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Procurement Manager
| Company | Ecolab |
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| Location | St Paul, MN, USA |
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| Salary | $104700 – $157100 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of work experience, with 5 years of procurement experience (direct and indirect) and 3 years leading teams.
- Strong leadership, influencing and collaboration skills.
- Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- Bachelor’s degree in purchasing, engineering, chemistry, supply chain management, business administration or related field.
Responsibilities
- Promoting the highest standards of safety, diversity, inclusion & ethical practice in the organization.
- Identify, develop, and implement regional sourcing strategies to reduce total delivered cost, mitigate headwinds and improve security of supply.
- Partner with procurement peers around the world to understand & align on global sourcing strategies, and drive implementation across the regional supply chain team.
- Develop relationships and leverage market intelligence & digital tools to influence internal and external stakeholders, and optimize lowest Total Delivered Cost (TDC).
- Create and implement best practice procurement vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance.
- Ensure that purchasing strategies and processes are in place to deliver optimized costs while meeting business objectives and operational needs.
- Support sustainability and environmental strategies that impact future ways of operating.
- Maintain a close working relationship with supply chain, operations business leaders and R&D leadership teams to support their strategic growth objectives, and identify & implement cost-savings and efficiency opportunities for gross margin improvement.
- Lead, coach and mentor one or more procurement representatives.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or related field
- Experience in managing different material types either direct or indirect
- Demonstrated history of leadership, teamwork, and project management skills
- Demonstrated competitive drive and strong orientation for results and achievement
- Demonstrated skills in clear communication and presentation
- Demonstrated professionalism and strong presence in interactions with others
