcurement experienceERP/MRP systemsSAPData analysisMS ExcelSupplier managementNegotiation skillsCross-functional teamworkCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in related field required (equivalent experience in lieu of education may be considered), with CPSM

5-8 years of procurement or business experience in related industry; university degree can substitute for some work experience

Experience with and solid understanding of ERP/MRP systems, preferably SAP with the ability and desire to work within and progress such complex systems with eTender, SharePoint and Business Objects experience also preferred, Ariba in the cloud experience a plus

Strong computer skills and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Heavy Data analysis including MS Excel pivot tables and spreadsheets to do calculations on cost potency changes, percentages, should-cost modeling, etc