Procurement Manager | Lapa/SP

Position: Procurement Manager 

Work location: Lapa/SP
Work model: Hybrid

Primary Responsibilities:

The Direct Materials Procurement Manager LATAM position is part of the Regional Procurement Team and is responsible for leading direct material procurement within the LATAM region. This senior role is expected to achieve cost reduction and cash flow targets within the region, in alignment with the regional Supply Chain and Business organizations.

Leading by example through a positive attitude, strong work ethic, placing the team before self-interests and integrity are attributes required for this position. This role will be required to work within corporate processes and policies, reporting analytics structures and other tools to ensure alignment with financial, supply and quality objectives.

Role Summary and Key Accountabilities:

• Sourcing of target materials for the LATAM region in alignment with global procurement strategies and best practices
• Leading a team of 3-4 direct report, based in Brazil or other countries within the region, towards the same responsibilities.
• Being a Global Category Lead for 1 or 2 categories, setting material strategies and leading colleagues in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
• Understanding of assigned categories including market analysis, creation of sourcing strategies, preparing and running request for proposals, negotiating, implementing contracts and tracking supplier performance and results.
• Build and maintain positive, strategic partnerships with key suppliers.
• Identifying, gaining commitment and implementing profit improvement opportunities to create structured and sustained cost advantages.
• Identify and develop preferred supplier network and achieve supplier consolidation
• Developing baseline costs and make vs. buy analysis modeling to drive data-driven decision making.
• Providing forward looking guidance on regional trends, threats, and opportunities for target categories
• Creating risk mitigation and contingency plans
• Collaborate and develop strong relationships with global and regional Sourcing, Supply Chain, R&D and Marketing and other internal stakeholders
• Understand and communicate KPIs with respect to PPV, OTIF, Working Capital and Cost Out

Other responsibilities:

• Oversee regular supplier audits and measure supplier performance. Manage intermittent supply issues and support planning organization to ensure supplier performance and compliance. Develop appropriate communications to advise Business of supplier performance and work together with Quality department to make sure suppliers comply with quality requirements.
• Coordinate with broader Global team as appropriate
• SAP Workflow items (Outline Agreements, vendor requests, material requests, etc.)
• Utilize e-technologies as applicable (Coupa, SFDC, reverse auctions, etc.)
• Ensure compliance with Solenis Environmental, Health & Safety, and Responsible Care programs
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Fluent in English, native Portuguese, good Spanish (or native Spanish, good Portuguese)
• Bachelor’s Degree in applicable field of work, e.g. Business, Engineering, Chemistry.
• 3-5 years of relevant management experience with a focus on sourcing or supply chain. 
• Experience with ERPs, supply chain collaboration and e-procurement tools such as SAP, Salesforce.com, Tableau and others
• Excellent knowledge of typical professional computer programs including MS Word, Excel, Power Point
• Ability to work effectively in a geographically distributed organization
• Hands on and problem-solving mentality.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment.
• Strong negotiating and project management skills
• Strong organization
• Strong written, oral communication, and presentation skills
• Proven track record of driving results, ability to influence and work collaboratively in cross-regional and cross-functional teams

Sobre a Solenis 

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