What are the responsibilities and job description for the NAM Category Manager; Materials & Equipment position at Nouryon?
NAM Category Manager – Materials & Equipment
At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.
We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?
In your future role as a NAM Category Manager, you will
The role of the Category Manager; Materials & Equipment is very autonomous but depends on a good network and delivering upon taken commitments with the key-stakeholders.
The position holder will face a high level of complexity and diversity in the categories and supplier base due to the past decentralized business strategy. Hence a critical element of the job will be to align stakeholders and get buy in to drive standardization and consolidation of suppliers, products and services.
The position holder is also expected to select and develop a supplier base that can successfully support the current operations as well as future projects and balance different business needs and requirements effectively.
The role will also include the following responsibilities:
- Performing the category management for MRO, PPE, Lab Supplies within the North America region.
- Leading the networks internally (Nouryon stakeholders) and externally (suppliers) related to the managed categories.
- Leading costs down programs for the managed categories.
- Maximizing contract coverage for the managed categories.
- Perform category management including strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract, performance and risk management.
- Work with Stakeholders in understanding the regional spend and identifying opportunities to increase quality and improve value for money.
- Develop, align, implement and execute the Category Strategies for the region to increase business efficiency.
- Develop and maintain the stakeholder networks in the region (CAPEX Procurement Managers, site asset & project management, finance legal, etc.) and educate key stakeholders about strategic sourcing.
- Develop best procurement practices to lead and manage procurement initiatives.
- Develop and execute effective negotiation and contracting strategies including developing and negotiating Framework Agreements with suppliers, in cooperation with Nouryon’s legal team.
- Perform procurement reporting.
- Identify innovative procurement solutions that provide savings and / or process efficiencies for the organization.
- Drive value (cost savings, cost avoidance, cash positive effect, effectiveness/efficiency, value propositions) to ensure there is a positive impact to Nouryon’s EBITDA.
- Address vendor issues to ensure the highest level of service delivery.
- Develop and maintain contractual and business relationships with vendors.
- Develop, align and maintain the Nouryon list of approved suppliers and coordinate and execute the supplier (pre)-qualification with the relevant disciplines, for the managed categories.
- Roll-out the category strategies and framework agreements to the sites (project managers, CAPEX Procurement Managers, site asset managers, contract coordinators) in collaboration with the Category Specialists.
- Develop and maintain expert knowledge of respective supply markets and product innovations.
- Conduct market reviews.
- Support the CAPEX Procurement Managers in developing the Project Procurement Strategies (PPS) and Project Procurement Plans (PPP) with the content related to the managed categories.
- Leader of the MRO, PPE, Materials in the region.
- Member of the Global MRO, PPE, Materials Network.
- Member of the NPR Procurement Regional Management team.
- Owner of category strategy and supplier relationships.
- Bachelor degree or higher, preferably in engineering; in lieu of degree minimum 3 years of experience in construction management for chemical industry capital projects plus experience as required below
- 5 years in Category Management, preferably in the (petro)chemical industry.
- 5 years in contract management and business relationship management.
- 3 years in change management (strategy, stakeholder, alignment, planning, execution, maintaining).
- 3 years in procurement category management.
- Extensive negotiation experience and ability to influence people and selling concepts and ideas.
- Advanced strategic thinking skills with ability to analyze data, understand interdependencies and develop strategies at a regional or global category level.
- Ability to communicate professionally with people (clear and concise) at all levels of the organization.
- Excellent relationship builder and skilled at manage external contacts
- Comprehensive knowledge of Technical Services unit rates structures.
- International experience and cultural awareness.
- Strong sense of accountability and ownership with a high level of autonomy to develop spend and cost reduction projects and execute on those together with stakeholders and other procurement members.
- Willingness to work with personal cost targets and having the ability to develop and change strategy and apply various tools and actions to reach targets
- Highly effective with stakeholder management and capability to build strong relationship internally and externally.
- Good presentation skills and ability to analyze data and technical requirements from different angles.
- Analytical mind set and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, etc.) and SAP/Ariba (RFI/RFP, E-Auction, Contract Management).
- Fluent in English. Additional languages are an asset.
- Travel: Regular, approximately 5%.
Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/
We look forward to receiving your application!
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If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.
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