Procurement Manager Jobs

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Procurement Manager

The Procurement Manager is responsible to lead procurement strategy as well as category and operational management of their designated spend categories to reduce ‘Total Cost of Ownership’, provide supply continuity, and deliver on quality and service expectations. This role will also assist in governance and operational development across the designated procurement area.

Essential Functions:

• Develop fact-based negotiation strategies and conduct negotiations with vendors to achieve the lowest Total Cost of Ownership
• Assist in identification, evaluation, selection and implementation of relevant technologies
• Research, track and communicate industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage and increased profitability
• Develop Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Requests for Quotes (RFQ), assess results, document recommendations and communicate results to vendors and internal stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders on supplier selection and service level benchmarks to gain proper alignment on category direction and ensure satisfaction
• This position requires up to 25% travel
• Develop Requests for Information (RFI) with potential vendors
• Oversee implementation activities, assess and mitigate potential risks, evaluate project successes and failures and drive process changes to improve future projects
• Assist in the development and management of departmental budgets and work with Finance team to analyze trends and monitor and address any variances on delivered pricing
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.
• Develop and execute procurement strategies and plans for the category together with stakeholders that deliver on multi-year category needs and reduce our Total Cost of Ownership and improve availability, quality, service and innovation
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of all category influencers and become the business- wide category subject matter expert from both a technical and commercial perspective, across multiple categories and multiple regions
• Assist in projects that help build the function, department as well as the overall Niagara business
• Assist in the hiring, training, supervising and evaluating of the department personnel
• Manage all aspects of category from source to payment and ensure compliance to policy on all sourcing activities
• Negotiate commercial agreements with suppliers. Develop and maintain vendor agreements in collaboration with Legal team
• Seek, support and implement raw material cost reduction opportunities
• Manage vendor relationships, track performance and communicate vendor performance feedback
• Seek, support and implement internal and external process improvement opportunities

Qualifications

• 4 Years – Experience managing people/projects
• 6 Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 Years – Experience in Position
• Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience may include a combination of work experience and education
• 6 Years – Experience managing people/projects
• Experience may include a combination of work experience and education
• 10+ Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 10+ Years – Experience working in Position
• Preferred Qualifications:

Competencies

• Cross Cultural: Able to interact effectively with people of different cultures and backgrounds.
• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Excel and Power Point
• Creative Thinking: able to think creatively, generating new ideas and approaches to situations.
• Written Communication: a good writer; expresses ideas and positions clearly.
• Influence: can influence and persuade other people, even without direct authority.
• Political Skill: knows how to get things done within the political framework of an organization.
• Merit-orientation: judges ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism.
• Organizational Priority: able to make decisions that are in the best interest of the organization, even though they cause individual people distress.
• Negotiation Skill: skilled in negotiating tactics, effective in utilizing analysis and creative solutions to extract the greatest value for the company.
• Comfort with Risk: takes risks when appropriate, isn’t afraid to innovate and experiment.
• Strategic Thinking: able to grasp the big picture and think long-term.
• Assertiveness: able to defend a point of view and to confront others appropriately when necessary; unafraid to take controversial positions and challenge the conventional wisdom or status quo.
• Oral Communication: a skillful public speaker, good at presenting ideas and plans in a persuasive manner.
• Quantitative Analysis: skillful in using quantitative analysis to understand business issues.
• Recognition of Opportunity: recognizes new opportunities and acts to take advantage of them.

This position embodies the values of Niagara’s LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
• Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
• Empowered to be Great
• Provides opportunities for the development of all direct reports
• Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins
• InnovACT
• Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer
• Lead Like an Owner
• Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success
• Understands, identifies, and addresses conflict within own team and between teams
• Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change
• Engages in long term talent planning
• Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways
• Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals
• Find a Way
• Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions
• Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents
• Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success
• Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
• Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes, and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste
• Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
• Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondarily based on technical expertise

Education

• Minimum Required:
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or other Mechanical, Industrial, or Chemical related field or equivalent experience

• Master's Degree in Business Administration or other Mechanical, Industrial, or Chemical related field or equivalent experience
• Preferred:

Certification/License:

• Preferred: N/A
• Required: N/A

Foreign Language

• Required: None Required,
• Preferred: None Required,

Typical Compensation Range

Pay Rate Type: Salary

$125,158.00 - $181,479.00 / Yearly

Bonus Target: 10% Annual

Benefits

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

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