Senior Manager, Procurement

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.   

What you´ll do

• Ensures the full potential of the regional basket supply base can be identified and assessed, deliver key performance indicators (Savings, Cash Net Working Capital, Digitalization & Sustainability) across Capital Expenditures Category and Technical Supply Material Group.
• Ensures consistent execution of aligned sourcing strategies in the region.
• Builds in depth knowledge and expertise on the regional supply base, supplier markets as well as internal investment portfolio across the Technical Supply material group.
• Creates early awareness about needed regional Sourcing Project Management (SPM) team resources to partner for excellence in project execution.
• Steers and executes on non-sourcing related Procurement topics / tasks both within the global and regional team (Sustainability, Digitalization, Audit Support, etc.)
• Builds & manages relationships with regional Category relevant stakeholders.
• Actively participates in global Category governance and interacts frequently with global and regional leadership.
• Shares Category know how with Regional-SPM & supports Regional-SPM team in executing sourcing projects performed for the Category.

What makes you a good fit

• MBA degree with a minimum of three years of related Purchasing experience or four-year college degree with six years of related experience.
• Responsible for stakeholder management, management of category spend, and KPIs.
• Key contributor to Procurement strategy and accountable for tactical implementation.
• Contributes to the development of annual team objectives.
• Excellent Stakeholders management skills.
• Strong ability to drive a cross-functional team.
• Demonstrates potential to move to a Regional KAM Role and/or Regional Sourcing Team Lead role.
• Excellent ability to multi-task and manage and prioritize tasks.
• Experience in cross category, cross function, and/or cross material group management.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1 
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program 
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement 
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships 
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $125,000.00- $135,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.